The IRU welcomes the entry into force of the Additional Protocol to the CMR Convention, which transitions from the current slow and unreliable paper-based system, to faster and more efficient electronic Consignment Notes (e-CMR) and calls upon governments to join the Additional Protocol and adopt an harmonised approach to its implementation.

Will PlasticsEurope’s call for a ban on landfill in Europe by 2020 be echoed by EU authorities? Whilst there is still a long way to go, the European Parliament made an important step in this direction today. The ENVI Committee today has given green light to aim for a ban on landfilling of waste in Europe by adopting a report of MEP Gerben-Jan Gerbandy on the Resource Efficiency Roadmap.

Huawei sponsors the 10th European Business Summit and shares its views on leveraging technology to boost innovation

The European Parliament's trade committee, the lead committee in the ratification process for the controversial Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), will today debate ACTA and the recommendation by the EP rapporteur to reject the agreement. The debate comes a day after the EU's data protection supervisor raised concerns with ACTA (1) and ahead of the vote in the EP trade committee, which is now scheduled for the end of May.

Following the reported beating of the former Prime Minister of the Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, and her hunger strike, Joseph Daul, Chairman of the EPP Group, said: "In the name of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, I condemn the escalation of political repression in the Ukraine. This is simply unacceptable." At the same time, Joseph Daul called upon Tymoshenko to end her hunger strike: "Yulia, we will find another way to help you!"