Speaking after  the European Parliament's vote on the SWIFT agreement, Portuguese GUE/NGL MEP Rui Tavares warned of the lack of substantive changes introduced since Parliament's rejection of the deal in February.

-Round Table discusses "Simplification versus good corporate governance and transparency?"

The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) has sent a message to the TRAN Committee’s Members calling on them to vote in favour of doubling the number of bus and rail users in urban areas by 2020, as suggested in Mr Grosch’s draft report on a sustainable future for transport.

The European Parliament's environment committee adopted a draft report today by Holger Krahmer (FDP, Germany) at second reading, recasting existing EU legislation on limits to industrial emissions - integrated pollution, prevention and control (IPPC).
Although the Council did not accept the so called emissions safety net adopted by Parliament in first reading, the draft recommendation from the rapporteur remained close to Parliament's first reading position.

•    The management of the international non-profit Meters and More Association has been appointed. The Association is now ready to receive membership applications from interested players.

•    Members will be able to access the Meters and More protocol technology and help promote the process of standardizing communications systems across Europe.

•    Meters and More is the technology selected by Enel and Endesa for 13 million smart meters to be installed in Spain from 2010 onwards.