George Lyon (Liberal Democrat, UK), ALDE Spokesman on Agriculture, has welcomed today's European Parliament vote to keep misshapen fruit on Europe's supermarket shelves - but he also warned that other proposals in the Scotta' report might break international law if brought into force.

Mr Lyon co-authored the amendment striking down a provision in support of reintroducing marketing rules in the fruit and vegetables sector (the so-called "wonky fruit" rules). He said:

Brussels, 25 March, 2010 

On 1 April Carel du Marchie Sarvaas will begin work with EuropaBio as Director for Agricultural Biotechnology.  Du Marchie Sarvaas, a Dutch national, brings with him many years of experience as a senior public affairs and communications advisor in Brussels, The Hague, and Washington DC. 

He takes over from Morten Nielsen, who has successfully led the Agricultural Biotech team since September last year. 

The official EGNOS Portal (www.egnos-portal.eu) is the one-stop point of access, information resource and forum for all those developing and using satellite navigation equipment and applications and aiming to benefit from the enhanced precision and other features of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), Europe’s satellite-based augmentation system.

In a presentation to Members of the European Parliament and stakeholders, Ralf Resch,
General Secretary of CEEP, presented the main outcomes of the research managed under
the project “Mapping of the Public Services”.

Key findings were that providers of public services employ 64 million people, directly
contributing over 26% to the GDP in the EU.

“Public services are amongst the biggest employers in Europe, and our members serve the

Plan Focused on GE’s Next Generation 4-megawatt Direct Drive Wind Turbine and Promising Offshore Wind Sector

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – March 25, 2010 – GE (NYSE:GE) today announced plans to invest approximately €340 million to develop or expand its wind turbine manufacturing, engineering and service facilities in four European countries – the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden and Germany – signaling GE’s deep commitment to the promising European offshore wind sector.