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CEEMET and the EMF put their social dialogue on a new footing:

Ceemet - European Tech & Industry employers

14 January 2010 – Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee set up for the metal, engineering and technology-based industries

CEEMET, the Council of European Employers of the Metal, Engineering and Technology-based Industries (MET) and the EMF, the European Metalworkers’ Federation, have today launched their Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for the MET industries with the formal recognition of the European Commission.

FIA Eurocouncil: Siim Kallas must Stand for Pragmatic Policies

FIA EUROPEAN BUREAU

Ahead of the European Parliament hearing to decide Siim Kallas’ appointment as Transport Commissioner, the Eurocouncil of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) calls for vision and viable transport policies.
The appointment of the new College of European Commissioners comes at a crucial moment. The European Union is about to pronounce on the major transport and mobility challenges to be addressed in the next forty years and to set the policy programme for the next decade.

Antonio Robalo de Almeida is ETNO’s new Executive Board Chairman

ETNO - European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association

BRUSSELS – Antonio Robalo de Almeida, Inspector General, Portugal Telecom, is the new Chairman of the Executive Board of ETNO for 2010. Mr Robalo, who has been member of ETNO’s Executive Board since 2007, succeeds to Alfredo Acebal, Director EU and Regulatory Affairs, Telefonica, who served in this position since May 2005. 

Leif Johansson elected Chairman of the ACEA Commercial Vehicle Board for 2010

ACEA - European Automobile Manufacturers' Association

Brussels,  12/01/2010  -  The  Commercial  Vehicle Board of the European
Automobile  Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has elected Leif Johansson
as  its  new  chairman for 2010. Johansson is President and CEO of Volvo
Group.  At  ACEA, he takes over from Leif Östling, CEO of Scania AB, who
was ACEA commercial vehicle chairman in 2009.

“I  look  forward  to  further  deepen  our  dialogue  with the European

IRU strengthens TIR department

IRU - International Road Transport Union

Marek Retelski appointed Head of TIR Department

Geneva - As part of a strengthening of the IRU and a consequent adjustment to its TIR Department to meet the numerous challenges in the coming years, IRU Secretary General, Martin MARMY, announced the appointment of Mr Marek RETELSKI as Head of the TIR Department as from 11 January 2010.

Irish Hospital First to Harness Copper Technology to Fight Infections

European Copper Institute

Brussels, January the 12th 2010 An Irish hospital is the first in the world to embrace the latest science

by specifying hygienic copper door handles throughout in a bid to reduce healthcare associated infections
such as MRSA, providing the best possible solid protection to its patients.

Commissioners-designate face Parliament

Euractiv

EurActiv ‘Special Week’ coverage on the public hearings of the Barroso II Commission

EurActiv, the independent media portal specialised in EU policies, will be running special coverage on the hearings of the commissioners who were officially appointed to the Barroso II Commission in December.

The special coverage will take place from 11-19 January, when all 27 commissioners-designate will be grilled by EU lawmakers in their respective parliamentary committees.

COMMERCIAL BROADCASTERS: CURRENT COPYRIGHT SYSTEM DELIVERS POSITIVE MARKET RESULTS

ACT

Brussels, 6 January 2010 – In a submission today to the European Commission concerning

Association of European Vehicle Logistics

COP-out at Copenhagen

BirdLife International

The fair, ambitious and legally binding agreement to tackle climate change, which was scheduled to be finalised at the recently concluded UNFCCC Climate Change Conference (COP) in Copenhagen, did not materialise.

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