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Influenza A(H1N1) in the WHO European Region

WHO

No time for complacency: working together to prepare for a pandemic

CECED welcomes a new Vice Director General

Brussels, 15 May 2009: Paolo Falcioni has been appointed Vice Director General of CECED, the European Committee of Domestic Appliance Manufacturers.

He brings almost 20 years of experience with national and international technical and policy-making bodies in the industrial sector to this newly created position. Prior to joining CECED, Mr. Falcioni was the European Affairs Manager for Indesit Company.

Mr. Falcioni, who is Italian, has an Electric Engineering degree (summa cum laude) from the University of Ancona (Italy). He is fluent in Italian and English.

EU food and drink industry marks four years of progress in tackling obesity under EU Platform

FoodDrinkEurope

At an event marking the Fourth Anniversary of the EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health (DPAH), the CIAA (Confederation of food and drink industries of the EU) celebrated important industry progress in helping to tackle obesity and non-communicable diseases across Europe.

EPP debates how to make Europe a safer place

Group of the European People’s Party

The EPP held a debate today entitled “Making Europe a Safer Place", one of its five priorities for the forthcoming European elections.

IRU and ETF demand action from the EU on a road transport recovery plan

IRU - International Road Transport Union

The EU Social Partners for Road Transport propose six common actions for an EU Road Transport Recovery Plan mitigating the impact of the economic crisis.

Brussels – The International Road Transport Union (IRU) and the European Transport Workers Federation (ETF), as EU Social Partners for Road Transport, agreed a joint statement including six measures which both organisations insist as a minimum must form part of an urgently needed road transport recovery plan, to be coordinated and realised by the European Commission together with EU Member States.

Cement, Glass, Industrial Minerals and Non-Ferrous Metals Industries call for respect of the REACH process and regret non-official REACH lists

The REACH Regulation which became operational on 1 June 2008 aims to ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment for all chemical substances manufactured and imported into Europe. It is a complex and ambitious system that includes a rigorous procedure
for the entry on an authorised list of substances of very high concern. The 27 Member States are responsible for candidate substances for inclusion on this list. The process will lead to the evaluation of these substances based on scientific and socio-economic information and,

ETNO High Level Conference, Istanbul 14-15 May 2009 Connecting Europe in the Digital Age

ETNO - European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association

High speed broadband networks – key driver for economic recovery

BRUSSELS – Access to broadband services is the key topic of an ETNO high-level conference hosted by ETNO’s member Turk Telekom today in Istanbul. Key speakers include telecoms operators, representatives from the equipment industry, analysts and Commission officials.

BirdLife International announces more Critically Endangered birds than ever before

BirdLife International

BirdLife International's latest evaluation of the world's birds has revealed that more species than ever are threatened with extinction. A staggering 1,227 species (12%) are now classified as Globally Threatened but the good news is that when conservation action is put in place, species can be saved.

"In global terms, things continue to get worse - but there are some real conservation success stories this year to give us hope and point the way forward", said Dr Leon Bennun, BirdLife's Director of Science and Policy.

CVIS: connected vehicles for next-generation mobility

ERTICO-ITS EUROPE

Helmond, 12 May 2009.

CVIS, European flagship project for Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems, today co-organises the first on-road demonstrations of core technologies and applications developed for Europe's universal platform for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication and services.

Commercial broadcasters take action to raise awareness about the 2009 elections

ACT

Brussels, 13 May 2009 – In the light of the forthcoming 6th European Parliament’s elections, commercial broadcasters from all over Europe take action by broadcasting a large-scale awareness raising campaign. The campaign entitled “European Elections – It’s your Choice”, will run until and during the EP elections, which will take place in the 27 Member States between 4 and 7 June 2009.

Anne-Margrete Wachtmeister, Head of Audiovisual Unit of the European Parliament, commented: “The EP welcomes the engagement of commercial broadcasters in these elections.

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