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European Parliament approves legislation to stop cancer at work

The European Parliament has confirmed the need for immediate legislative action – not just guidance – to stop workers from contracting cancer at work, by including hazardous drugs and reprotoxins in the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive (CMD). The trilogue process with the European Council, Parliament and Commission will now start to finalise the legislation. 

COGEN WORLD COALITION, A NEW GLOBAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE COGENERATION INDUSTRY

We are pleased to announce the launch of COGEN World Coalition (CWC), a global association that will bring together a worldwide community of companies, associations, institutions and other key stakeholders focused on the use of cogeneration (also known as combined heat and power or CHP).

We will not let our guard down as next chapter of EU-UK relations begins

The S&D Group will today lead the Parliament in its consent on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. While S&D Members have always considered Brexit a historic mistake, the agreement in front of MEPs today limits the negative consequences of Brexit, protecting workers, consumers, the environment and businesses.

ACCA collaborates with the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan to support IPSAS implementation

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan (MoF) have launched an important initiative to further support the implementation of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) in the country.

Waste-to-Energy has still a place in the EU Taxonomy

Together with the recognition of anaerobic digestion, the broader inclusion of Waste-to-Energy in the EU Taxonomy would have been a positive signal for the whole waste management sector.

Good business developments for arable farming equipment manufacturers

Brussels/Frankfurt/M., 23rd April 2021 – The vast majority of manufacturers of equipment for soil cultivation, sowing, fertilization and crop protection reported "better than expected" developments for their company since last spring. This is the conclusion of a recent industry survey conducted by CEMA, the European agricultural machinery umbrella organization, as part of its annual arable product groups meetings.

S&Ds worry about business influence on financial transparency after business organisation’s meddling in draft law revealed

Reacting to the revelations in the French online media Contexte this morning that French business organisation Medef, affiliated to Business Europe, partially drafted a non-paper on financial transparency law, aimed at allowing public scrutiny on corporate income tax and fostering corporate responsibility, for the French ministry of economy, the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament  worry about the business influence

Human rights conditionality is a must in any EU-Turkey relations

This afternoon, the foreign affairs committee is about to adopt its annual report on Turkey, drafted by S&D MEP Nacho Sánchez Amor. In the compromised text already approved, the European Parliamentarians say that any progress in the EU relations with Ankara must be based on the conditionality of the progress in the human rights and the rule of law situation in Turkey.

Nacho Sánchez Amor, S&D MEP and EP standing rapporteur on Turkey, said:

Roundtable series ‘EIPA in conversation with’: where policy and practice meet

Maastricht, NL, 21 April 2021: the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), continues with new series of regular round-table discussions, ‘EIPA in conversation with’, after successful launch earlier in 2021.

The free round-tables are hosted by EIPA’s in-house experts who enter the discussion with with external professionals, bringing together key speakers from EU and national policy and practice.

The EPSA holds a second Info Day in line with the deadline for submissions being extended

Maastricht, NL, 21 April 2021: The European Public Sector Awards (EPSA), organised by the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), has extended the deadline for the submission of applications until 10 May.

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