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Ceemet warns of the consequences for jobs of unrealistic CO2 targets for cars and vans

Ahead of the plenary vote at the European Parliament today, Ceemet warns of the consequences of setting stricter CO2 targets than in the Commission proposal of November 2017, anything more than a 30% reduction for cars and vans by 2030, with an intermediate 15% reduction target by 2025 would be damaging to jobs in the automotive sector.
 
European automobile manufacturers are committed to a strong CO2 reduction. However, this transition has to be made with the necessary prudence.
 

HOPE – European Hospital and Healthcare Federation

Mon, 10/15/2018

The FT-ETNO Summit will gather leading policymakers, regulators, industry executives and investors from Europe and beyond to discuss and debate progress towards harmonized TMT rules, and Europe’s role in an ever more connected world.

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European Health Forum Gastein 2018 opens its doors to inspire bold political choices for Agenda 2030

  • Official event of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union focuses on ‘Health and Sustainable Development – Bold political choices for Agenda 2030’.
  • The EHFG 2018 aims to inject a sense of urgency and the need to take bold choices into tackling Europe’s health challenges.

Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)

European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP)

Approved legal modification to prohibit plastics containers for catering in school, university and nurseries in France appears in conflict with European law

The new French law on Agriculture that will be formally adopted on 2nd October, prohibits the use of plastics containers for cooking, heating and serving food in catering in schools, universities and nurseries.
 

More needs to be done to ensure EU elections are free and fair

During a meeting of the leaders of the political groups in the European Parliament, S&D MEPs welcomed the proposals from the European Commission to tackle disinformation ahead of the European elections. However, the Group stressed that still more needs to be done both at the European and member state level to ensure the elections are truly fair and free.
 
S&D Group leader Udo Bullmann and vice-president Josef Weidenholzer said:
 

FoodDrinkEurope welcomes adoption of UN General Assembly’s political declaration on the prevention and control of NCDs

(New York, 27 September 2018) FoodDrinkEurope, the European food and drink manufacturers organisation, welcomes today’s adoption by world leaders of the political declaration [1]  at the Third High Level Meeting on the prevention and control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), as part of this week’s General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA) in New York.
 

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