Brussels, 12 October 2017

The European Parliament’s civil liberties, justice and home affairs committee today voted in favour of a report on new proposals for rules on resettling refugees to the EU. Following pressure from the S&D Group, the Parliament report calls for significantly more protection for vulnerable people than the original proposal from the European Commission.

Brussels, 12^th October 2017

45% of goods cross-border weighed less than 0.5 kg

The future of the European letter mail market was the central theme of the 60^th Congress of the European Federation of Envelope Manufacturers (FEPE), held in Marseille, France, from 5-7 October 2017.

Brussels, 11 October 2017

Brussels, 11 October 2017 – Small Business Standards (SBS), the European association representing SMEs in standardisation, yesterday brought together around 100 participants to celebrate and debate the EU Regulation 1025/2012 on European standardisation, adopted exactly five years ago. It emerged that most SMEs believe this legislation has been a ‘door opener’ – improving their ability to participate in standardisation.

Brussels, 11 October 2017