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4 - 7 FEBRUARY 2013, MESSE WIEN, AUSTRIA

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The European Parquet Industry maintains stabilisation course

FEP - European Federation of the Parquet Industry

As already predicted in the January forecast of the FEP (European Federation of the

I-size regulation hampered by internal rules

ANEC - The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation

ANEC, the European Consumer Voice in Standardisation, deeply regrets to see a further bureaucratic delay in the adoption of the new regulation on child restraint systems (known as the “I-size Regulation”).

Neo-liberal fanaticism will destroy euro; two-pack lacks vital growth and solidarity measures

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

Key EU responses to the crisis are perceived by citizens as attacks on democracy rather than useful instruments of economic policy coordination, German MEP Jürgen Klute said in this morning's European Parliament debate on the "two-pack" economic governance legislation.

Schengen: EP must take Council to Court and halt all negotiations in JHA

ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

Today the European Parliament held an emergency debate on Schengen following the decision taken by Justice and Home Affairs Ministers on 8 June to remove from the European Parliament its co-legislative rights on the new Schengen package - despite many months of negotiations based on the Commission proposals using article 77 as the legal basis. 

Building renovation: More ambitious targets would create two million jobs, argues PlasticsEurope

PlasticsEurope

EU Member-States are attempting to water down the proposed renovation rate of buildings in the draft Energy Efficiency Directive, PlasticsEurope fears. Strong supporter of a 3% annual renovation rate in Europe, the association argues that such commitment would not only be decisive in reaching the ambitious EU 2020 energy efficiency and climate protection targets. It could potentially create 1.6 to 2 million new jobs in the European building and construction industry and increase tax revenues for EU Members States.

Are zero energy buildings really zero? - RICS at the EU Sustainable Energy Europe Week (EUSEW)

RICS

RICS stresses the importance of developing a methodology for measuring embodied carbon in Europe’s buildings and presents the final draft of its information paper on whole life carbon calculation, at a conference organised in the framework of the sixth edition of the EU Sustainable Energy Europe Week (Thursday 21 June 2012).

As the EU drives the requirement for low-energy, nearly zero energy and carbon buildings, the role of embodied carbon becomes increasingly significant.

Council Schengen decision strengthens the forces of nationalism

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

Following last week's decision by EU home affairs ministers to change the legal basis and exclude Parliament from decisions related to the management of the EU's border-free Schengen area, GUE/NGL MEP Cornelia Ernst told the Danish presidency
that what it was doing was "anti-democratic, despicable and undermines the Community method".

"Open borders in the EU is a very meaningful symbol, the very symbol of European union throughout the world," she said.

European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

ISRM, the National Standards Body of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, welcomed as a full member of CEN and CENELEC

CEN and CENELEC

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) have both decided to grant full membership status to ISRM, the National Standards Body of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. This change will take effect on 1 July 2012, and represents an important step towards the full participation of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRoM) in the European Single Market.

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