CPME adopted the following policy documents at its Board meeting on 25 October 2008 in London:
 
CPME statement on the global and European shortage of physicians: proposals
for a common European Strategy  EN / FR
 
Many countries all over the world and also in Europe have actual  and projected
shortages of physicians, which is very likely to result  in reduced availability of health
services and decrease of health safety of the countries’ populations. The EU Member

ETRMA confirms the positive trend in the European management of end of life tyres (ELTs) with a recovery rate exceeding 91% in 2007, more than 4% compared to the previous year.  For nearly 15 years, the European rate has followed an unstopped increase of the amount of tyres entering recycling/recovery treatment options.  As a result, a growing variety of new industrial and consumer’s products have provided the market with innovative and performing articles, responding to an increased demand and thus contributing to create a sustainable market for tyre derived products.

The European Parliament Bureau has decided to put forward a strategic plan to reduce the institution's carbon "footprint" by 30%, thus going beyond the EU undertaking to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20%. The Bureau welcomed an in-house study showing how the 30% reduction can be achieved, noting that Parliament's recent shift to the use of only "green electricity" in its three places of work has already reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 17%.

Brussels, 29 October 2008                                    
Orgalime was ‘pleasantly surprised’ to read in the “Steel Business Bulletin” Eurofer’s reaction ahead of the official preliminary findings due to be announced on the 1 November, that there will be no imposition of provisional dumping duties on stainless steel imports from China, South Korea and Taiwan.