BRUSSELS,  3 November 2008 - The European automotive industry is strongly concerned  about  the  prospective  highly unbalanced outcome of the free trade  agreement  (FTA)  with  South  Korea. The negotiations between the European  Commission  and  South  Korea,  that have resumed today and are entering  into  their  final phase, do not respect the basic principle of mutual  benefit, offering a disproportionate competitive advantage to the Korean auto industry when exporting to the EU.

A  new  European  Standard  will  define  comprehensive  requirements  for ‘sheltered-housing’  services.  The  kick-off  meeting  for  the  Project Committee took place 31 October 2008 in Vienna.

Vienna  (3 November  2008) The  increase  in  life  expectancy,  and  consequent
aging of society, puts new demands on housing for the elderly. However, due to

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.