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Toys: who ‘plays’ with chemicals?

ANEC - The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation

In the weeks before Christmas, many parents will have the annual pleasure of choosing the right toys for their children. Although the new Toy Safety Directive, which entered into force in July 2011, certainly brought some improvements to toy safety in Europe, ANEC calls upon policy makers to take the health of children more seriously by significantly strengthening the chemical requirements for toys.

E2BA has launched the validation phase for its new research and innovation roadmap towards Horizon 2020

Energy Efficient Buildings Association (E2BA)

After the public consultation open from July to early October, the final version of the Energy-efficient Buildings PPP roadmap beyond 2013 is now available for final validation.

Dominique Reiniche of Coca-Cola Europe takes over Presidency of European Beverages Association

AGEP

Dominique Reiniche, President of Coca-Cola Europe, has been elected president of UNESDA, the Union of European Beverages Associations, representing the non-alcoholic drinks industry in Europe.  She succeeds Zein Abdalla, CEO of PepsiCo, with immediate effect and her tenure will run to May 2015.  

Presentation of the findings of the report on “Wood Flows” by the Forestry Center of the University of Hamburg

CEI-Bois

You are cordially invited to:
Presentation of the findings of the report on “Wood Flows” by the Forestry Center of the University of Hamburg

Wednesday, 5 December 2012 from 15h30 to 17h00 at the European Parliament (Room A5F 385)

Introduction by the Hon. Gaston Franco, MEP, President of the Club du Bois
Presentations by:

ITU and GISFI to conduct Joint Workshop in Bangalore on Bridging the Standardization Gap: Sustainable Rural Communications

HUAWEI

Advertising Association

Environmental Footprint – doubtful value for consumers while opening the door to market distortion for industry

Orgalime

Orgalime, the European engineering industries association, and ANEC, the European consumer voice in standardisation, are deeply concerned that the Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment is in the process of developing a harmonised methodology for the calculation of the environmental footprint of products, services and organisations with a view to assess, display and benchmark their environmental performance based on a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach.

Commissioner Oettinger will host on 26 November 2012 a conference on “the future of EU refining: safeguarding competitiveness"

Europia

Brussels, 22 November 2012: Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Energy, will host on 26 November 2012 a conference “The Future of refining in the EU: Safeguarding competitiveness” to identify means to address EU refining competitiveness challenges.

Viviane Reding at the Smart Accessibility Awards 2012

Vodafone Institute

Vodafone Foundation, AGE Platform Europe and the European Disability Forum invite you to join the Smart Accessibility Awards Night on 17 December 2012 in Brussels. Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship will deliver the keynote speech.
 

UK policy environment becoming more favourable for cogeneration

COGEN Europe

COGEN Europe today publishes the first of a new series of European policy reports with the ‘European Cogeneration Review – United Kingdom’. The report offers a comprehensive UK policy and market overview aimed at business and other interested stakeholders. The Review covers the latest developments in the cogeneration sector, looking at market potentials and policy implications in the medium term.

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