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Food manufacturers welcome meeting with EFSA as positive step

FoodDrinkEurope

(Brussels, 16 April 2010) European food and drink manufacturers welcome the news of a forthcoming
technical stakeholder meeting with EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) on 1 June in Parma.
The meeting comes at a particularly timely point in the EFSA evaluation process on over 4,000 generic
claims submitted under the EC Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation. This positive development
follows requests from various stakeholders to have greater clarity and guidance about the procedure and

AETR digital tachograph unrealistic deadline threatens system security and compromises investments

IRU - International Road Transport Union

IRU General Assembly asserts blind adherence to the 16 June 2010 AETR deadline will damage the integrity of the digital tachograph system and jeopardise investments made to date, with prejudicial consequences on road safety and international trade.

IRU committed to “UN Decade of Action for Road Safety”

IRU - International Road Transport Union

IRU General Assembly adopts Resolution in full support of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety.

Geneva –The International Road Transport Union’s (IRU) General Assembly, representing truck, bus, coach and taxi operators in 74 countries on the 5 continents, unanimously adopted today a Resolution on road safety, in support of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety.

FEDSA - Federation of European Direct Selling Associations

FEDSA is the Federation of European Direct Selling Associations. It is an international not-for profit trade association which was founded in 1968 by five national direct selling associations. It is based in Brussels, Belgium

 

FEDSA represents the direct selling industry in Europe, promotes its benefits and works at stretching its recognition as a significant, reliable and dynamic channel of distribution.

 

GUE/NGL delegation at the World People's Conference on Climate Change in Cochabamba

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

GUE/NGL MEPs Marisa Matias (Portugal), Willy Meyer (Spain) and Jean-Luc Mélenchon (France) will attend the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Cochabamba, Bolivia, April 19 to 22 http://cmpcc.org/ .

The group welcomes the initiative taken by Bolivian President Evo Morales to convoke this conference as an important step towards the achievement of an ambitious and binding climate change deal in Mexico at the end of this year. 

Agreement between Enel, Edf and Ansaldo Energia (Finmeccanica) sign an important memorandum for the development of nuclear power in Italy

Enel

• The aim is to enhance the role of Italian industry in the constructionof the new nuclear power plants planned in Italy.

• The cooperation agreement could be extended to international EPRprojects.

Agreement between Enel, Endesa and the Renault-Nissan Alliance to develop Electric

Enel

Agreement signed in Paris for the joint development of integratedsolutions for electric mobility.

• According to the agreement, Enel in Italy and Endesa in Spain andLatin America will work jointly with the Renault-Nissan Alliance onprojects for the development of zero emission mobility.

Paris, April 9th 2010 – Enel, Endesa and the Renault-Nissan Alliance subscribed aMemorandum of Understanding aimed at developing electric mobility across severalgeographical areas.

Enel and Consumers: a thousand cases resolved

Enel

Second National Conciliation Workshop in partnership with consumers’associations.

All for One and One for All to ensure product safety

ANEC - The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation

ANEC welcomes the RAPEX annual report and results of the EU marketsurveillance exercise published today by the European Commission. We believethese reports again demonstrate that the consumer expectation for safe productscan be met only when adequate resourcing is made available to ensure effectivemarket surveillance and enforcement become routine.

Eurozone: Heightened surveillance of bad rules gets us nowhere – Commission the real culprit

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

The European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn announced "a stricter approach" towards Eurozone countries that do not respect the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact today at a hearing on measures being taken against Greece. The "repeat offenders" are to be monitored even more closely by Brussels.

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