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"European Union united for a sustainable energy future:Agreement on the new EU Directive on Renewable Energy"

EUFORES - European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources

Brussels, 9th December 2008. EU Parliament delegation, EU Council and European Commission agreed today on the EU Directive on Renewable Energy. The Directive sets ambitious rules to put renewable energy at top of energy mix. Deal must not be re-opened in European Summit this week under French EU Presidency.

MetroCities: moving into the 3rd millennium – and stimulating the economy

UITP - International Association of Public Transport

9 December 2008

The 3rd International Metro Conference of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) closed in Lausanne, Switzerland, at the end of last week with the message that investment in public transport infrastructure projects, in particular rail, can rapidly help to stimulate the ailing economy.

European political agreement recognises the need for biofuels

eBIO - European Bioethanol Fuel Association

Brussels, 9 December 2008: The European Bioethanol Fuel
Association (eBIO) welcomes the political agreement reached between
the EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament on the biofuels
part of the draft Renewable Energy Sources Directive and congratulates
both the French Presidency and the European Commission with the
achieved result.

“This Directive will assure that only those biofuels that comply with
unprecedentedly strict environmental and social sustainability standards

Europe’s energy future changed today

WindEurope

Brussels, 9 December 2008

For the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), the Renewable Energy Directive,
agreed today, confirms Europe as the leader of the energy revolution the world needs.

The target means that more than one third of EU electricity must come from renewables in 2020 and wind energy will be the biggest contributor. Moreover, the directive addresses existing barriers that prevent Europe from fully exploiting its largest domestic energy resource.

Position paper of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee „Extractive Industries“ (SSDCEI) on EU Commission’s climate package of

IMA EUROPE

The Social Dialogue Committee „Extractive Industries“ (SSDCEI) wants to preserve the European Union as a competitive and environment-friendly industrial location. A sustainable policy for industry, energy and climate has to provide real protection for the climate, foster industrial development and innovation, secure a long term supply of environment- and climate-friendly energy and promote social progress.

The Lisbon Council

Europe is faced with a modernisation imperative: Our continent is rapidly moving from the industrial age to a global, networked knowledge-based economy. At the same time, we are set to experience a profound, deep-seated demographic shift with an ageing and declining population. Against this backdrop, The Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal is a think tank and policy network committed to defining and articulating a mature strategy for managing current and future challenges.

THE EUROPEAN CEMENT INDUSTRY IS HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO CARBON LEAKAGE

CEMBUREAU - The European Cement Association

Brussels 8 December 2008 – At a press conference held today CEMBUREAU, the European Cement Association, presented its case regarding the European cement industry’s vulnerability to carbon leakage in relation to the ongoing EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) negotiations. In addition, representatives from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) presented their analysis which highlights the potential impact of the 2013-2020 EU ETS proposal on the European cement industry.

Position of the doctors in Europe on the political agreement of the EPSCO Council regarding the Working Time Directive

CPME - The Standing Committee of European Doctors

Brussels, 14th June 2008

The CPME and the other European Medical Organisations (EMOs) clearly express their opposition to the political agreement reached by the EPSCO council regarding the proposals of the Commission for a revision of the existing European Working Time Directive (EWTD).

These proposed amendments to Directive 2003/88/EC jeopardize patients’ and doctor’s safety in Europe and would penalize European health services as a whole through the reduction in the level of protection of both patients
and doctors.

International Conference: Does it really matter? Visa facilitation in the Western Balkans: Monitoring of the New Agreements

ECAS - European Citizen Action Service

Brussels 10 December 2008

Crown Plaza Europa Hotel

On 1 January 2008 the Visa Facilitation Agreement (VFA) came into force for citizens of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia to make Schengen visa procedures easier for travelling to the EU.

Don’t make consumers pay twice for household waste collection!

Only days after announcing a stimulus package for the European economy, the
European Commission has put forward plans to make companies financially
responsible for collecting end-of-life electrical goods from consumers. This
measure will do nothing to address the main problems identified by the
Commission and will add one billion euros of extra costs for European
manufacturers at a time of significant economic downturn. This policy is
inconsistent, incoherent and unacceptable.

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