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eBusiness Interoperability conference - Utrecht 8 and 9

CEN and CENELEC

December

There are still spaces available for the conference presented by the
eBusiness Interoperability Forum (eBIF). The theme is 'e-Business
interoperability practice: examples, impacts and standardization
challenges'.

CEN, in collaboration with Equens, NEN, and ECP.NL, invites you to the 4th eBIF
Conference. This conference will address interoperability practice, showing
examples, impacts, interoperability challenges, and present some ideas on the
future landscape of eBusiness.

Une initiative européenne pour les actes authentiques :un projet au service des citoyens et des entreprises

CNUE - Council of the Notariats of the European Union

Le Parlement européen a organisé ce mardi 2 décembre un forum sur la coopération judiciaire en matière civile, en
collaboration avec la présidence française du Conseil de l’Union européenne. A cette occasion, le Conseil des
Notariats de l’Union Européenne (CNUE), en la personne de son président Me Juan Bolás Alfonso, a présenté les

Europe’s farmland birds continue to suffer from agricultural policy

BirdLife International

MEDIA RELEASE

Europe’s farmland birds continue to suffer from agricultural policy

- EU unlikely to meet its 2010 biodiversity target- Brussels and Prague, 2 December 2008 – According to the latest data from the EuropeanBird Census Council (EBCC) and BirdLife International, many of Europe’s formerly “common” farmland birds continue to suffer from the effects of agricultural intensification.

CLEPA Press Release in support of the Commission’s European Recovery Action Plan

CLEPA

Brussels, 28/11/2008

CLEPA Press Release in support of the Commission’s European Recovery Action Plan

CLEPA welcomes the European Recovery Action Plan presented by Commission President
Barroso on 26 November. This timely and concise strategy comes at a moment of
unparalleled economic difficulties and offers European industries and businesses support in
difficult times.

COMMERCIAL TV WELCOMES POLITICAL AGREEMENT ON THE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS FRAMEWORK

ACT

COMMERCIAL TV WELCOMES POLITICAL AGREEMENT ON THE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS FRAMEWORK

Brussels, 28 November 2008 – The Association of Commercial Television in Europe

(ACT) representing the interests of the commercial broadcasting sector in Europe
welcomes the political agreement reached by the Telecommunications Council
yesterday on the widely discussed Electronic Communications Package. The Package
was presented by the European Commission in 2007 to update the telecommunications

Final agreement does not address the NGN challenge

ETNO - European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association

PRESS RELEASE

EU Telecoms Council – Brussels, 27 November

Final agreement does not address the NGN challenge  

BRUSSELS – ETNO, who represents the main investors in tomorrow’s networks and services, is very disappointed that
the final agreement does not address the investment challenge. ETNO notes however that a great number of EU Member
States at the EU Telecoms Council today insisted on the need to encourage risky investment in NGN access networks.

Legal action against Bulgaria over nature protection laws

BirdLife International

Legal action against Bulgaria over nature protection laws

European Commission opens legal procedure for insufficient protection of Black Sea coast
Brussels, 27 November 2008 – The European Commission took a strong stance today by
officially opening a legal infringement procedure [1] against Bulgaria for failing to
implement the EU Birds Directive [2]. The Bulgarian government has recently agreed to a
very large number of developments that are likely to do significant harm to the unique

Investment in public transport should form part of EU economic recovery plan

UITP - International Association of Public Transport

Investment in public transport should form part of EU economic recovery plan

The EU Committee of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) today addressed a letter to the
President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and the College of Commissioners urging them to include
urban and suburban public transport networks in the transport infrastructure investments which are to form part of
the European economic recovery plan due to be unveiled tomorrow.

Will the Commission let the WEEE and RoHS proposals undermine its European Economic Recovery Plan?

Orgalime

Press Information

Brussels, 26 November 2008

Will the Commission let the WEEE and RoHS proposals undermine its European Economic Recovery Plan?

Orgalime welcomes the Commission’s adoption today of a European Economic Recovery Plan to support the real economy.

Orgalime expresses relief as BHP Billiton abandon bid for rival Rio Tinto

Orgalime

Press Information

Brussels, 25 November 2008

Orgalime expresses relief as BHP Billiton abandon bid for rival Rio Tinto

“We are relieved, as the merger would have reduced competition in the market for raw materials, particularly iron ore and have a considerable impact on the industry we represent” said Adrian Harris, Secretary General of Orgalime, the European engineering industries association.

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