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Caritas Europa contacts MEPs ahead of crucial voting on Return Directive

Caritas Europa

Caritas Europa, the Conference of European Churches, the Commission of the Bishops' Conference of the European Community and the Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe have sent a joint letter to all Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in a last attempt to make them aware of a series of critical points included in the proposed Return Directive before a crucial voting scheduled for 18 June 2008.

BT announces 80% global CO2 reduction target

BT

BT announced today that it will cut its carbon emissions intensity by 80% across the globe by 2020(1), setting one of the most aggressive corporate carbon reduction targets worldwide.

The company also published a new model for measuring and tracking carbon emissions – backed by the Carbon Disclosure Project. This represents an important step in measuring carbon emissions in a consistent way across the globe.

EHA congratulates Industry Stakeholders and EU officials with the establishment of the EU Joint Undertaking for Fuel Cells and H

EHA - European Hydrogen Association

The European Hydrogen Association, EHA, congratulates all industry and research stakeholders and EU officials who have worked together over the last five years to help establish the Joint Undertaking for Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (JU-FCH) on the positive decsion of the Competitiveness Council of May 30, 2008. As one of the

Six Europeans Awarded for Personal Achievement in Tobacco Control

WHO

Six Europeans Awarded for Personal Achievement in Tobacco Control for the World No Tobacco Day 2008.

CompTIA welcomes US and Japan ITA trade complaint to the WTO

COMPTIA

CompTIA welcomes today’s joint US and Japan legal action at the WTO to formally raise a longstanding ICT trade policy issue on the Information Technology Agreement (ITA).

Investors take a step back from Emerging Europe

RICS

Investors are falling out of emerging Europe as they struggle to overcome financial liquidity constraints, according to the latest RICS Global Property Survey. Transaction activity plummeted at the fastest pace of any developing region in the first quarter of 2008, despite emerging European markets continuing to see relatively healthy expansions in occupier activity.

CompTIA urges Member States to "Patent" the EU Economy back on track

COMPTIA

Today the Competitiveness Council is expected once again to discuss the Patent Strategy and how to boost the EU Economy. A harmonised IPR system will bring the EU economy forward

The photovoltaic industry welcomes Turmes draft report on the future Directive on Renewable Energies

EPIA - European Photovoltaic Industry Association

The draft report by Rapporteur Claude Turmes on the EU Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources largely meets the European photovoltaic industry expectations, in particular with regard to the safeguarding of successful national support schemes (such as feed-in tariffs).

European Standards Organisation Joint Presidents’ Group (JPG) meets EC's Vice-President Günter Verheugen,

CEN and CENELEC

The officially-recognised European Standardization Organisations (ESOs); CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, outcome of their positive meeting with EC Vice-President Mr. Günter Verheugen. Several key areas were discussed including: • Importance of collaboration between ESOs and the European Commission • Access to standardization for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) • Small Businesses Act • “EC Study on ICT Standardization Policy Requirements” • Importance of innovation, R&D results and standardization to the value food chain • Visibility of the European standardization system

“Measures for financial inclusion have to be delivered at national level”, says ESBG.

ESBG - European Savings Bank Group

On the occasion of the conference “Improving Access to Basic Financial Services” organised yesterday by the European Commission (EC) and the publication of the EC report “Financial Services Provision and Prevention of Financial Exclusion”, the ESBG believes that the fight against financial exclusion has to be dealt with at the national level and stresses the importance of voluntary initiatives in this field.

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