CompTIA welcomes yesterday's announcement by Taiwanese trade representatives that they will file a consultation with the WTO to protest the lack of EU compliance with the Information Techonology Agreement (ITA).

Brussels, June 11, 2008 – With just two months to go to the Olympic Games, China is in the spotlight. Numerous associations and organizations have already spoken on the situation in China in a number of sectors, but there is one which CISAC and its President Robin Gibb particularly wish to highlight: creators’ loss of earnings in the music industry due to non-compliance with the copyright legislation in China.

PostEurop participated for the first time in the European Commission’s Green Week, a week-long high-level environmental gathering bringing together representatives from the European institutions, NGO’s and industry from 3-6 June in the EU’s Charlemagne Building, Brussels. The event “Only one earth, Don’t waste it” focused on the need for more sustainable consumption and production worldwide, as well as on waste management and the sustainable use of natural resources.

Following yesterday’s political agreement in the EU Employment Council on the Agency Work Directive,
Eurociett welcomes the compromise solution that has been found on this dossier which has been blocked for years. Eurociett hopes that the political debate will now progress swiftly.

Brussels – The IRU urges European Transport Ministers not to apply the Posting of Workers Directive (96/71/EC) to cabotage activities, when they meet on 12 June to agree new rules aimed at the EU road haulage market, defining cabotage and limiting the time and number of operations.