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President Van Rompuy supports Energy Efficient Renovations at REDay2013

Renovate Europe

“Energy Efficiency is the highest impact measure governments can take to save energy. And buildings represent the greatest potential sector for energy savings in the European Union”, says President Van Rompuy

Ukraine’s Future Foundation launches national grant competition “Ukraine’s Intellectual Capital”

Ukraine's Future Foundation

On October 4, 2013 the first National Grant Competition “Ukraine’s Intellectual Capital” was announced during the Second International Expert Session “How to make intellect a development resource for Ukraine”. The competition and session were both organized by the Ukraine’s Future Foundation.

Protect People in Need while Protecting National Borders

Caritas Europa

Caritas Europa’s Call to the European Union after the Lampedusa tragedy

On the occasion of the European Commission’s President José Manuel Barroso’s visit to Lampedusa today, Caritas Europa’s Executive Board urges EU Member States to protect people in need while “protecting” national borders. The current EU and international legal framework, although not perfect, gives the EU and its Member States the instruments to prevent tragedies such as in Lampedusa last week, but the political courage is lacking.

Plenary supports Commission proposal that makes flying a lot more dangerous

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

MEPs who voted to back Commission plans on new unsafe requirements and procedures on cabin crew working time have shown an astonishing lack of dignity today.

But one third of MEPs sent a strong signal to the Commission by backing the GUE/NGL Resolution calling to reject the Commission blueprint.

218 MEPs voted in support of the motion for rejecting the flawed Commission proposal but unfortunately 387 MEPs voted against this motion for rejection.

Eurometaux Position on the proposed amendments to the Waste Shipment Regulation “Need for ambitious measures to fight against the estimated 25% of illegal shipments of waste”

Eurometaux welcomes the proposed amendments to the Waste Shipment Regulation which address the important and challenging problem of illegal shipments of valuable material embedded in waste and end-of-life products outside the EU. The amendments point to the right problems and propose useful measures. However, Eurometaux believes that the amendments are not ambitious enough and should go further so as to significantly reduce the estimated 25% of illegal shipments.

Pilot flying hours: new EU-wide rules establish maximum fly and standby time of 16 hours. Mathieu Grosch MEP

EPP Group in the European Parliament

The European Parliament has adopted a Regulation establishing EU-wide rules governing the working hours of pilots and cabin personnel. Mathieu Grosch MEP, EPP Group Coordinator in the Transport and Tourism Committee of the European Parliament, welcomes the new flight time Regulation which will reduce crew fatigue thus improving overall safety conditions for flight personnel and their passengers.

Key step for regulating shale gas, as MEPs endorse compulsory environmental impact assessments

THE GREENS/EUROPEAN FREE ALLIANCE

The European Parliament today voted to revise EU legislation on environmental impact assessments (EIAs). The Greens strongly welcomed provisions to make EIAs compulsory for non-conventional fossil fuel projects, notably shale gas extraction and exploration involving fracking. Commenting on the vote, Green environment spokesperson Sandrine Bélier said:

Promoting Sustainable Mobility by Bus and Coach

IRU - International Road Transport Union

October is definitely the bus and coach month. See for yourself: the 8th IRU European Bus & Coach Forum is just around the corner, and will take place at this year's Busworld Europe in Belgium, where you will also learn about Busworld's new Academy and its inaugural seminar. The new Public-Private Citizen's Mobility Forum will also take off this month, as a follow-up to the recommendations of the EU Public-Private Smart Move High Level Group, published last May.

ESWET - European Suppliers of Waste to Energy Technology

Small businesses face a new kind of credit crunch, says new research

ACCA

- SMEs seeking shelter in niche markets

- Confidence upturn in global recovery

 

The economic recovery is causing a new kind of credit crunch for the world’s small and medium sized businesses as they struggle to find the finance needed to deliver on new business and orders, according to new findings from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) in their Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS) analysis.

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