Cogeneration in industry currently saves Europe around 15 million Toe of energy imports each year. However as Europe works its way out of an economic crisis, industries are under ever more pressure to concentrate on their core activities. While some governments implementing sectoral specific and short-sighted policy actions, are we on the verge to witness an erosion of Europe’s valuable industrial cogeneration base?
 

In light of the recent amendments to the proposed new Data Protection rules, some major concerns were raised by European Postal Data Protection regulatory experts, particularly in the area of the definition of personal data, legitimate interests as a legal basis for data treatment and limitations on customer profiling.  Postal experts are convinced that unless these issues are soon addressed, some of the new set of proposed amendments will ultimately threaten the postal business, its network, as well as affect customers who have come to rely on the postal network.

EU governments agreed on their collective position regarding proposals to overhaul the EU's Common Fisheries Policy last night. The Greens hit out at the agreement, which would seriously scale back planned reforms aimed at making the EU's fisheries policy more sustainable. Commenting on the outcome, Green fisheries spokesperson Isabella Lövin (MEP, Sweden) said:

Hosted by Othmar Karas, MEP

9 April 2013
6.00pm-8.00pm, followed by a cocktail reception
European Parliament, entrance place Luxembourg, Brussels