The IRU strongly supports the European Parliament proposal to improve the 12-day driving derogation for international coach travel in the EU, adopted as part of the revision of the regulation on the digital tachograph that will significantly simplify the regulations governing its use.

BRUSSELS, Friday, 1 February 2013: DIGITALEUROPE welcomes the report published yesterday by the EU mediator, Mr. Antonio Vitorino. The report recognises the value of licensed digital services and proposes that licensed copies and licensed services should not attract an additional payment in the form of a private copy levy, a measure which would encourage new and emerging business models in the digital era.

“Fighting inequality and supporting diversity:
Europe’s big challenge? ”
 

The Commission has published today a package consisting of a communication on a European Retail Action Plan and a Green Paper on unfair trading practices in the supply chains for food and non-food products.
 
 

The European Banking Federation (EBF) stages today, jointly with cabinet DN, and with the support of Eurofinas, a seminar on data protection to discuss the implications of the proposed EU data protection reform for financial services providers.

Hosted by Thomson Reuters in Brussels at 4.00pm, the two-hour seminar comes in the week when the European Commission declares its annual 'Data Protection Day' in support of citizens’ right to privacy.