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Airport Package: need for further discussion on ground handling to avoid proposals becoming lost luggage. Artur Zasada MEP

EPP Group in the European Parliament

Ground handling services to go back to Committee for further debate

The worsening legislative environment for CHPs in Spain runs counter to the European objectives

COGEN Europe

Airport package - open market opens even more doors to social dumping

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

Calling on MEPs to reject the proposal on the ground handling draft regulation as the European Parliament's Transport Committee had done some weeks ago, GUE/NGL MEP Sabine Wils said its approval "would open the sluice gates to social dumping and a lack of safety for passengers."

EUROPEAN CROSS-INDUSTRY EMPLOYERS: “EXISTING EMPLOYER PRACTICES FOR ACTIVE AGEING SHOULD BE RECOGNISED AND PROMOTED FURTHER”

CEEP - European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing public services

Yesterday in Nicosia, the Cyprus Presidency co-organised the closing conference for the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012, which is a strong signal and contribution from the EU to addressing major demographic challenges in Europe by identifying effective solutions.

The number of workers retiring each year constitutes a real challenge to Europe’s economic growth potential, to the sustainability of public finances including pensions systems, and therefore to the competitiveness of enterprises.

Serafino Abate joins ETNO as new Regulatory Affairs Manager

ETNO - European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association

BRUSSELS – Serafino Abate joined the ETNO team as the new Regulatory Affairs Manager from Ofcom, the UK regulator. He will coordinate the work of ETNO and present the association’s position in areas such as economic regulation, spectrum, external trade, research and innovation, as well as tax issues.

ACCA/IMA Survey Indicates a Tough Balancing Act of CFO Priorities

ACCA

A new survey by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA® (the Institute of Management Accountants) shows that cost reduction, financial control, and the emerging responsibility of forecasting are the top three priorities for today’s finance leaders.
 

Single European patent: Karim hails major boost for inventors and innovation

European Parliament

 New inventions will soon be easier and cheaper to protect from copying thanks to proposals for a European Patent which was finally approved by MEPs in Strasbourg today.

The vote follows an astonishing 30 years of wrangling over detail, but was welcomed by Sajjad Karim, the lead Conservative MEP netotiating the package. He called it "a major advance for the intellectual-property rights of inventors, scientists and others at the cutting edge of technology and innovation".

Trade Agreement EU-Colombia and Peru will bring more economic and social development. Mário David MEP

EPP Group in the European Parliament

"This Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru will benefit all parties involved, enhancing their commercial relations and also bringing political benefits to the two South American countries.

European patent MEPs abdicate control over intellectual property to non-EU institution

THE GREENS/EUROPEAN FREE ALLIANCE

 

The European Parliament today voted to adopt the unitary European patent. The Greens/EFA group has raised concerns about the legality of the proposal, as well as the decision to grant wide-ranging intellectual property powers to a non-EU institution, the European Patent Office (and Court). The group hit out at the vote, with Green legal affairs spokesperson Eva Lichtenberger stating:

Colombia/Peru trade deal - "Listen to the unions, Listen to the families of the victims: Vote No!"

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

Ahead of today's European Parliament vote on an EU free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia and Peru, GUE/NGL MEPs set out their opposition to the FTA and will request for it to be sent back to parliament's trade committee.

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