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European Health Forum Gastein: General Assembly appoints Prof Helmut Brand President-elect

EHFG - European Health Forum Gastein

Bad Hofgastein, June, 2012 – The European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG), meeting from October 3 – 6 has, since its foundation 15 years ago, become the most significant health conference in the EU. Ahead of the anniversary congress the EHFG General Assembly has now set the course for the future by appointing as president-elect the renowned health scientist Prof Dr Helmut Brand, Director of the Department for International Health at the University of Maastricht. 

CLEPA STATEMENT: IARC study on classification of diesel engine emissions

CLEPA

The European automotive industry is since decades at the forefront of innovation to
develop ever cleaner and efficient technologies for road transport.

“The automotive suppliers have invested massively in the last years to reduce
emissions and above all particles for diesel engines” stated Mr Jean Marc Gales,
CLEPA CEO.

Current clean diesel technology is a key enabler of sustainable mobility and
contributes to the CO2 emission reduction targets set out in European climate policy.

Air pollution from diesel engines exhausts causes cancer. What consequences for Indoor Air Quality?

CAMFIL

On 12 June 2012, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), of the World Health Organization (WHO), classified diesel engine exhausts as carcinogenic to humans, based on scientific evidence, reviewed thoroughly by a Working Group of experts, that exposure is associated with an increased risk for lung cancer. Indeed, diesel engine exhausts emit ultrafine particulate matters (PM2.5) that are damaging for human health. Ultrafine particulate matters are not only found outdoors, but also in households due to the infiltration of these pollutants into buildings.

EU 2012 Digital Agenda Scoreboard: ETNO welcomes progress so far and calls for further action to achieve DAE targets

ETNO - European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association

Brussels – ETNO welcomes continued progress towards achieving the Digital Agenda goals as highlighted in the Digital Agenda scoreboard issued today.

FoodDrinkEurope calls for agreement at second reading on outstanding technical issues, on foods for particular nutritional purposes (PARNUTS)

FoodDrinkEurope

(Brussels, 18 June 2012) FoodDrinkEurope takes note of last week’s first reading vote of the European Parliament on the draft Regulation on food intended for infants and young children and food for special medical purposes.

The European food and drink industry now looks to the EU institutions to find agreement at second reading on outstanding (technical) issues, such as statements related to the absence or limited presence of gluten in foods.

ECTA’s statement on the Digital Agenda Scoreboard published today*

ECTA - European Competitive Telecommunications Association

The Digital Agenda Scoreboard published today by the Commission confirms that despite the demand for high speed broadband services, investments in ultra-fast networks are too slow or they are not happening at all. ECTA’s chairman, Tom Ruhan, said “the data published today make it clear that more efforts are need to achieve the 2020 targets set by the Digital Agenda for but in order to deliver we need to tackle the problem at its root. Competitors are currently leading fibre roll-out in Europe, but are being starved of the cash they need to invest.

Members of the European Parliament launch Forum for Sustainable Construction and Renovation

Eurogypsum

Members of the European Parliament, together with the Gypsum industry, launched today in Brussels the EP Gypsum Forum, with the objective of strengthening the movement towards sustainable construction and renovation in Europe, a sector that provides 15 million SME jobs.

Boeing Named Associate Partner to SELEX Sistemi Integrati in Single European Sky ATM Research Development Phase

BOEING

ROME, June 15, 2012 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and SELEX Sistemi Integrati, S.p.A - a Finmeccanica company- have entered into a collaboration agreement in support of the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) program's development phase -- the European air traffic modernization program.

Boeing will cooperate with SELEX Sistemi Integrati with research in flight data modeling and data link communications for all phases of flight, and system-wide information management (SWIM) - an internet-like system that enables information-sharing across all stakeholders.

Going for Green means certified new and existing buildings, says RICS

RICS

 RICS Sustainable Building Certification Statistics Europe

The market for certification of existing buildings is still under development in Europe, but some pioneering examples, could maybe set the example and buck the trend, says RICS in its publication Going for Green: Sustainable Building Certification Statistics Europe, launched today at Consense 2012 in Stuttgart (19 June 2012).

Progress on building renovation is welcome but too limited: Concrete measures still have to be put in place.

Glass for Europe

 Brussels 15 June 2012: Glass for Europe takes note of the trilogue agreement on the Energy Efficiency Directive endorsed yesterday by the Council in COREPER. No agreement on such a piece of legislation would have sent a terribly wrong signal to market actors and in particular to the construction industry.

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