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Cogeneration and renewables: a winning combination

COGEN Europe

A high penetration of renewables on the electricity network is at the heart of EU’s strategy for substantially decarbonising electricity by 2050 but the opportunity for renewables cogeneration is still under exploited. At the COGEN Europe Annual Conference 2012, Europe’s largest annual cogeneration event taking place on 3-4 May in Brussels, speakers are taking on the challenge of what is stopping bio-energy cogeneration expansion.

Issues need to be addressed with investment entities, says ACCA in response to proposals for change

ACCA

As the proposals from the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) are considered, ACCA questions some of the details

The transparency of the accounts of investment entities will be improved if proposals to amend the way they present their investments are adopted. However more work needs to be done to make the new rules easier to understand and implement, says ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).

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GUE/NGL Group in the EP

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The Right to Family Life: Caritas Europa calls for a better implementation of the EU Directive on family reunification

Caritas Europa

Brussels, 16 March, 2012

Liberals launch proposals to increase transparency of MEP votes

ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

Liberals launch proposals to increase transparency of MEP votes

On Monday 19th March the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the European Parliament will discuss a proposal by Andrew Duff MEP (Lib Dem, UK) to open up law making to greater public scrutiny.
Mr Duff proposes that all final votes on draft laws even in Parliament's powerful committees should be by roll call. He argues:

European Parliament calls for binding 2030 renewables target

WindEurope

The European Parliament voted today for the first time in favour of setting a binding renewable energy target for 2030.

"The Parliament's vote sends a strong message to the European Council as it prepares its response to the European Commission's Energy Roadmap 2050", commented Stephane Bourgeois, Head of Regulatory Affairs at the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).

FoodDrinkEurope calls for ENVI Committee support for Article 13 list of permitted health claims

FoodDrinkEurope

(Brussels, 15 March 2012) FoodDrinkEurope calls for the support of ENVI1 Members of the European Parliament to reject the objection tabled against the list of permitted Article 13 health claims when MEPs vote on this issue in Committee next Wednesday, 21 March. FoodDrinkEurope strongly supports the adoption of the Article 13 list and the authorisation process for claims on foods laid down by Regulation 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims.

Lack of post-carbon ambition a threat to sustainability and innovation

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

"The EU's lack of an ambitious policy on climate change is endangering the economy's path to sustainable development" said GUE/NGL MEP Sabine Wils ahead of the crucial European Parliament vote on the timetable for a transition to a competitive low-carbon economy by 2050. 

Wils said that EU emissions trading has so far failed as an instrument for climate protection and has undermined European climate change policy.

MEPs to question Commission on Schmallenberg outbreak

ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

MEPs will today (Thursday) question the European Commission on its plans to address the outbreak of the Schmallenberg virus (SBV) which is causing a range of deformities and stillbirths in sheep, goats and cattle in a number of EU countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom.

ALDE MEP George Lyon (Liberal Democrat, UK), ALDE coordinator on the Agriculture Committee, said:

Cashing in the consumer protection dividend

ANEC - The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation

To mark International Consumers Day, ANEC calls for European safety legislation to provide consumers with a system of protection they can trust. This entails ensuring the safety of products along the whole production chain, from the assessment of risks to which all categories of consumers are exposed, to effective checks on products before they are sold to consumers.

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