The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has welcomed a landmark vote by MEPs in the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee for a comprehensive overhaul of the European payments market. The Committee has sent a clear message that the time for ...
Tags: European Payment Market, Apparel
The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has welcomed the European Parliament's approval of a resolution demanding technically and economically feasible climate and energy targets for Europe's steelmakers within the European Union's steel ...
Tags: Steel Action Plan, European Steel Association, climate and energy policy
A world-wide consultation on street lighting has been launched by The Climate Group and Philips. Launched at the Future of Urban Development session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, it aims to find out more about the ...
Tags: LED, EU-wide, Climate Group
The European Commission wants EU member states to accept common environment and health rules if they use controversial 'fracking' to develop shale gas resources. A document prepared for the Commission's 2030 Energy and Climate Package due ...
The EU will announce climate change targets for 2030 next week but sharp differences over priorities and an unwillingness to take the lead while global rivals hang back may result in a modest compromise deal. The 2020 programme is widely ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Many electronic payments will fail in Europe next month, unless the deadline for switching to the new SEPA payment system is extended, the European Commission warned Thursday. By 1st February, banks and businesses within the Single Euro ...
As per Annex-IX of the EU Regulation-978, the entire textiles and clothing products i.e. HS chapter 50 to 63 are included in GSP Plus Scheme and will be exported duty free from January 1, 2014 although the official Notification will be ...
Tags: Textile Exports, EU
Europe inched a step closer towards enforcing a single, universal mobile phone charger yesterday when a provisional deal was made between members of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. The details of the deal ...
Pakistan will enjoy concessions on 6,000 tariff lines, against the current 150 tariff lines, due to the grant of the Generalized System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status by the European Union (EU), which takes effect from January 1, 2014, ...
Tags: tariff lines, Duty
The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) said the vote in Strasbourg will save more than 20,000 direct green jobs in the paper industry and an estimated additional 140,000 indirect jobs in Europe. “We are glad to see ...
Tags: Waste Paper Legislation, Packaging
Following the call made by the European Commission (EC) for a meeting on December 4 convening the 14 largest steel producing EU member states, the CEOs of the major European steelmakers, representatives of the European Parliament, and the ...
Tags: Europe, Energy, Climate Policy
More conventional farmers, both small and large, are beginning to ease off antibiotic use on their animals. Pharmaceutical antibiotics had become popular as CAFOs (confined animal feeding operations) came into existence. Antibiotics began ...
Tags: oregano, chicken, healthy, disease-free
Congressional lawmakers held hearings this week to determine what, if any, changes can be made to U.S. government surveillance programs, with Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) calling for increased transparency into federal data collection ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
China and the European Union are expected to start negotiations on a landmark bilateral investment treaty during the upcoming China-EU summit, the top EU envoy in China said. The agreement will help China upgrade its economy and better ...
Tags: Treaty Talks, EU
Gathered in Berlin for the 2nd EURATEX Convention, the European Textile and Clothing Industry urges the Members of the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament to oppose the Unique Delegated Act that includes 10 country ...