The French Agency for Food Health Safety (ANSES) has called on the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to classify BPA as a more severe category 1 reprotoxic substance under the EU rules on the classification, labeling and packaging (CLP) of ...
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Photo courtesy of Melbourne Airport. Melbourne Airport has decided on the preferred orientation for its third runway, which will be included in the airport’s draft Master Plan to be published for public comment in early 2013. ...
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Government bodies must now comply with Open Standard Principles for IT, minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude has announced. The Open Standard Principles are an agreed set of standards designed to make government IT more open, ...
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After a lengthy and often heated consultation, the government has finally released its new open standards principles intended to level the supplier playing field and avoid product lock-in. But is the document a blueprint for a radically ...
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Whitehall has launched its long-awaited response to the open standards consultation, which will force government bodies to comply with its list of "Open Standards Principles" when purchasing technology. Departments must use the principles ...
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A number of initiatives and funding programs in Europe continue to promote solid-state lighting as both a key enabling technology and a way to build industrial strength and create jobs,writes TIM WHITAKER. Solid-state lighting(SSL)is ...
The "core values of Hong Kong" (freedom, democracy, human rights and rule of law) are the most debated topics in many election forums of the upcoming Legislative Council (LegCo) Election, which is scheduled on Sunday (September 9). The ...
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The "core values of Hong Kong" (freedom, democracy, human rights and rule of law) are the most debated topics in many election forums of the upcoming Legislative Council (LegCo) Election, which is scheduled on Sunday (September 9). The ...
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Virgin Media, Vodafone and Everything Everywhere are refusing to sign up to a new code of conduct for internet service providers (ISPs) aimed at guaranteeing full and open access to the internet. Ten ISPs, including BT, O2 and Talk Talk, ...
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LED lighting: call for a coherent European vision 10 Jul 2012 Public consultation on adoption of solid-state lighting calls for more co-ordination at European level. Philips Lumiblade A public consultation on the European ...
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The Corporate IT Forum Education and Skills Commission has condemned the UK Government's decision to scrap the ICT curriculum in schools from this September. Members of the commission,who include large corporations,educators and UK trade ...
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Independent MLA Bob Simpson went head-to-head with Minister of Jobs Tourism and Innovation Pat Bell over public consultation and timber supply shortages. During question period in the house Tuesday, Simpson questioned the minister on a ...
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A Green Paper on LED- and OLED-based lighting published by the European Commission launches a period of public consultation on the future development of SSL in Europe. The European Commission has published a Green Paper on LED- and ...
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A Green Paper on LED- and OLED-based lighting published by the European Commission launches a period of public consultation on the future development of SSL in Europe. The European Commission has published a Green Paper on LED- and ...
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As LED lighting is one of the most energy-efficient and versatile forms of lighting, the European Commission adopted a Green Paper and launched a public consultation on the future of LED-based lighting. Based on the promising future that ...
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