The European Union has started implementing a tough new safety regulation on biocides in coatings and other applications that is likely to result in the withdrawal from the European market of large numbers of coatings chemicals for dealing ...
Tags: Construction, coating, coatings chemicals
New data protection laws intended to protect citizens' privacy, which could see internet companies forced to pay out up to €100m (£85m) in fines if they fail to comply, have been given the go ahead by Members of the European ...
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With the recent vote in the European Parliament's Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, steps were taken to bring the general safety of products more in line with the already stringent safety rules for toys. For instance, other ...
Tags: Toys
Months of vigorous lobbying from German ministers have resulted in the scrapping of an agreement to cap average new car emissions in the European Union at 95 grams per kilometre by 2020, down from around 130/g/km today. Reuters reports ...
Tags: Scrap Car Emissions, EU Support
Apple may be forced to drop the Lightning connector for charging the iPad and iPhone in Europe. A European Parliament’s consumer protection committee has voted to standardise smartphone connectors in a move to reduce waste. As a ...
Tags: Apple, Lightning Connector, Microusb
On 20 September the European Commission presented a new forest strategy to the European Parliament and the European Council; this is to replace the forest strategy that has applied since 1998. The new forest strategy was created on the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Europe's top consumer watchdog received complaints from 11 different countries about Apple's advertising of product warranties. As a result of these consumer group complaints,Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has asked Consumer ...
The European Parliament voted Wednesday to limit the use of biofuels in the European Union, one of a series of potential changes to the bloc's climate-change policies that investors say are creating uncertainty and bottling up energy ...
Tags: biofuels, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
An updated European Union safety regulation on toys will place pressure on Chinese toy makers and affect the nation's exports to an already weakening European market, but could also provide an opportunity to upgrade the domestic toy ...
Protection of consumer rights still varies greatly between EU countries. Only 35% of Europeans are confident buying online from sellers in other EU countries and seven out of ten consumers do not know what do to when they receive products ...
Tags: Single Market, Consumers
The prospect of downloading data, sending text messages and making calls without incurring huge roaming charges while travelling in Europe came a step closer on Tuesday when politicians voted in favor of new legislation. A call to end ...
Tags: Abolishing Roaming
Cyber criminals could face tougher penalties across the European Union under new rules adopted by the European Parliament, which include the creation of a specific offence of using botnets. The draft directive adopted by the parliament on ...
Tags: EU Parliament, Cyber Attacks
Prison sentences for hacking and cyber crime are set to rise across Europe if a new draft directive becomes law, as the EU looks to combat cyber espionage and cyber attacks against critical national infrastructure. A draft directive set ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has criticized the European Parliament for approving the European Commission's proposal to temporarily remove 900 million CO2 emissions allowances from the market. According to the European ...
Tags: Carbon Allowances, Mineral
European Union politicians at both national and European levels demanded on Monday that the U.S. answer allegations of spying on E.U. embassies, while others called for asylum for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Speaking on behalf of ...
Tags: Computer Products, software