The European Commission has asked European Medicines Agency (EMA) to provide advice on the impact of antibiotic use in animals on public health and animal health. The request was made by the Commission as a part of it's 'Action Plan ...
Tags: Antibiotics in Animals, Food
The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has said that it welcomes the European Parliament's decision to reject the European Commission's (EC) proposal to reduce the number of free carbon allowances. According to EUROFER, the European ...
Tags: EU Parliament, Carbon Allowances
The European Commission (EC) has approved the FrieslandCampina's acquisition of cheese specialist Zijerveld and its packaging unit Den Hollander Food from MYWO Food. On 7 January, FrieslandCampina agreed to acquire the two companies and ...
Google has submitted a package of concessions to the European Commission (EC) as it attempts to avoid a fine following an antitrust investigation. Over the past two and a half years, European Union (EU) competition regulators have been ...
Tags: Google, mobile marketplace
The European Commission confirmed on Thursday that it has formally received a package of concessions from Google aimed at ending a two-year antitrust investigation. The Internet giant submitted detailed proposals at the end of January, ...
Tags: Google, Antitrust Remedies
The on-going economic crisis poses a serious challenge to the dialogue between workers' and employers' representatives and governments according to a report published today by the European Commission. The report shows that recent government ...
The FairSearch coalition, whose members include Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle, has filed a complaint with the European Commission against Google and Android, saying that the company is using the OS as a Trojan horse to deceive partners and ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Improving users' experiences is no justification for using consumer information in big data projects, according to Europe's top data protection officials. The Article 29 Working Group, which includes the data protection supervisors from ...
Tags: Data, software, Computer Products
EU-listed and large private oil, gas and mining companies will be forced to reveal more about their payments to governments under new EU rules agreed informally late Tuesday by EU negotiators. Some big oil companies, including Shell, had ...
A coalition of web and technology organisations including Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle have filed an anti-trust complaint to the European Commission, claiming Google's Android operating system gives the firm an unfair advantage in the mobile ...
The European Commission has blocked a proposal by the German Telecoms Regulator (BNetzA) to set fixed termination rates three times (300%) higher than the average of countries which follow the recommended approach set out in EU telecoms ...
Tags: Service, EU telecoms
The FairSearch coalition, whose members include Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle, has filed a complaint with the European Commission against Google and Android, saying that the company is using the OS as a Trojan horse to deceive partners and ...
Microsoft isn't fooling anyone by hiding behind a trade group to complain to European antitrust regulators about Google and its Android mobile operating system, a legal expert said today. "FairSearch.org is seen by many observers here as ...
Tags: Microsoft, Google, Antitrust Complaint
The garment manufacturers of Pakistan are pinning hope on the approval of the European Union’s Generalized System of Preference Plus (GSP Plus) status to their country by the EU Commission at Brussels. According to the industry ...
Tags: Garment Makers, Garment, Apparel
ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava (AMTPO), the biggest producer of tubes and pipes in the Czech Republic, has announced that it cut its dust emissions by 85 metric tons in 2012, reducing its environmental footprint to a historic low of ...
Tags: Arcelormittal Ostrava, Mineral