Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have lent support to include labels with calorie values on all alcoholic drinks. Justifying their demand, public health experts said that such labels were important for consumers to make informed ...
Tags: alcoholic drinks, drinks
The European Parliament has backed plans to create a new meat labeling regulation in processed foods. The new law, when put into force, will require food producers to mention the country of origin of meat used as an ingredient in ...
It all happened very quickly in advance of the EU Environment Council’s meeting in Brussels on December 17. The EU decided to scrap the Circular Environment package because in 2015 “we want to put something on the table that is ...
The Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have voted in favour of making ‘made-in’ labeling mandatory for non-food products sold on the single market, as a measure to tighten up product safety requirements and market ...
Tags: apparel, clothing accessories
MEPs’ plans to tighten up single market product safety rules and market surveillance include mandatory "made-in" labelling to improve the traceability of non-food goods, a sharper focus on goods that appeal to kids, an EU blacklist of ...
Tags: safety rules, Product Safety
Australia's energy efficiency certificate 1 December, 2008 (Australia), April 1, 2009 (New Zealand) Ha ha Ha ha into the future, all the above regions or in the AC-AC and AC-DC external power supply. Contained in the band and no-load ...
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Textiles and apparel from Ukraine are likely to get tariff exemption in the EU market from as early as May this year, as the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament has backed a plan to remove tariffs on imports from ...
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
European nations stand sharply divided over setting new 2030 targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, EU sources said Friday. European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso called in commissioners to try to ...
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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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The EU Parliamentary committee (ENVI) responsible for making recommendations on the revised proposed EU Tobacco Products Directive were due to vote on the proposals last Thursday (5 September). They also planned to ban slim cigarettes and ...
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
With an eye on next year's European elections, Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes on Thursday called on the European Parliament to support her longstanding plans to end roaming charges and guarantee net neutrality. Though contrary ...
Tags: Computer Products
Trading Standards says that sharing of intelligence is key to fighting fakes, as MEP gets behind initiative. A MEMBER of European Parliament is supporting ToyNews’ Fight the Fakes campaign for the prevention of counterfeit toys. ...
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European Union politicians are at loggerheads following a vote in the European Parliament on Wednesday that rejected proposals to store and share information on airline passengers. The Parliament's civil liberties committee voted against ...
Tags: EU, Air Passenger Data