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EU Directives news

EU Twinning Agreement for waste management

– 21st Jan 2008

The technical and legal knowledge of how Malta manages some of its waste streams has been revolutionised thanks to a twinning project with Austria which ran for 21 months. The EU-funded twinning project, which was part of the 2005 National Transition Facility Programme for Malta, came to an end today following a closing workshop presenting the results.

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Too much power squandered

– 15th Jan 2008

The closure of our post offices is imminent because Brussels’ intention was for our postal service through various EU directives to be a “community postal” service.

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EU pricing and reimbursement for medical devices and diagnostics 2006

– 15th Jan 2008

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c79408) has announced the addition of EU Pricing and Reimbursement for Medical Devices and Diagnostics 2006 Report to their offering.

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Support for biofuels risks failing to deliver significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions

– 15th Jan 2008

The UK government’s support for biofuels risks failing to deliver significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and could be environmentally damaging, the Royal Society, the UK’s leading scientific academy, said yesterday, writes Ed Crooks . The society called on the UK and the EU to reform biofuels policy to give more support to fuels that delivered greater cuts in emissions.

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Shopkeeper penalised for her imperial measures

– 15th Jan 2008

Britain’s latest “Metric Martyr” - under EU directives compelling Britain to use only the metric system of weights and measures.

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European Union Air policies

– 14th Jan 2008

A clean air supply is essential to our own health and that of the environment. The EC website provides full details about the EU Air policies currently in place.

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Where power resides - EU green legislation

– 14th Jan 2008

A blog by Richard on http://eureferendum.blogspot.com reviews the recent Financial Times story headed, “Industry attacks EU green legislation”.

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TPED (Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive)

– 14th Jan 2008

In the context of its global goal of improving safety in transport, the European Union has issued in 1999 the Directive 1999/36/EC to enhance safety with regard to transportable pressure equipment approved for the inland transport of dangerous goods by road and by rail.

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