New boost for internal market on goods
21st Feb 2008
The European Commission welcomes today’s adoption by the European Parliament of a broad package of measures to facilitate the functioning of the internal market for goods, e-Gov monitor reports.
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MEP’s clarify CE Markings and import rules
21st Feb 2008
Parliament has adopted at first reading a key legislative package on the internal market in goods.
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.
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.
Cancer research threatened by too much management and excessive regulation
15th Jan 2008
The fundamental ethos and creativity of cancer research is threatened by too much management and excessive regulation, says a Keynote Comment in The Lancet Oncology, January 2008 issue. The Comment also adds that there is a serious lack of regulation harmonization between countries, a recent blog reports.
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.
Sustaining competitive advantage within the medical device industry
8th Jan 2008
Regulations controlling the manufacturing, marketing and usage of medical devices in the EU are forcing manufacturers to incorporate language translation. Read the full blog by Shy Avni, posted 8th january 2008.
Commission car emissions proposal fails climate challenge
20th Dec 2007
In a long-awaited proposal, presented today, for curbing global warming pollution from new cars, the European Commission has relegated climate change to the back seat and granted major concessions to the car industry, said Greenpeace.
Europe’s complex regulatory process for food supplements
4th Dec 2007
A workshop is being held to help companies get to grips with Europe’s complex regulatory process for food supplements, which will help clarify where EU-wide rules end and Member State laws begin.
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