EU Legislation, Initiatives, etc.
EU News: The European Commission has taken an important step in preparing for the full inclusion of aviation in the EU's emissions trading system (EU ETS) from 1 January 2012. The EC has decided on the historical aviation emissions which will be used to calculate the number of aviation allowances to be available from 2012.
EU News: The EU should promote the introduction of a financial transaction tax, even if it is alone in doing so ‘as a first step’, says Parliament in a resolution on innovative financing voted in plenary on last week. A second resolution called for more EU tax-related assistance and clamp downs on tax evasion & tax fraud to boost revenue & efficiency in the developing countries.
The innovative financing resolution argues that the tools proposed can yield a ‘double dividend’ by not only generating more funds, but also making the financial sector safer and society greener.
EU News: The European Commission has adopted a Roadmap for transforming the European Union into a competitive low carbon economy by 2050. It describes the cost-effective pathway to reach the EU's objective of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% of 1990 levels by 2050. The EU needs to start working now on long-term strategies, and the Roadmap provides guidance on how this transition can be achieved in the most cost-effective way.
DH: The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) has been selected as the body that will set standards for the quality & safety of transplant organs across the EU, the Department of Health said last week. The HTA has been named as the competent organisation for England & Wales for the EU Organ Directive and will take the lead on developing a regulatory framework and implementation into legislation by August 2012.
EU News: 12 projects have been shortlisted for the European Enterprise Awards (EEA) 2011. A total of 399 projects competed in national competitions in 29 European countries (24 EU Member States and Croatia, Iceland, Norway, Serbia & Turkey) for the EEA this year.
A high-level jury representing business, government & academia reviewed 54 entries and established a shortlist of 12 nominees in 5 categories. The winners will be announced at the 5th award ceremony at the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest on 24 May 2011, to which all nominees will be invited.
EU News: The European Commission has published its first Trade and Investment Barriers report which singles out important barriers in the markets of 5 strategic economic partners and proposes specific actions to remove the barriers.
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15/03/2011