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Companies disregarding EU regulation

The EU Commission wants to allow the cultivation of genetically engineered maize before the growing season 2017 starts. Three variants of transgenic maize producing insecticidal toxins, registered as MON810, Maize 1507 and Bt 11, are being conside...

9th April 2017 · 2 min read

Cloned bulls – Implications of CETA

Research conducted by Testbiotech has shown that cows and their offspring stemming from cloned bulls are registered in a professional breeders database in the UK. It is likely that a considerable number of animals stemming from clones have already...

29th March 2017 · 2 min read

EU energy plans won’t meet Paris climate commitments

Today the European Commission releases its report on the progress of the European Union's energy plans, the 'State of the Energy Union'. Greenpeace has criticised the EU's energy plans as inadequate to meet the challenge of cli...

22nd March 2017 · 2 min read

Health and Safety Package – Support Micro-Companies

UEAPME takes note of the Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) package published today by the EU Commission, following the in-depth evaluation of the various existing directives in this field. UEAPME notably appreciates the specific guidance and su...

15th March 2017 · 2 min read

Let’s keep our children and their secrets safe!

Commenting on the draft report by Adam Gierek MEP on the Energy Efficiency Directive review, Arianna Vitali, Senior Policy Officer at WWF European Policy Office said: This is a deeply flawed draft report. It contains unworkable provisions which wo...

8th March 2017 · 1 min read

Huge public campaign saves EU nature laws

President Juncker and his Commission have today confirmed that the EU’s flagship nature laws – the Birds and Habitats Directives – will be saved and not rewritten and weakened, ending two years of uncertainty over the laws’ future. They have also ...

1st March 2017 · 3 min read

Drug-Resistant ‘Superbugs’

Today, on European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD), the European Public Health Alliance and the European Patients Forum jointly call on the European Commission and national governments to step up the fight against drug-resistant infections in the ...

24th February 2017 · 2 min read

Rethink trade deals that drive industrial farming

The EU should rethink international trade deals that drive industrial farming, said Greenpeace, following the release of an EU report highlighting the negative impacts of several trade agreements on European farmers. Greenpeace warned that the bli...

17th February 2017 · 2 min read