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Commission delays new strategy on endocrine disruptors

A European Commission spokesman confirmed that the current Commission will not come forward with plans to establish criteria to identify and evaluate endocrine...

IBAN/BIC on hold | BEUC

Today the European Commission decided to postpone by six month the obligation of all credit transfers and direct debits in euro to use...

New position paper: Consumer rights in electricity and gas markets

Energy markets generally fail to satisfy consumer expectations. The EU’s 3 energy packages and other horizontal consumer laws have defined a number of...

Meat: Inadequate country of origin measure stopped?

Yesterday, the European Parliament passed a resolution on country of origin labelling for fresh meat of pig, poultry, sheep and goat asking for...

EP says no to food from cloned animals

The European Parliament’s Environment Committee today sent a strong signal that consumers’ rejection of food from cloned animals should be respected.MEPs want a...

Smarter Logos = better informed consumers

Joint research on the effectiveness of logos has been unveiled at a Roundtable with senior EU officials by AIM, the European Brands Association...

New car test standard adopted

The United Nations Economics Commission for Europe (UNECE) has announced the adoption of a new standard testing method for measuring CO2 emissions and...

European Parliament vote to keep lid on GM pollen in honey

Honey containing genetically modified (GM) pollen will not have to be labelled as containing GMOs under a proposal adopted yesterday by the European...