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MEPs back unspent money for local energy & transport investment

Local services that create jobs and improve energy efficiency received a boost Thursday, 2 September, when MEPs on the Industry, Research and Energy Committee approved plans for more investment. The main beneficiaries will be towns and local authorities across the European Union. The money is lik...

General News, EU News, Latest news - 06/09/10

Paris woos Commission on industrial policy

Stimulating innovation and preventing companies from fleeing abroad are the keys to success for a new EU industrial policy, stressed French Industry Minister Christian Estrosi during a visit to Brussels yesterday (2 September). But one of the main potential weapons of the strategy, the contr...

General News, EU News, Latest news - 03/09/10

€2.8m EU globalisation fund set to help 1,429 Spanish car workers in Spain

The European Commission has today approved an application from Spain for assistance under the European Globalisation adjustment Fund (EGF). The application will now be sent to the European Parliament and the Council for decision. The € 2,752,935 requested by the Spanish authorities will help...

General News, EU News, Automotive news, Latest news - 02/09/10

EU late payments review edging close to deal

Public bodies and private companies will be obliged to stick to deadlines in paying their creditors to avoid high interest rates on their debt, according to a draft deal between the EU institutions on the recast of the Late Payments Directive. "We have already sorted out quite a lot of problems ...

General News, EU News, Latest news - 02/09/10

Korean auto industry escapes strike action

South Korea’s auto industry has escaped strike action for the first year after decades of militant union activity, with Kia Motors the latest of the country’s five carmakers to make a wage agreement with workers. South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker said on Tuesday that management had agreed w...

General News, Automotive news, Latest news - 02/09/10

Commissioner Šemeta visits China to boost cooperation in custom controls and tackling counterfeit goods

Algirdas Šemeta, EU Commissioner for Taxation, Customs Union, Anti-Fraud and Audit, will open an international conference at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 on building bridges to facilitate trade between China and the EU. The aim of the conference is to explore ways to enhance further customs coo...

General News, EU News, Latest news - 01/09/10

EU pushes links with ASEAN in Economic Ministers meeting

EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht today finished a three-day visit to Da Nang (Vietnam), where he was invited to the 42nd ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM). It’s the first time in three years that an EU representative has participated in such a meeting. The visit presents an opportunity t...

General News, EU News, Latest news - 31/08/10

Leaked court opinion deals hammer blow to EU patent

The EU's top court is set to throw a spanner in the works of plans for a single EU patent. In a leaked opinion paper, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) says the proposed unified patent court is incompatible with the EU Treaties. In a non-binding opinion written in July, Juliane Kokott, advoc...

General News, EU News, Latest news - 30/08/10

Europeans losing faith in EU

Just 42% of Europeans say they trust the European Union, according to a new opinion poll, down six percentage points in just six months. The survey also found that fewer than half of Europe's citizens see their country's membership of the EU as a positive thing, but the European Commission is cl...

General News, EU News, Latest news - 30/08/10

Summer season notice

The summer recess slows down the regular rhythm of activities of EU institutions and the production of press material. Until the end of August, the news section of the CLEPA Website will therefore not be updated daily, but whenever there is relevant news to report.

General News, CLEPA News, EU News, Automotive news, Latest news - 06/08/10