by stefanie | Mar 31, 2023 | World Focus
The Right to Repair coalition (R2R), welcomed the step forward of the “EU Right to Repair proposal”, but notes the EU’s lack of ambition to make repairability an affordable reality. R2R said that the proposal does not address the burning issues of the affordability of...
by stefanie | Dec 6, 2022 | World Focus
On the 30th of November 2022, the European Commission released its second set of circular economy initiatives. The proposal for right to repair was once more delayed and left out of this Circular Economy package. Right to Repair Europe said in its blog, “By delaying...
by stefanie | Aug 10, 2022 | World Focus
In June, the EU Commission welcomed the publication of the strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation. The 34 signatories, such as platforms, tech companies and civil society followed the 2021 Commission Guidance and took into account the lessons learnt from the...
by stefanie | Dec 22, 2021 | Around the Industry
The latest Brexit changes will see more red tape for UK drivers and further checks at UK ports, with UK van drivers needing new operating licences to enter the EU from May 2022. Companies’ operating vans to deliver their own goods, or on behalf of other companies,...
by stefanie | Dec 21, 2021 | World Focus
You might be forgiven for thinking the EU is interfering at a very basic level about what we eat. But actually, the EU has ambitious plans for a European semiconductor market. It is not a secret that the world is short of semiconductors, yours truly had to wait nearly...
