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...
by stefanie | Dec 20, 2021 | World Focus
The EU is planning to take action as globally, environmental crime is 4th largest criminal activity and is growing at 5-7% per year. The EU Commission adopted a proposal for a new EU Directive to crackdown on environmental crime, a cornerstone of the European Green...
by stefanie | Feb 25, 2021 | World Focus
The European Commission and national consumer authorities released the results of a screening of websites (“sweep”), an exercise carried out each year to identify breaches of EU consumer law in online markets. This year, for the first time ever, the sweep focused on...
by stefanie | Jan 15, 2021 | World Focus
NGOs firmly reject the proposed update to the voluntary agreement (VA) on imaging equipment and for an immediate regulatory measure. In a letter to the EU Commission, ECOS, a Brussels based international network of environmental NGOs, rejects the latest version of the...
by stefanie | Nov 27, 2020 | World Focus
The European Parliament has voted in favour of making products more durable and easier to repair and recycle, and by providing consumers with more rights and information. The European Parliament wants to boost sustainability by promoting reuse and repairs and by...
