The European Commission today launched a public consultation on strengthening EU measures to reduce emissions of fluorinated gases, a group of industrial gases which are extremely powerful contributors to global warming.
In the last three months to July 2011, manufacturing production was 4.5% higher than a year ago, but was almost unchanged compared to the first quarter.
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The European Commission proposed new legislation that will clarify the responsibility of economic operators and make the use of recreational crafts more friendly for the environment in marinas.
The “Participant Portal” has become the European Commission's single authoritative website for the publication of Research Framework Programme calls.
To strengthen the fight against climate change and be better protected against terrorist attacks or natural disasters, two calls for proposals were published on 20 July 2011 in the area of space and security research.
The present call for proposals aims at improving the impact of innovation policies by speeding up the take up of design as a user-centered innovation tool in national, regional and EU innovation policies.
The recovery in manufacturing output continues, but at a more moderate pace than in the previous months. Recent declines in business confidence indicate that the pace of industrial recovery is normalising.
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A key expert group set up by the Commission today set out guidelines on giving European industry a competitive edge in deploying the industrial technologies of the future (Key Enabling Technologies, KET).
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The event, will cover the new developments of European demand-side innovation policies, illustrate the forthcoming call for proposals and will be an opportunity to exchange best practice in innovation procurement.It will also give further information on future European R&D&I funding programmes.
The cheapest energy is the one we do not consume. The counting down has started to achieve Europe's 20% energy efficiency target for 2020. If nothing changes in the coming years, the EU will achieve only half of the target. This threatens our competitiveness, our fight to reduce CO₂ emissions and our security of supply. This is still a high cost for every consumer's bill. A new set of measures for increased Energy Efficiency has been proposed on 22 June by the European Commission to fill the gap and put back the EU on track.
