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EIP News flash
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Deadline EIP's call for application: 31 January
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The EIP is completely renewing its membership for both the High-Level Steering Group and the Operational Groups. DG GROW is seeking to establish a balanced group with representatives from Member States, industry, civil society and the research community.
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All organisations that are registered in the Transparency Register are welcome to apply, using the templates on the EIP website by 31 January 2017. Applying is easy: a motivation letter, CV, selection criteria form and a classification form is all that is needed. EU Member States and targeted public entities have received an invitation letter and a reply form.
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European Commission reports on the delivery and progress of key initiatives of the Circular Economy Action Plan
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Together with the report, the Commission also took further measures by establishing a Circular Economy Finance Support Platform with the European Investment Bank (EIB), issued guidance to Member States on converting waste to energy and proposed a targeted improvement of legislation on certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
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To showcase the key deliverables achieved so far and to debate future deliverables with stakeholders, the Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee are organising a Circular Economy Conference on 9-10 March 2017.
Read more about the Commission's reports
Register for the Circular Economy Conference on 9-10 March
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DG GROW publishes the presentations made at the 6th EU-US-Japan trilateral conference on critical materials
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More than 100 participants attended the 6th EU-US- Japan Trilateral Conference on Critical Materials. The theme of the 2016 Conference was "Strategies for Sustainable Supply of Critical Raw Materials". It was a good opportunity for researchers to network and for the relevant organisations (METI, NEDO, DOE and EC) to reconfirm the importance and relevance of such dialogue both at policy and at technical level. It was therefore agreed to continue the series of Trilateral Conferences on Critical Materials.
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The presentations of the EIP's Annual Conference, held on 1 December, will be published on the EIP's website shortly.
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European Industry Day, 28 February in Brussels
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President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen, and Commissioners Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Internal Market, Industry, SMEs and Entrepreneurship) and Carlos Moedas (Research and Innovation) will all participate in the event.
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Representatives of traditional and new, disruptive sectors will present their views on the future of their business. Entrepreneurs, innovators, start-ups and the tech community will share the stage with key EU political leaders.
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DG GROW publishes a study on the assessment of the cumulative cost impact of specified EU legislation and policies on the EU forest-based industries
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The aim of this study is to identify the cumulative costs, both direct and indirect, of the most financially burdensome EU legislation and policies that forest-based industry (F-BI) companies active in the EU28 have to comply with.
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This study consists of a cumulative cost assessment of the cost impacts of the most relevant EU legislation and policies for the EU forest-based industries (woodworking and pulp and paper) between 2005 and 2014.
The EU legislation analysed was prioritised from over 100 acts and grouped in 8 policy areas or 'legislative packages'. These included: competition, climate & energy, environment, forest-related, employment, product-related, transport, trade. (NB competition policy had no or negligible costs and trade policy was not very relevant for the woodworking sub-sector).
In addition, an analysis of the industries’ cost structures was made in relation to key international competitors (Brazil, China, USA).
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DG GROW publishes a study on the composition and drivers of energy prices and costs in selected energy-intensive industries
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The study covers a number of energy-intensive industries such as steel, aluminium, bricks and tiles, wall and floor tiles and refineries.
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It provides an overview on energy price developments, the evolution of energy intensity, an international comparison with non-EU countries. It also includes an assessment of the impact of energy prices and their components on the unit production costs and other key performance indicators. The study applied a bottom-up approach using data from selected production sites.
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