Keyword: European Parliament

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EU Proposes Changes in TTIP Investor Protection Clause

12.05.2015 - EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström has presented to the European Parliament (EP) the Commission's proposals for revising the terms of the controversial investor-state dispute...

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European Parliament Restricts Thin Plastic Bag Use

05.05.2015 - New legislation passed by the European Parliament will restrict consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags with a thickness of 15 to 50 microns to 90 per inhabitant by the end...

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EU Commission Finalizes New GMO Import Rules

23.04.2015 - The European Commission has finalized new rules allowing member states the freedom to restrict or prohibit the import of genetically modified crops for food or feed, even if they...

Markets & Companies

Low Oil Prices Pose Challenges for European Chemical Industry

24.03.2015 - The sharp drop in oil prices in the second half of last year is causing some dilemmas not only for individual chemical producers in Europe, particularly those making petrochemicals...

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EU Parliament Passes GMO Opt-out Clause

15.01.2015 - In a vote of 480 to 159, the European Parliament's plenary session on Jan. 13 cleared the way for member states to opt out of planting GM crops, even those declared safe by EU...

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‘Green’ Study Says TTIP Will Favor GMO Foods

13.01.2015 - A new study commissioned by the German Green party concludes that the free trade agreement Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) being negotiated by the EU and the...

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EP Environment Committee Backs GM Flexibility

13.11.2014 - The European Parliament's Environment Committee has voted in favor of allowing EU member states to restrict or ban cultivation of GMO crops on their own soil, even if the European...

Strategy & Management

European Chemical Industry: Hope Amid Economic Woes

28.10.2014 - The European chemical industry has reduced its forecast growth in chemicals output in 2014 in the face of evidence of an economic slowdown both in Europe and in the world's fast...