No EU-regulations for toasters, coffee machines and showerheads
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Right decision from the European Commission. Focussing on less products helps saving energy and avoids excessive bureaucracy
Today the European Commission held a fundamental discussion about the regulation of the energy consumption of different electronic devices. They declared the European Union will focus on products with large energy saving potentials and whose regulations won’t be restrictive for the consumer. Strongly criticized ideas, such as the regulation of the energy consumption of toasters, coffee machines (and showerheads as well as water taps), are ultimately set off the agenda.
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EU states decide fast ratification of Paris climate agreement
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European Parliament agrees to ratification next week
EU states agreed a shortcut to ratify the Paris climate deal today in order to trigger its entry into force next week. The decision was reached at an extraordinary meeting of the Environment Council in Brussels. “Commissioner Arias Cañete did a great job to accommodate concerns. This is a real success for the EU. It is very good news that all EU Member states now back the agreement. Poland sought concessions during the negotiations until the last minute”, said environmental policy spokesman, Dr. Peter Liese, of the EPP-Group in the European Parliament. “We will maintain Europe’s leadership role in combating climate change. The European Parliament will vote on the ratification on October 4 and will approve the fast-track ratification. It short-cuts 28 separate national ratification processes and shows that the EU is able to agree quickly. We delivered on our promises”
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European Parliament disappointed about global climate protection agreement for aviation
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Unambitious agreement for aviation is unfair for the rest of the industries / aviation will be kept in EU ETS
The 39th Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has adopted for the first time ever a decision to curb CO2 emissions from aviation. “This is historic, but unambitious“, commented Peter Liese (EPP), EP rapporteur on the inclusion of aviation in the EU ETS and the „stop-the-clock-decision“.
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Airline Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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European Parliament‘s Environment Committee expresses deep disappointment about ICAO proposal
Unambitious agreement for aviation would be unfair for the rest of the industries
“Any amendment of the existing legislation on including aviation in the EU ETS can only be considered if the Global Market Based Measure (GMBM) is ambitious and in any case intra-European flights will continue to be covered by the EU ETS.”
This strong message has been sent by the environment committee of the European Parliament to the delegates meeting at the 39th ICAO Assembly in Montreal from today Tuesday on. The European Union already in 2008 adopted a Directive that covers all flights that start and or land in Europe, including intercontinental flights, in the EU ETS. The legislation came into force in 2012 but to trigger the international process at ICAO, the European Union stopped the clock two times, so that in the first four years only flights inside Europe were covered. It was never true that Europe stood in the way of an international agreement, but unfortunately third-countries managed to give this impression. That is why, we did stop the clock as a sign of good will”, said Peter Liese EP rapporteur on the file. “But the current proposal on the table at ICAO is not meeting the expectations of the European Parliament. The committee in its resolution on the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the 2016 UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco (COP22) adopted 13.09.2016 expresses its deep disappointment about the current proposal discussed at ICAO.”