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Where Is This Soya?

July 28, 2015

Have any of you ever heard of the Danube Soya Initiative…? That’s what I thought. It is Europe’s most significant (and only) attempt to boost conventional non-GM soya production in countries along the banks of the Danube River. Why do we need to boost the production you ask? Because European farmers and our animals are… » read more

Agriculture, Agriculture & Food, choice, farmers, NonGMO, Science & Policymaking, soya bean, Trade & Industry

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Mr Maize liberated from ‘the Terminal’…for now

May 5, 2015

“It’s just like that Tom Hanks film!” I cried – half rejoicing, half rattled. The breaking news last month that the European Commission had rubber-stamped seventeen GM maize, cotton, soybean and oil-seed rape (and even two GM carnations) import approvals, after months and in-some-cases years of delays, left me momentarily giddy. Because yes, some of… » read more

Agriculture & Food, BioTech, livestock, Science & Policymaking, Trade & Industry

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GM feed imports into the EU – Czech point of view

April 29, 2015

Guest post by Zuzana Stratilová from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic in cooperation with Biotrin. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and their use, especially in agriculture and food industry, remain a controversial topic in the EU. Opinions of different member states are highly polarized. On the one hand, there are member states which… » read more

Agriculture, Agriculture & Food, BioTech, Czech Republic, Member States, Science & Policymaking, Trade & Industry

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Import animal feed or cultivate Germany’s forests?

April 9, 2015

Guest blog post by Gerd Spelsberg from i-bio – Information Biosciences Let’s have no more soya bean imports, but instead cultivate our own feed supplies in Germany. To achieve this we must ask where the extra agricultural land necessary will come from? European agriculture depends on the import of large amounts of soya animal feed.… » read more

Agriculture & Food, German, Member States, soya bean, Trade & Industry

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European manufacturing offers way out of austerity – ‘Manufacturing a Stronger and Greener Europe’

December 3, 2012

Orgalime and CEEMET have responded to the Commission’s recent Communication ‘A stronger European Industry for Growth and Economic Recovery’ with their joint manifesto ‘Manufacturing a Stronger and Greener Europe’, which was presented to the European Commission President José Manuel Durão Barroso at an event attended by industry, MEPs and EU officials (28 Nov 12). The… » read more

Business & Climate Change, Competition, Energy, EU Priorities and Opinion, EU Treaty & Institutions, European Engineering, Innovation and Growth, Internal Market, Market Surveillance, Science & Research, Trade & Industry

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‘The Smart World’ – Electra II Report Solutions proposed by Europe’s electrical engineering industries

April 18, 2012

On the 24th April in Hannover, the follow-up to the Electra report – launched in June 2008 – will presented to Commission Vice-President Tajani. In ‘The Smart World’, the electrical engineering and electronics industry represented through Electra aims to a) briefly analyse the results of the first Electra report, looking at those areas where progress… » read more

Competition, Electra, Energy, European Engineering, Innovation and Growth, Science & Research, Trade & Industry

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USSR Reloaded?

October 1, 2009

(Third edition)    One man with courage makes a majority. Andrew Jackson     In a historic second referendum on a treaty changing the way the European Community functions (the Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community (Conference of the Representatives of the Governments of the… » read more

America, balance, ballot, bully, commission, common, communist, Community, declaration, deficit, democracy, English, Eurocrat, freedom, government, identities, identity, Irish, language, Lisbon, market, National, opinion, Parliament, party, peace, power, religion, Republic, resist, Schuman, Socialist, Soviet, State, superstate, Treaty, turnout, Union, United, USSR, vote

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EBS 2009: Dr Ian Moore Talks About Recovery Plans For The European Economy

April 1, 2009

At European Business Summit 2009, Dr Ian Moore spoke to us about sustainability and the EU economy. He also discusses the REACH programme in some depth. Dr Moore is President and CEO of Momentive Performance Materials, an organisation involved in the silicones industry. If you would like to make your voice heard in this discussion,… » read more

crisis, dr ian moore, EBS, EBS 2009, English, European Business Summit, Global Warming, momentive performance materials, silicone

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EBS 2009: Dr Adrian van den Hoven Speaks To Blogactiv

March 31, 2009

On Thursday 26th March, Blogactiv spoke to the Director of the International Relations Department of BusinessEurope. Dr van den Hoven moderated Workshop I – titled Protectionism: an increasing concern? – at EBS 2009. The session included Pascal Lamy, Director General of the WTO and Baroness Ashton, EU Commissioner for Trade. If you have an opinion… » read more

baroness ashton, business europe, dr adrian van den hoven, EBS, EBS 2009, English, European Business Summit, pascal lamy, Protectionism, Trade & Industry

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Trips and WTO

March 7, 2009

The philosophy of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is to implement a liberal world regime on trade. This aim goes beyond the national frontiers and has several effects on the legal system established by the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS), especially concerning the Intellectual Property Rights territorial principle. In the TRIPS… » read more

Agriculture, English

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Key differences between trade marks and geographical indications

Trade marks and geographical indications are intellectual property rights, they are trade distintctive signs, but there are several differences between them, especially concerning the legal regime and juridical nature. They share the same principles that are common to all intellectual property rights, but with some specialities. Geographical indications and trade marks are two very interesting… » read more

Agriculture, diversity, English

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