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Biomass is under threat as the leading source of renewable energy in the European Union (EU) under controversial proposals to cap use of primary woody biomass and end subsidies by the end of 2026. Bioenergy Europe figures (1) show that 69.6% of biomass energy feedstock used in Europe comes from woody biomass, which are forestry and wood industry residues with the remaining feedstock sourced 18.3% from agricultural biomass and 12.1% biowaste.…

The European Parliament is grappling with the fallout of the Qatargate’ cash-for-influence corruption scandal. Greek socialist MEP Eva Kaili has been replaced as the parliament’s vice-president by a Luxembourg socialist, after Kaili was arrested by Brussels police. Officers allege they found EUR1.5 million cash at her home and that of former MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri, another socialist, from Italy.…

The European Union (EU) food and drink industry is preparing to lobby to improve reforms proposed by the European Commission to EU packaging and packaging waste legislation. Industry association FoodDrinkEurope has said they will “require significant improvements to be workable”. In particular, the association is concerned about mandates within a proposed regulation that food and drink companies ensure growing proportions of their packaging be made refillable or reusable.…

The unanimous approval of a European Union (EU) directive (1) by the EU Council of Ministers on December 12, that will write pillar 2 of the OECD’s BEPS model (2) into European law – will force accountants to reassess the tax liability of their largest clients.…

 
The European Union’s garment and textile industry pushed this Thursday, October 13, in Oporto, Portugal, for global rules to fight climate change to ensure fair competitiveness, with more international harmonisation of sustainable standards.
These wishes were expressed in the conference ‘Sustainability meets Competitiveness – how to square the circle?’,…

In early September (2022), Serbia faced a serious domestic milk crisis, with empty or half-empty store shelves, with consumers relying significantly on imports of foreign milk from Poland and the Czech Republic. The domestic supply squeeze was not a surprise for Serbia’s dairy farmers, however.…

Concern about rapid increases in consumption in heated tobacco and the European Union’s (EU) stated ambition to reduce all tobacco use by 2040 so that less than 5% of the 27 member countries’ 447 million people is pushing EU policymakers towards tightening vaping and e-cigarette controls.…

The Greece higher education sector is sharply increasing the number of English-taught short-term higher education (HE) courses that operate in collaboration with foreign universities. According to Christos Michalakelis, co-founder and president of Study in Greece (SiG), the official organisation promoting internationalisation within Greek HE, short-term courses yielding student academic credits, is a stepping stone “towards internationalising Greek universities”.…

Textile businesses in the European Union (EU) will need to reinforce checks on the safety of chemicals used in textile finishing and the amount of chemicals used, following the entry into force of new EU product safety rules under a revision of the EU’s general product safety directive (1).…

Paint and coatings manufacturers and importers within the European Union (EU) will come under additional pressure to restrict the use additives and ingredients made from certain chemicals that can become persistent organic pollutants after disposal.

The EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament have struck agreement on reforms to the EU’s persistent organic pollutant regulation, which will cut the maximum presence in waste of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS); hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD); polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE); and short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCP).…