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Too many pesticides in winter lettuces in France |
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The DGCCRF (French General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control) has recently published the results of a 2006 monitoring programme that tested for the presence of... |
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European Commission to submit a slightly increased environment budget |
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If the budget for 2009 submitted by the European Commission on Tuesday 6th May is approved ‘as is’, €14 billion will be allocated to the environment, which represents an increase of 0.8% on this year.... |
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Political interference and ozone: the EPA Administrator speaks out |
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Stephen L. Johnson, the current Administrator of the American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the first scientist to head this public body, was invited to address the French Institute of... |
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Creation of the first post-Kyoto carbon fund |
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While the next climate agreement is currently the subject of negotiations, and the terms of the next post-Kyoto climate agreement are not yet known, on Monday 28th April five finance institutions... |
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A controversial new Employment Code in France |
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France’s new Employment Code, which has taken the Ministry of Employment over three years to draw up, came into force on 1st May. The new Code is designed to be simpler and therefore easier to... |
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Water Framework Directive: ?yellow card' from Brussels |
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On 2nd April, the European Commission decided to send a letter of formal notice to the French government concerning its failure to transpose the water framework directive (WFD). Most Member States are... |
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Revision of Eurovignette directive taking shape |
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In June, the European Commission may well submit to the European Council and Parliament a proposition to tax heavy goods vehicles in accordance with the pollution they emit, the traffic jams they... |
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Legislative part of the Grenelle bill to be completed by end of year |
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On 30th April, the French Minister for the Environment Jean-Louis Borloo introduced the Grenelle I draft law, which was also submitted to the Economic and Social Council (CES). The schedule and... |
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