Editorial archive;

News - WEEE statement by Commissioner Potocnik (23 January 2012)
Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik (pictured) has welcomed the overwhelming support given by the European Parliament to an updated Directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment....FULL STORY

News - Council tightens rules (06 June 2011)
The European Council has announced that it has revised the directive on hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment....FULL STORY

News - Boosting innovation across Europe (25 August 2010)
European governments are stepping up their efforts to boost innovation ahead of the publication of the EU's research and innovation strategy, which is due next month....FULL STORY

News - MEPs flag potentially hazardous substances (07 June 2010)
Some substances, including halogenated flame retardants and PVC, should undergo further assessments for safe use in electrical and electronic equipment, said Environment Committee MEPs....FULL STORY

News - European Inventor Award 2010 (08 March 2010)
The nominees for the European Inventor Award 2010 include inventors of pioneering innovations in a range of fields, from the conservation of drinking water to the synthesis of football-shaped carbon molecules or ‘fullerenes’, and from cancer treatments to digital data encryption....FULL STORY

News - Financial support for businesses (29 October 2009)
A dedicated business support project is to help over 90 small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in North East England to weather the economic downturn and prepare for recovery over the next two years....FULL STORY

News - Euro area external trade surplus 4.6bn Euro (17 August 2009)
The first estimate for the Euro area (EA16) trade balance with the rest of the world in June 2009 gave a 4.6bn Euro surplus, compared with 0.0bn in June 2008....FULL STORY

News - Digital economy can lift Europe out of crisis (04 August 2009)
The European Commission's Digital Competitiveness report shows that Europe's digital sector has made strong progress since 2005. It claims that 56% of Europeans now regularly use the internet, 80% of them via a high-speed connection (compared to only one third in 2004), making Europe the world leader in broadband internet....FULL STORY

News - Is your CE mark still valid for EMC? (20 July 2009)
With effect from today (20 July), products approved against the old EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) will no longer be valid. As a consequence, this will invalidate any CE marking that is affixed to products based on this directive....FULL STORY

News - Charger will have a positive environmental impact (30 June 2009)
Incompatibility of chargers for mobile phones is an inconvenience for users and also leads to unnecessary waste. Therefore, the European Commission requested industry to come forward with a voluntary commitment to solve this problem in order to avoid legislation. ...FULL STORY

News - REACH: Achievements and challenges (28 May 2009)
Stavros Dimas, Member of the European Commission responsible for Environment, recently spoke at the Helsinki Chemicals Forum 2009....FULL STORY

News - Commission approves proposed acquisition (12 May 2009)
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of the hard disk drive business of Fujitsu Limited by Toshiba Corporation....FULL STORY

News - TV energy labels get mixed reception (07 May 2009)
The new energy efficiency classes for household goods proposed by the European Commission could mislead consumers buying a new TV, said the European Parliament when it blocked the Commission's proposal to sub-divide the highest energy class A....FULL STORY

News - EU-backed investments gain approval (28 April 2009)
Danuta Hübner, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, will visit the UK's East Midlands today and tomorrow (27 and 28 April) to see flagship projects which have received financial support through the EU's Cohesion Policy....FULL STORY

News - Revised RoHS directives proposed (08 December 2008)
European Commission proposes revised laws on recycling and the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment....FULL STORY