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The Construction Products Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 305/2011, CPR) has applied fully since 1 July 2013. Its objective is to achieve the proper functioning of the internal market for construction products (such as waterproofing sheets, thermal insulation foams, chimneys and wood-based panels for permanent incorporation in construction works), by means of harmonised rules for their marketing in the EU. The CPR, which provides a common technical language to assess the performance of construction ...

Proper implementation of EU law is essential to deliver the EU policy goals as defined in the Treaties and secondary legislation. This briefing aims to give an overview of the transposition and implementation of Directive 2014/52/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (the EIA Directive). It presents the key elements of this Directive. The amendments brought by Directive 2014/52/EU to the previous legal text aim to improve the quality of Environmental ...

La Unión Europea pretende reducir de aquí a 2030 las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero un 40 % respecto de los niveles de 1990 para cumplir los compromisos internacionales asumidos en el marco del Acuerdo de París sobre el cambio climático. En los sectores no cubiertos por el régimen de comercio de derechos de emisión de la Unión (RCDE UE), este esfuerzo de reducción se reparte entre los Estados miembros de la Unión. En el sector del uso de la tierra y la silvicultura, cada uno de los Estados ...

La eficiencia energética

Fichas temáticas sobre la EU 01-11-2017

Cada vez reviste mayor importancia para la Unión Europea la reducción del consumo y despilfarro de energía. Los líderes de la Unión establecieron en 2007 el objetivo de reducir, a más tardar en 2020, el consumo anual de energía de la Unión en un 20 %. Las medidas de eficiencia energética se consideran cada vez más no solo un medio para conseguir un abastecimiento de energía sostenible, reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero, mejorar la seguridad del suministro y rebajar los gastos de ...

Cross-border provision of services in the EU is relatively common, and is undertaken by an increasing number of entities, especially in sectors such as construction and business. Despite this fact, many service-providers still face obstacles to benefitting from comparable business opportunities available to local persons and organisations. The proposed regulation and accompanying directive aim to tackle these remaining obstacles through the introduction of a European services e-card, meant to increase ...

A comparison of the services offers which the European Union has made for the negotiations on the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) shows that, in general, both treaties follow similar approaches and points of difference are minor; both TiSA and TTIP apply a positive listing approach in regards to market access and negative listing in regards to national treatment, and the rules governing market access and national treatment do ...

Reports on the negative health and environmental effects of open pit uranium mining activities by European companies in Gabon and Niger have prompted a media and public critical reaction. This study looks at mining practices in two pits in these countries. Available secondary sources are thoroughly reviewed and complemented with a field visit to Gabon despite the technical and practical difficulty of reaching the areas where the activity takes place. The assessment indicates that substantial problems ...