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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 ...

L'UE mira a ridurre le proprie emissioni di gas serra del 40 % rispetto ai livelli del 1990 entro il 2030 e onorare i suoi impegni internazionali nel quadro dell'accordo di Parigi sui cambiamenti climatici. Nei settori non coperti dal sistema di scambio di quote di emissione dell'UE (EU ETS), lo sforzo di riduzione è condiviso tra gli Stati membri dell'UE. Nell'uso del suolo e nella silvicoltura ciascuno Stato membro dovrebbe trovare un equilibrio tra le emissioni e gli assorbimenti. Nel corso della ...

La riduzione del consumo energetico e delle perdite di energia rivestono un'importanza sempre maggiore per l'UE. Nel 2007, i leader dell'UE hanno fissato l'obiettivo di ridurre del 20 % il consumo energetico annuale dell'Unione entro il 2020. Le misure di efficienza energetica sono sempre più riconosciute come un mezzo non soltanto per conseguire un approvvigionamento energetico sostenibile, ridurre le emissioni di gas a effetto serra, migliorare la sicurezza dell'approvvigionamento e ridurre i costi ...

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 ...