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Biofuels transport targets are unethical, inquiry finds The Guardian Under the European Union's renewable energy directive, 10% of transport fuel must come from renewable sources such as biofuel by 2020. Alena Buyx, assistant director at the NCB, said: "If you look at food prices and they go up and incomes do not, ... See all stories on this topic »

EC Revises the Energy Taxation Directive publics.bg It is therefore better to introduce an EU approach now, rather than later, when complex re-adjustments of national laws may be needed. Lastly, the revision of the Energy Taxation Directive is also an element in the Europe 2020 Strategy and responds to ... See all stories on this topic » publics.bg

PharmaVigilant Certified as Compliant with E.U., Switzerland Safe Harbor ... SunHerald.com The similar US-Swiss framework was added in 2008 by the Commerce Department and the Federal Data Protection and Information Commission of Switzerland to cover that country's own data privacy laws. In order to be certified under the US-EU & Swiss Safe ... See all stories on this topic »

German cabinet approves CO2 storage bill AFP The bill, which needs parliamentary approval and which implements a directive from the European Union, allows pilot and demonstration projects to go ahead ahead of an assessment of its viability in 2017, the government said. It follows however months ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Telecoms data retention: an Alice in Wonderland world Czech Position The Constitutional Court (ÚS) last month overturned part of a controversial data retention law, stemming from a European Union directive, that obligated telecoms operators to maintain records of their customers' Internet and telephone usage — a mass ... See all stories on this topic » Czech Position