http://www.eubusiness.com Publish your company news and EU-related articles directly onto the EUbusiness web site and reach a global audience of over 165,000 visitors every month. Email sales @ eubusiness.com. daily 1 2006-12-21T17:07:44Z http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/consumer/beuc.10-03-16 European consumers and public health in general were dealt a severe blow today when MEPs voted not to proceed with establishing a European wide colour coding system for food labelling. No publisher eub2 Food & Drink Consumer 2010-03-17T22:52:52Z Press http://www.eubusiness.com/Members/ubi/northern-france-engineers-successful-welcome-at-hannover-show The Chamber of Commerce for Nord-Pas-de-Calais (CCI Nord-Pas-de-Calais) will be hosting eight mechanical-engineering companies from the region on the Welcome to Northern France stand at the Hannover show, a major trade fair for the industrial sector. At this year’s show, to be held from 19 to 23 April 2010, the Northern France Pavilion will be located in the Industrial Supply Hall (Hall 4, Stand A42). The Pavilion will be coordinated by the region’s Mechanical Cluster. No publisher ubi 2010-03-16T15:45:52Z Press http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/consumer/consint.10-03-12 Consumers International (CI) will lead its 220 member organisations from around the world in a call for action on financial services on 15 March, World Consumer Rights Day. No publisher eub2 Consumer 2010-03-12T15:22:17Z Press http://www.eubusiness.com/Members/ubi/health-food-days-to-debate-nutrition-in-la-rochelle-1 The port of La Rochelle will be hosting the 8th biennial Health & Food Days business convention on 16 and 17 June 2010. The event, which is organised by the CRITT Agro-Alimentaire (Regional Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer) for the Poitou-Charentes region of western France, will bring together professionals from the food and farming sectors to discuss the theme of Health and nutrition as part of sustainable diet. No publisher ubi 2010-03-12T12:44:41Z Press http://www.eubusiness.com/Members/ubi/health-food-days-to-debate-nutrition-in-la-rochelle The port of La Rochelle will be hosting the 8th biennial Health & Food Days business convention on 16 and 17 June 2010. The event, which is organised by the CRITT Agro-Alimentaire (Regional Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer) for the Poitou-Charentes region of western France, will bring together professionals from the food and farming sectors to discuss the theme of Health and nutrition as part of sustainable diet. No publisher ubi 2010-03-16T16:12:00Z Press http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/finance/eurocommerce.10-03-10 EuroCommerce warmly welcomes the adoption of the resolution on the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) by the European Parliament today. No publisher eub2 SMEs Consumer Finance 2010-03-10T23:34:36Z Press http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/sme/esba.10-03-10 The European Small Business Alliance welcomes today’s decision by the European Parliament to adopt the Commission’s proposal to exempt micro entities from certain EU accounting burdens. The exemption is the first real EU effort specifically aimed at micro-businesses and can be seen as the ‘flagship’ of the EUs overall commitment to reduce administrative burdens by 25% by 2010. The measure is estimated to account for savings of EUR 6.3 billion EU-wide, and is a major step towards achieving this 25% goal. No publisher eub2 SMEs Finance 2010-03-10T23:29:26Z Press http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/sme/ueapme.10-03-10 UEAPME, the European craft and SME employers’ organisation, criticised today the European Parliament for giving the green light to a deceptive proposal on accounting exemptions, which is unlikely to live up to its claimed cost reduction potential but will decrease transparency and create an uneven playing field between businesses operating in different Member States. Further to MEPs’ vote, Member States could exempt micro-companies with limited liability status from having to draw up and publish annual accounts. According to UEAPME and contrary to some claims, this will not generate a net cost reduction since micro-entities will have to keep filing accounts anyway for national administrations, banks, suppliers and customers. Moreover, red tape will be displaced rather than reduced, as MEPs allowed Member States to add further unspecified obligations to exempted micro-companies. UEAPME therefore recommended simplifying the existing harmonised accounting rules as a more viable alternative and called on the Council to reject the current proposal. No publisher eub2 SMEs Finance 2010-03-10T23:24:42Z Press http://www.eubusiness.com/Members/ubi/french-pavilion-secures-top-spot-at-infosecurity In 2010, the French Trade Commission UBIFRANCE in London will present 10 innovative French companies on the French Pavilion at the Infosecurity trade show, which will take place at Earl’s Court (in London) from 27 to 29 April 2010. These French companies will showcase their proven expertise in IT security, covering broth products and services. No publisher ubi 2010-03-10T16:53:58Z Press http://www.eubusiness.com/Members/ubi/acreos-simulators-train-machine-operators-to-bauma-and-beyond ACREOS of France, a specialist in industrial training equipment, has developed an innovative simulation tool for training machine operators in the building and public-works sector. ACREOS will demonstrate its simulators at the BAUMA trade show, which will take place in Munich from 19 to 25 April 2010. No publisher ubi 2010-03-10T12:35:19Z Press http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/eulaw/egba.10-03-04 Today Advocate General (AG) Mengozzi issued two opinions in the German cases Markus Stoss (C-316/07) and Carmen Media Group (C-46/08). C-316/07 (Stoss) is joined with the cases C-358/07 (Kulpa), C-359/07 (SOBO), C-360/07 (Kunert), C-409/07(Avalon) and C-410/07 (Happel). No publisher egba EU Law Sport 2010-03-04T21:19:54Z Press http://www.eubusiness.com/Members/ubi/millesime-bio-2010-celebrates-successful-organic-vintage Millésime Bio, the trade fair for organic wines held in Montpellier (southern France) in January 2010, confirmed its position as the leading event for the sector, welcoming a record number of international visitors and exhibitors. The Millésime Bio Challenge awards, which were presented during the trade show, singled out 173 wines. No publisher ubi 2010-03-04T12:30:13Z Press http://www.eubusiness.com/Members/ubi/french-construction-industry-on-the-high-road-to-bauma-2010 UBIFRANCE, the French Agency for International Business Development, will present 28 French companies specialising in the construction sector on the French Pavilion at BAUMA. BAUMA, the leading international exhibition for the building industry, will take place in Munich (Germany) from 19 to 25 April 2010. No publisher ubi 2010-03-04T11:32:22Z Press http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/sme/eurochambres.10-03-04 The five targets outlined in the Europe 2020 strategy presented by the European Commission on 3 March represent a sound business plan to enhance the EU’s growth and competitiveness in the years to come. No publisher eub2 Environment SMEs Consumer 2010-03-04T21:10:08Z Press http://www.eubusiness.com/Members/ubi/wallix-to-hold-iam-fort-from-new-uk-office WALLIX, a specialist in IT security solutions for identity and access management (IAM), has opened an office in Reading (England) in order to launch its activities in the UK. WALLIX’s innovative WALLIX AdminBastion (WAB) traceability tool allows a company to control connections and record all operations performed on its equipment or IT infrastructure. No publisher ubi 2010-03-03T16:45:19Z Press