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The European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety exchanged views with Mr Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President of the Commission, on "Stepping up Europe's 2030 climate ambition". The meeting took place on the 28th of September.   Frans Timmermans pointed out that the Commission...

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today, the Commission presents an Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials, the 2020 List of Critical Raw Materials and a foresight study on critical raw materials for strategic technologies and sectors from the 2030 and 2050 perspectives. The Action Plan looks at the...

The European Commission published its hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe on the 8th July 2020. This strategy brings different strands of policy action together, covering the entire value chain, as well as the industrial, market and infrastructure angles together with the research and innovation...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The European Commission is asking retrofit emission control (REC) systems providers to participate in this study on potential emission reduction through retrofitting of existing passenger cars and vans. In more than 130 cities across Europe, concentrations of NO2 and...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] June 26, 2020   Five Principles for a European Hydrogen Strategy that delivers Dear Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Dear Commissioner Breton, Dear Commissioner Simson, Dear Commissioner Urpilainen, Dear Commissioner Vălean, Dear Commissioner Várhelyi, Europe needs strong and competitive industrial value chains to achieve its strategic objectives, including the...

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