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The European Parliament’s Environment Committee voted on proposed new targets to reduce CO2 emission from cars. Such targets are crucial to bring the climate and financial benefits of electric cars to Europeans. The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) now urges all Members of Parliament to add a specific reduction target for the year 2027 at Parliament’s plenary vote, in order to fast-track these expected benefits.
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A new report by the WHO European Regional office published today paints a stark picture of overweight and obesity rates across Europe and calls for healthier food environments. Alarmingly, not one single country in the region is on course to halt the rise in these conditions, a target they had committed to achieving by 2025. The European Consumer Organisation BEUC calls on decision makers to take urgent action.
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The European court (CJEU) has confirmed consumer groups can file injunctions if a company has violated the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as long as their national law allows it. BEUC welcomes this ruling which is a major development for its German member, vzbv (German Federation of Consumer Organisations), as it will unblock more than twenty GDPR-related cases they have filed which are awaiting this judgement.
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Pauline Constant, BEUC
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