Archive

Year: 2017

  • Act Two: the Clean Mobility Package

    December 20, 2017

    Last week, we presented our view on the first Mobility Package and analysed the effects of the proposals on Member States and the EU Single Market. About as significant and contentious is the recently published ‘Clean Mobility Package’, the second phase of the overarching Strategy for Low-Emission Mobility also known as the second Mobility Package. Its aim is to help accelerate the transition to low- and zero emissions vehicles, through: A new target for the EU...

  • Wrapping up the Estonian Presidency: Energy Ministers strike difficult deal on Clean Energy Package

    December 20, 2017

    The Estonian Presidency ends its mandate striking a General Approach agreement at the Energy Council on 18 December on the remaining four (and most divisive) legislative proposals covering key elements of the Clean Energy Package for 2030, proposed by the European Commission in November 2016: the renewable energy target the governance of the Energy Union the functioning of the new European electricity market The General Approaches will facilitate EU negotiators in meeting the challenging timeline...

  • Act One: Europe on the Move

    December 12, 2017

    As the EU is shifting towards a more integrated and multimodal mobility system, the European Commission is taking action to achieve a fundamental modernisation of the transport sector, first and foremost focusing on reducing transport emissions, in an overall framework known as the Strategy for Low-Emission Mobility. The first iteration of this initiative was presented as the 'Europe on the Move', colloquially known as the first Mobility Package, last May 2017. The initiatives aim to...

  • Six months and counting: what does GDPR spell for European businesses?

    December 5, 2017

    On Monday 27th November, FleishmanHillard Fishburn hosted a panel discussion on GDPR, the biggest and most significant reform to data privacy regulation in 20 years. Whether European, British or global in outlook, all businesses will be affected. And with six months to go before it comes into effect, we all need to be aware of what is on the horizon. Listen to our expert speakers discuss and explain what GDPR is, why and how it came about, current...

  • Updated ENVI/CHEM timeline

    December 4, 2017

    With the end of the year rapidly approaching, it is time to take a look at what is coming up on the EU’s Environment and Chemicals agenda in the remainder of 2017 and during early 2018. The FleishmanHillard ENVI/CHEM timeline gives you a quick overview of what to expect! Download it here.  ...

  • Energy Unchained – Europe and New Energy Technologies

    November 30, 2017

    It can be incredibly interesting watching different sectors try to keep up with each other. Technological developments can outpace policy, politics can take unexpected turns because of popular opinion and businesses have to adapt to all of these changes and energy is no exception. Being at the forefront of the energy transition has been a key priority of the European Union for over a decade. Most recently, on 7 November,  President of the European Parliament...

  • FleishmanHillard at the AmCham EU Conference on Transatlantic Digital Economy Conference

    November 30, 2017

    Claudio Murri, Senior Advisor at FleishmanHillard, moderated a panel on People, internet & machines in a world of unlimited data at the AmCham Conference - 5th Annual Transatlantic Digital Economy on 29 November 2017. The panel discussed how business and society is transformed through the Internet of Things. It featured business cases around the development of this technology, its people factor and the regulatory framework. While Pearse O’Donohue, Acting Director of the Future Networks Directorate...

  • European Public Affairs award: a win for JA Europe and FH!

    November 24, 2017

    On the evening of Wednesday 22nd November, at the Hotel Le Plaza, a handful of FH representatives attended the EuroPAwards ceremony. It is with pleasure that we announce that FleishmanHillard, together with our client JA Europe, won the award for Ethical Campaign of the Year. FH is proud to be working with JAEurope as part of our FH4Inclusion campaign. FleishmanHillard turned 70 this year, and to celebrate FH offices across the world have been giving...

  • The EBA/ EMA – did Paris and Amsterdam win at the expense of future EU-27 unity?

    November 22, 2017

    When European leaders earlier this year decided to settle the controversial issue of where to relocate European Medicines Agency (EMA) and European Banking Agency (EBA), with a vote in the General Affairs Council, they did so to avoid the a potentially ugly fight amongst leaders. This was key in order not to upset the new found and much needed unity of the EU27 following the Brexit referendum and the triggering of Article 50. What seemed...

  • The Emissions Trading System 4.0: Europe doing its homework under Paris Agreement

    November 17, 2017

    On 8 November European negotiators struck a final deal on the revision of the Emissions Trading System (ETS) for the period 2021-2030, proposed by the European Commission in July 2015. The agreement marks a major step forward in Europe’s efforts against climate change, as it is the main legislative act implementing the European Union’s target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030 on the 1990 levels, alongside the non-ETS sector target being delivered...

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