EU Transport and Environment Policy Newsletter!    European Parliament Kicks off again! The European Parliament Committees were back in action this week to begin their policy work. With the membership and makeup of the committees all decided during the first Strasbourg session, this week gave us our first glimpse of how the new Environment Read More…

The European Parliament legislative resolution of March 27 2019 on the proposal for a directive of the EU Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment (COM(2018)0340-C8-0218/2018-2018/0172(COD)). The European Council approved the SUP Directive in May after previous trilogue negotiations ensured there was agreement on Read More…

Introduction Many initiatives have been developed in the past 10-15 years to address the efficiency of water using products at national and international levels. Many of these are now in urgent need of review and updating – in particular, the current EU labelling scheme for shower heads. Given the recent advances in eco shower tools Read More…

Introduction Aviation companies are by their very nature international. Their business models are predicated on crossing borders and they need to be able to do so flexibly and swiftly. These issues are even more acute for private aviation operators, based in the UK, as they will not be included in many of the bilateral agreements Read More…

Our team in Brussels have had the honour of posting on the PubAffairs blog. You can read this article below or access it via the PubAffairs website here: “Please don’t waste this time” was the message to the UK from EU Council President, Donald Tusk back in April and whilst we seem to continue on in an endless episode of Read More…