The debate over nuclear power plants in Germany is not recent, but the country has not come to a consensus yet. The question is if Germany could shut down its nuclear reactors

The Joint EUROLAB-CEOC Technical Committee on Product Testing and Certification met on 11 February at the TÜV SÜD premises in Munich.

The European Parliament elected the new European Commission by 488 votes to 137, with 72 abstentions, in Strasbourg on 09 February.

1st CEOC International Safety Seminar: “Safe Consumer Products & Technical Installations”

On 27 January 2010, the Spanish Minister for Environment and Agriculture spoke in front of the European Parliament Environment Committee in Brussels. The EP is voting on the resolution of the results on COP15 in February's plenary. The next UN summit on climate change takes place in Mexico 29 Nov.-10 Dec. 2010. The end of 2012 is the deadline for the ratification of a new global climate deal.

Günther Oettinger, Germany to become the EU Energy Commissioner, Michel Barnier, France, responsible for Internal Market, Connie Hedegaard from Denmark takes up the newly created hat of Climate Commissioner, Antonio Tajani Italian Commissioner-designate for Industry and Entrepreneurship.

On 12 January 2010 the “APEC Toys Safety Dialogue 2010” in Hong Kong brought together decision-makers from all over the world to discuss global challenges and solutions for toy safety.

After the prolonged shipbuilding boom from 2002 to 2008, the sector has to hold out against declining orders from cautious ship-owners.