Nine EU directives covering a wide variety of products will ensure better product safety. The sectors concerned are electrical and electronic products, lifts, measuring instruments, civil explosives, pyrotechnic articles and equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.

The use of additives in food will soon become even safer and more transparent than it currently is thanks to two pieces of legislation adopted by the European Commission.

Commission sets out new safety standards for offshore oil and gas operations

European Commission breaks new ground with a common definition

World Standards Day 2011 Conference "Competitiveness through standardisation", 14 October 2011 in Brussels

On 29 September the Council adopted a new EU regulation on food information, which sets down additional labelling requirements to help consumers make healthier and better informed choices.

From 16 to 22 September 2011, hundreds of European towns and cities will participate in the tenth edition of European Mobility Week, inviting citizens to a wide range of activities around sustainable mobility.

EU Food Safety Day focuses on food waste minimisation and food packaging optimisation