
Newsletter January 2019
In this issue you find the January 2019 Newsletter from Ecopreneur.eu, the European Federation of Sustainable Business. We hope you enjoy reading it and let’s keep in touch!
Kind regards,
The Ecopreneur Team.
In this issue:
- What’s new in Brussels?
- Update on the Ban of single-use plastics
In This Issue
- What’s new in Brussels?
- Update on the Ban of single-use plastics
- Ecopreneur.eu urges tax policy voting reform
- Invitation: The Circularity Check webinar on 22 of January
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Ecopreneur.eu welcomes new directive for single-use plastics
Welcome to our January newsletter!
Dear reader,
Please find below the January 2019 Newsletter from Ecopreneur.eu, the European Federation of Sustainable Business.
We hope you enjoy reading it and let’s keep in touch!
Kind regards,
The Ecopreneur Team
What’s new in Brussels?

Repair before recycling confirmed by European governments
Ecopreneur.eu is happy with the decision made by European governments to compel manufacturers to make refrigerators more easily repairable. The Commission has reviewed and analysed the technical, environmental and economic aspects of refrigerating appliances and published a draft implementing regulation. This is just a first step, more changes are coming. Read more about it here>>

Ecopreneur.eu welcomes new directive for single-use plastics
Ecopreneur.eu welcomes the final decision of the European Council and Parliament concerning restrictions on a range of disposable plastic products. On Wednesday morning December 19, 2018, a legislative text was finally accepted after a long-term decision-making process. More information can be found here >>
Single Use Plastics Directive does not threaten internal market
Back in November Ecopreneur.eu published its opinion article where the “threat” for industries coming with Single Use Plastics Directive was considered. Ноw and why it became an issue of unnecessary worry can be found here >>

Ecopreneur.eu: Move to quality majority voting on certain tax matters including the VAT
Ecopreneur.eu has filed its feedback on the public consultation concerning the European Commission’s Communication on a Roadmap for Taxation – more efficient EU law-making procedures. We urge the next European Commission to move from consensus to majority voting for deciding on certain tax matters including the Value Added Tax (VAT). More information can be found here >>

Invitation: The Circularity Check webinar on 22 of January
Ecopreneur.eu, MVO Nederland and WeSustain are happy to invite you to another Circularity Check webinar. It will take place on 22 of January 2019 at 10:00 CET. There is no registration. More information about it can be found here>>
Ecopreneur.eu, the European Sustainable Business Federation, sets a course towards sustainable economic policies on the European level to support the economic and societal transformation across Europe and beyond. Ecopreneur.eu is a non-profit non-governmental organisation under Belgian law. The federation unites business associations from different EU member states. Through Ecopreneur.eu these associations strengthen the voice of sustainable business in Brussels. Under the roof of Ecopreneur over 3000 businesses are represented, mostly SMEs, that strive to deliver sustainable products and services.
The organisation is quickly growing and now holds seven member associations: from Germany, Austria, France, The Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, and Hungary.
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