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Commission welcomes Council and Parliament approval of new Spirit Drinks regulation

European Union agriculture ministers today reached political agreement on the new Spirit Drinks regulation, thereby sealing a first reading agreement between the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. The new regulation enhances the clarity of EU legislation on spirit drinks, combines two previous regulations into one and adapts the rules to take account of technical changes, WTO requirements and the EU's system of geographical indications. The new regulation sets out clear definitions for all spirit drinks, and should help producers market their products while providing new clarity for consumers. One of the main points of discussion since the proposal was tabled by the Commission in December 2005 has been the definition of vodka. The new regulation leaves the current definition unchanged, but changes slightly the labelling requirements. In future, vodka made from cereals or potatoes will be labelled simply as vodka. Vodka based on other raw materials will bear the indication "produced from" supplemented by the name of the raw material used. This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Member States endorse Commission proposal to reduce standby electricity consumption

During yesterday's meeting of the Ecodesign Regulatory Committee, EU Member States endorsed the Commission's proposal for a regulation reducing standby energy consumption of household and office products. The regulation lays down energy efficiency requirements for all products sold in Europe, thus cutting the EU's standby electricity consumption by almost 75% by 2020.

MiCA: The regulation that could put an end to the Crypto Far West in Europe

Loss of the Otx2-Binding Site in the Nanog Promoter Affects the Integrity of Embryonic Stem Cell Subtypes and Specification of Inner Cell Mass-Derived Epiblast

• Otx2 binds to the promoter/enhancer region of Oct4, Sox2, and Nanog in ESCs and EpiSCs • Otx2 binding to the Nanog promoter helps maintain the integrity of ESC compartments • Loss of this Otx2-binding site induces primed-like features in ESCs • Otx2 regulation of Nanog contributes to ICM differentiation of the epiblast Mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and the inner cell mass (ICM)-derived epiblast exhibit naive pluripotency. ESC-derived epiblast stem cells (EpiSCs) and the postimplantation epiblast exhibit primed pluripotency. Although core pluripotency factors are well-characterized, additional regulators, including Otx2, recently have been shown to function during the transition from naive to primed pluripotency. Here we uncover a role for Otx2 in the control of the naive pluripotent state. We analyzed Otx2-binding activity in ESCs and EpiSCs and identified Nanog, Oct4, and Sox2 as direct targets. To unravel the Otx2 transcriptional network, we targeted the strongest Otx2-binding site in the Nanog promoter, finding that this site modulates the size of specific ESC-subtype compartments in cultured cells and promotes Nanog expression in vivo, predisposing ICM differentiation to epiblast. Otx2-mediated Nanog regulation thus contributes to the integrity of the ESC state and cell lineage specification in preimplantation development.

Haut dèbit: la Commission entame des consultations sur une stratègie de règulation afin de promouvoir l’Internet à très haut dèbit

La Commission europèenne a lancè une consultation publique sur ses propositions rèvisèes de règulation des rèseaux d'accès de nouvelle gènèration (rèseaux NGA), sous la forme d'un projet de recommandation de la Commission. La consultation publique prècèdente qui s'est dèroulèe au cours du dernier trimestre 2008 a confirmè le soutien gènèral à l’objectif retenu par la Commission de parvenir à un cadre règlementaire commun pour les rèseaux NGA afin de susciter, en temps utile, des investissements dans des rèseaux à très haut dèbit tout en veillant au maintien d'une structure concurrentielle du marchè. À la suite des commentaires des parties intèressèes, le projet rèvisè de recommandation comprend des mècanismes destinès à rèpartir le risque liè aux investissements entre les investisseurs et les opèrateurs qui demandent à accèder aux rèseaux NGA. Ce projet fait partie de la stratègie europèenne en matière de haut dèbit, que le Conseil europèen de mars a demandè à la Commission d'èlaborer d'ici la fin de 2009. La consultation publique sera ouverte jusqu’au 24 juillet 2009. La Commission prèvoit d'adopter la recommandation, après avoir pris en compte les commentaires reçus, avant la fin 2009.

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Russia's Rosbank Launches Cryptocurrency Payment Solution for Cross-Border Settlements

Controllo delle stablecoin e l'impatto sull'industria delle criptovalute: regole e regolamenti

EDPB chiede di evitare le disposizioni di condivisione dei dati nella regolamentazione AML/CFT dell'UE

AML/CFT: Anti riciclaggio di denaro e finanziamento del terrorismo

Council adopts regulation on reducing gas demand by 15% this winter

30 gennaio: Lectio di Giuseppe Tesauro per l'inaugurazione del Master "Health, Environment and Food"

Il prof. Tesauro è stato Presidente della Corte Costituzionale e dell'Autorità garante della concorrenza e del mercato

Council enables consumers to make healthier dietary choices