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ECHA publishes report on health risks of artificial turf for sports people

By Wolke7Hoch2 on March 2, 2017
In the past few months, EU Institutions have demonstrated a growing interest for potential health issues linked to artificial turf used for sport facilities. It started in June 2016 with the European Commission asking the European Chemicals agency (ECHA) to investigate on the rubber granulates used as infill for artificial turf with the objective to […]
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Maltese Council Presidency reaches portability agreement with EP

By Wolke7Hoch2 on March 2, 2017
On 7 February 2017, the Maltese Presidency reached a provisional agreement with European Parliament representatives to remove barriers to cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market. The proposal for a “Regulation on cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market” is one of the initiatives related to the Digital Single […]
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Commission and Council publish documents on EU Work Plan for Sport

By Wolke7Hoch2 on February 8, 2017
Both, the Sport Unit of the European Commission and the current Presidency of the Council of the EU published documents on the future EU Work Plan on Sport this January. The EU Work Plan for Sport is a multi-annual framework, by which the Council establishes the priorities and objectives of sport policy at European level. […]
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Commission publishes consultations on VAT and state aid

By Wolke7Hoch2 on February 8, 2017
When developing policy and legislation the European Commission regularly seeks the views of citizens and stakeholders. Therefore, individuals, businesses and other organisations like sport governing bodies with an interest in or expert knowledge on a given topic have the opportunity to shape the European Commission's draft proposal before it goes to the Council and European […]
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The European Parliament adopts the report on “an integrated approach to sport policy”

By Wolke7Hoch2 on February 8, 2017
On 2 February 2017, the plenary session of the European Parliament adopted the report on “an integrated approach to Sport Policy: good governance, accessibility and integrity”. Own initiative report of the European Parliament, this report has been prepared by Hannu Takkula (ALDE Group, Finland) who confirmed during his presentation that this report will be the […]
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Follow-up on the Dutch declaration on Major Sport events

By Wolke7Hoch2 on January 5, 2017
Organised by the former Dutch EU Presidency nearly 20 Member States representatives met beginning of December in order to discuss the follow-up of the declaration on Major Sport Events (MSE) adopted end of May 2016. The sport was represented Folker Hellmund (IOC/EOC) and Julien Zylberstein (UEFA). From the Olympic Movement perspective the following aspects should […]
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Programme of the Maltese Council Presidency: January - June 2017

By Wolke7Hoch2 on January 5, 2017
Malta, the country taking over the 6 month Presidency of the EU Council on 1 January 2017, published its programme on 22 November 2016. The programme is based on six main topics: Migration, Single Market, Security, Social Inclusion, Europe’s Neighbourhood and Maritime. Without a specific mention of the sports sector, the Maltese Presidency nevertheless focuses […]
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SIGGS Final Conference officially closes SIGGS Project with presentation of final version of SIGGS self-evaluation tool

By Wolke7Hoch2 on December 1, 2016
“Good governance is about better return, better performance; it is not just about compliance, which is not the goal but the mean to become more credible and receive better support!” With these clear words, Pierre-Olivier Beckers, IOC Member and President of the Belgian NOC, addressed the Final Conference of the SIGGS Project during his keynote […]
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EOC EU Commission meets with European Union representatives in Brussels

By Wolke7Hoch2 on November 9, 2016
On 4 October 2016, the 3rd meeting of the EOC EU Commission took place in Brussels. The Commission members had the opportunity to discuss recent activities in EU sport policy and to meet European Union’s sport policy officials. Another objective of this meeting was to allow members of the EOC EU Commission to exchange on […]
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SIGGS evaluation tool presented and tested at European Athletics Convention

By Wolke7Hoch2 on November 9, 2016
On 13 October, European Athletics organised a Member Federations Workshop in the framework of the annual European Athletics Convention which was organised in Funchal, Madeira. For this year’s Workshop, European Athletics decided to put good governance and more precisely the implementation of good governance by the national federations, at the centre of the discussions. With […]
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