Mrs Ida Margrete Meier Auken, the Danish Minister for the Environment since 3 October 2011, has confirmed that she will be present at "Safety of Plastics: Let’s Talk about it” on 5-6 November 2013, to officially open the conference and to participate to the discussion panel: ""Science, Politics and Industry: breaking the drama triangle to form THE winning team!”.

Agriculture faces major challenges to deliver food security at a time of increasing pressures from climate change, social and
economic inequity and instability, and the continuing need to avoid further loss in ecosystem biodiversity. The introduction of
new EU legislation requiring farmers to reduce reliance on crop protection chemicals creates additional challenges for
maintaining levels of crop productivity. The production of more food, more sustainably, requires the development of crops that

Join us at the GSMA Mobile 360 Europe event in Brussels on 5 September 2013.

ANEC - the European Voice in Standardization, the Austrian Standards Institute Consumer Council in co-operation with Austrian Ministry of Health (BMG), Austrian Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection (BMASK), Belgium Public Service (FPS) Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Danish Ministry of the Environment (MST), German Federal Environmental Agency (UBA), Swedish Chemicals Agency (KEMI) have the pleasure to invite you to the conference:

Hazardous chemicals in products - The need for enhanced EU regulations

The global financial crisis and, in part, fiscal profligacy have contributed significantly to a sharp rise in government debt levels in Europe. Therefore, tackling excessive public deficits and debts has once again become a priority. However, the course of fiscal consolidation is being hotly debated. On one hand, there was the hope that decisive and front-loaded consolidation programmes would have expansionary effects. This expectation has been largely disappointed. On the other hand it was argued that austerity could be self-defeating. Some even commend fiscal stimulus programmes.