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Racial Equality Directive
The purpose of the study is to provide the Commission with an overview of possible gaps in the protection against racial and ethnic discrimination offered by the EU legislation and to provide support and give direction to a possible future…
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Assessing the independence and effectiveness of National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) in the field of energy
The Electricity and Gas Directives both include specific provisions guaranteeing the independence of the regulatory authority, and ensuring that it exercises its powers impartially and transparently. Milieu has been awarded a 9-month Specific Contract to deepen DG Energy’s knowledge of…
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Milieu to support the European Commission on its understanding of the access of citizens to essential services across the European Union
In 2017, the European Parliament, the Council and the European Union Commission proclaimed the European Pillar of Social Rights at the Gothenburg Summit. The Pillar sets out 20 key principles which represent the beacon guiding us towards a strong social…
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Milieu to support the European Commission on the upgrading of EU company law to adapt it to the digital age
In November 2021, The European Commission’s Directorate-General Justice and Consumers mandated Milieu to undertake a study on “Disclosure and cross-border use of company data, and digital developments related to company law’. The main objective of the study is to gather…
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Milieu to support the new EEA Survey on sustainability drivers for cities in a post-COVID19 Europe
The COP 26 ended last week, with mixed reactions from all over the world. Once again, our attention will turn to the progressive actions on the ground. And cities are a key element in this, leading the way to a sustainable…
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New Framework contract on socio-economic assistance in the field of mobility and transport
Milieu is pleased to announce that we will participate in the recently awarded Multiple Framework Service Contract led by COWI for the Legal, socio-economic and technical assistance in the fields of Energy and Mobility and Transport – Lot 5: Socio-economic…
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Milieu’s contribution to a comparative analysis of trade and sustainable development approaches in third-country trade agreements
Since June 2021, Milieu has been involved in a project led by LSE for the European Commission (DG Trade) that aims to provide a critical review of different approaches to trade and sustainable development (TSD) provisions in selected third-country free…
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Environmental policy integration and coherence from a systems perspective – starting the methodological development
Milieu and our partners from Collingwood Environmental Planning will start the development of an analytical approach for environmental policy integration and coherence from a systems perspective as part of our FWC contract with the EEA. This methodological development aims to…
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Study supporting the back-to-back evaluation and impact assessment of the Bathing Water Directive
Milieu, together with our partners Eunomia, TC Vode and COWI, is proud to lead the study supporting the back-to-back evaluation and impact assessment of the Bathing Water Directive (BWD) for DG Environment. This work will investigate whether the BWD remains…
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Update of the Commission’s ‘Practice Guide for the application of the Brussels IIa Regulation’ assigned to Milieu
DG Justice recently tasked Milieu with an update of the Practice Guide for the Brussels IIa Regulation. The Regulation sets out rules on the jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility, as well…
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Counting down the days to the official start of ZeroPM, a European research project aimed at zero pollution from persistent, mobile substances.
Persistent, mobile (PM) substances are being recognised as serious threats to the safety of water resources. In many cases, drinking water supplies have to be purified using expensive technologies because of contamination by PM substances. The most famous examples of…
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Study on the transposition of the Police Directive in Germany, Slovenia and Spain
Milieu started to work on yet another compliance assessment. This time we are assisting the European Commission with the verification of the transposition of the Police Directive (EU) 2016/680, which regulates the processing of personal data by law enforcement authorities…
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Milieu to lead the Framework Contract to support the work of Committee of the Regions’ CIVEX Commission for the next 4 years
Last month, Milieu was awarded the Multiple Framework Contract ‘for studies in the field of Constitutional Affairs, Multilevel Governance and Devolution’ by the Committee of the Regions CIVEX Commission. The work of the Commission is crucial for the fundamental processes…
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Study on economic impact of 2018 registration deadline published
This summer, the Commission published a report co-authored by Milieu on the impact of the 2018 registration deadline under the chemicals’ regulation REACH. Under REACH, manufacturers and importers of chemicals are required to submit information on the properties and uses…
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Milieu to support the European Parliament on womens’ rights and gender equality for the next five years
In September 2021, Milieu was awarded the Framework Contract “for the provision of external expertise on regulatory and policy issues in women’s rights and gender equality” by the European Parliament. Together with its partners VVA, CEPS and the National University…
