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Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and/or Mediation in solving payment disputes in B2B transactions
Milieu is pleased to be working upon a Study intended to identify measures to address the problem of late payments in business-to-business (B2B) transactions launched by the European Commission (DG GROW) and entrusted to a grouping of consulting firms led…
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Milieu’s report on EU Green Deal funding for local authorities is published
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) published a study conducted by Milieu on the EU funding available to Local and Regional Authorities (LRAs) to implement the European Green Deal. A substantial part of the EU budget is expected to contribute…
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Milieu is awarded a new framework contract with the European Environment Agency
The EEA awarded an exclusive framework service contract to Milieu and our partners from the Collingwood Environmental Planning for the provision of an analytical approach for Environmental policy integration and coherence from a systems’ perspective. This methodological development aims to…
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Publication of our study on the sanctioning systems of the Member States for infringements to the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy
The objective of this project was to provide an in-depth analysis of the national systems sanctioning the infringements of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), and in particular of the sanctions applied by Member States for infringements detected between 2015 and…
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Study supporting the Evaluation and Impact Assessment of the general pharmaceutical legislation
Milieu will be involved in a ‘study supporting the Evaluation and Impact Assessment of the general pharmaceutical legislation’ for DG SANTE of the European Commission led by Technopolis. We will be responsible for the evaluation questions on coherence and for all…
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First assessment reports for the EU’s economic partnership negotiations with Eastern and Southern Africa
The first reports by the consortium to support EU negotiations for a deeper Economic Partnership Agreement with countries in Eastern and Southern Africa have now been published! LSE leads the study to support the negotiations with a sustainable impact assessment,…
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Milieu to support a Study on Building a responsible payment culture in the EU
Late payments in commercial transactions negatively impact on the financial situation and competitiveness of affected businesses (in particular SMEs) and are widely regarded to constitute a serious impediment to economic development. The purpose of this Study is to provide inputs…
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Milieu Contributes To OECD’s Environmental Review of Belgium
Milieu contributed the chapter on waste and circular economy for OECD’s Environmental Performance Review of Belgium. OECD has just published the Review, which analyses progress in Belgium and its three regions over the past ten years. Among its conclusions, the…
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Milieu to support the European Commission DG JUSTICE in assessing the impacts of proposed modifications to the Environmental Crime Directive
In the context of growing concern over environmental crime, as seen by current calls for the recognition of ecocide as an international crime, the European Commission is undertaking a major review of Directive 2008/99/EC on the protection of the environment…
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The future of Europe’s green economy: Milieu supports the European Commission on foresight for the environment
Milieu Consulting is working with Collingwood Environmental Planning and Cranfield University to support the European Commission on foresight for environmental policy. The Commission has just published our most recent report – it’s on Emerging economic, business, technological and social innovations…
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Transposition of Directive (EU) 2016/800 on procedural safeguards for children who are suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings
We are very pleased to start working on a study that will assist the European Commission with the verification of the transposition of Directive (EU) 2016/800 on procedural safeguards for children who are suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings.…
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Civil Society Dialogue on the ex-post evaluation of the EU-Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and Sustainable Impact Assessment (SIA) on EU-ESA EPA deepening
The EU and five countries of Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA-5) – Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, the Seychelles and Zimbabwe – are currently negotiating the deepening of the existing EU-ESA Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The purpose of this meeting is to…
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Impact of EU chemicals and waste legislation on the defence sector
The European Defence Agency (EDA) recently published a Study on the Impact of European Chemical/Waste legislation (other than REACH and CLP) on the Defence Sector. Milieu carried out the study, together with REACHLaw. The study focused on the impact of…
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Collection of national key enforcement judgments related to intellectual property rights for the EUIPO
Together with its partner Bournemouth University, Milieu is excited to work for the first time for the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The aim of this four year project is to help the EUIPO to expand and to consolidate…
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Study on the retention of electronic communications non-content data for law enforcement purposes
This study conducted by Milieu was carried out for the Commission’s Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs. The aim was to provide an independent evidence-based analysis of the current legal situation and practical approaches regarding retention of and access to…