50. Considers that, alongside consistent deployment of ICT, it is essential to promote ICT research excellence and foster public and private investment in high-risk, collaborative ICT research and innovation; stresses that Europe should be at the cutting edge in the development of Internet technologies, cloud computing, intelligent environments and supercomputers, and ICT low-carbon applications; proposes that the EU ICT research budget be doubled and that the budget for ICT take-up be multiplied by four in the next Financial Perspective;

In addition, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) has been identified as a key technology for decarbonisation of the industrial sector in the 2050 Low Carbon Economy Roadmap[60] as well as in the 2050 Energy Roadmap[61], including CCS applications in industrial processes as well as in energy production applications.

Key follow up actions: Invite the U.S., Japan and other industrialised partner countries to pool efforts with the EU to accelerate the development of ambitious policies on low carbon technologies and energy efficiency, including regulatory cooperation, joint RD projects, researchers mobility, and joint work on better performing materials and standards for critical and emerging technologies, as already pursued with the US under the auspices of the EU-US Energy Council Elaborate long-term low carbon energy roadmaps with key partners such as the US and Japan to support technological, research and industrial cooperation Propose a trilateral ...[+++]initiative with Japan and the U.S. on research on critical materials for energy applications, particularly in areas of major technological challenge such as the substitution of rare earths Raise the reciprocity principle in the EU energy-related science and technology cooperation as envisaged under the Innovation Union; [25] enhance cooperation between U.S. national energy laboratories and laboratories in the EU, including the Commission's Joint Research Centre Prepare EU and Member States joint approaches towards China, India, Brazil, and South Africa, designed to promote policies and technologies in the areas of low carbon energy and demand management, and upgrade existing bilateral dialogues to encompass sustainable modernisation paths and energy security aspects |

By means of their application, the applicants seek the annulment of the specific entry for a group of four nickel carbonate related compounds — Nickel Hydroxycarbonate, Pure Nickel Carbonate and two other compounds (the ‘Nickel Carbonates’) — in Commission Directive 2008/58/EC (1) (‘the 30th ATP Directive’), which is an adaptation to technical progress (‘ATP’) of Directive 67/548/EEC (2) (‘The Dangerous Substances Directive’).

1. No later than 31 December 2004 the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report based on the experience acquired in the application of this Directive and, in particular, on the results of the most recent scientific research concerning the effects on human health, paying particular attention to sensitive populations, and on ecosystems of exposure to benzene and carbon monoxide, and on technological developments including the progress achieved in methods of measuring and otherwise assessing concentratio ...[+++]ns of benzene and carbon monoxide in ambient air.

(9) Whereas reductions in emission limits applicable from the year 2000 corresponding to abatements of 30 % in emissions of carbon monoxide, total hydrocarbons, NOx and particulate matter have been identified by the Auto-oil programme as key measures to achieving satisfactory medium-term air quality; whereas a reduction of 30 % in exhaust smoke opacity over that measured on current engine types and complementing Council Directive 72/306/EEC(11) will contribute to the reduction of particulate matter; whereas additional reductions in ...[+++]emission limits applicable from 2005 of 30 % carbon monoxide, total hydrocarbons and NOx and 80 % in particulates will greatly contribute to medium-term air quality benefits; whereas these reductions will take into account the effect on emissions of new test cycles that better represent the driving patterns experienced by in-service vehicles; whereas the additional NOx limit applicable from 2008 will result in a further 43 % reduction in the emission limit for this pollutant; whereas, no later than the end of 2002, the Commission is to consider the available technology with a view to confirming the mandatory NOx standard for 2008 in a report to the European Parliament and the Council, accompanied, if necessary, by appropriate proposals;