The digital product passport is intended to bundle environmentally relevant information such as materials or repairability of a product in a digital system. If the capital goods industry is ignored in its conception, bureaucratic chaos could follow, especially for smaller and medium-sized companies, fears VDMA President Karl Haeusgen.
By Redaktion Table
Angela Merkel and Sebastian Kurz are leaving, there is no longer a majority in the Council and there is a power struggle over the post of parliamentary president: The EPP, which is used to success, is in crisis. It will have to reinvent itself.
By Eric Bonse
With a new legislative package, the EU Commission wants to orient the European gas market towards hydrogen. This also involves the classification of so-called low carbon fuels as climate-friendly alternatives. However, observers say that the draft legislation, which has been circulating since last week, contains major gaps and demand improvements.
By Timo Landenberger
