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    • Bioethanol seminar in European Parliament

Time: 27 jan 15.00-17.00
Venue: European Parliament

1. Latest findings on Bioethanol

- Why it is necessary to address both renewables and energy efficiency
- ethanol vehicles as a realistic, sustainable and energy efficient alternative
- what will it take to implement?

Gustaf Landahl, Coordinator of the BEST project

2. Produktion - potential and sustainability

Laszlo Mathe/Imke Luebke, WWF

3 The vehicles

- Why is it important for Europe to go for FFVs?
- potential to further improve energy efficiency

Dr Wolfgang Schneider, Vice-president Ford of Europe, tbc

4 Next steps in politics?

- Incentives, Custom Tariffs, Energy Tax Directive
- other initiatives

Lena Ek, MEP, Spokesperson on Industry, Research & Energy  

5 Diskussion