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A comparative analysis of taxes and CO2 emissions from passenger cars in the Nordic countries »

Series: Nordic Council of Ministers

Author(s): Henrik Duer , Pernille Øvre Ritnagel , and Camilla Rosenhagen

Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers

Publication Date: 01 June 2011

ISBN: 9789289322164

Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, CO2 Emissions, Passenger Cars, Registration Tax, Annual Circulation Tax, Company Car Schemes, CO2 Efficient Cars

The report discusses how economic instruments can be used to reduce CO2 emissions from passenger cars in the Nordic countries. The analysis indicate that The registration tax and the annual circulation tax can cont...

Comparative study of legislation and legal practices in the Nordic countries concerning labour inspection »

Series: Nordic Council of Ministers

Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers

Publication Date: 01 June 2011

ISBN: 9789289322409

Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Legislation, Legal Practices Concerning Labour Inspections, Inspection is Administered, Scope of Legislation, Occupational Safety and Health, Employment of Workers

The objective of this study was to find out how legislation and legal practices concerning labour inspections differ in the Nordic countries. To accomplish this, individual eports on each Nordic country were made....

Comparative study of Nordic teacher-training programmes »

Series: Nordic Council of Ministers

Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers

Publication Date: 01 June 2009

ISBN: 9789289318457

Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Teacher-training Programmes, Comparative Study, Exchanges of Information, Encourage Mutual Inspiration and Learning, Student Characteristics, Terms and Conditions

This is the first report to compare the teacher-training programmes in all of the Nordic countries. The main purposes of this comparative study are to create the basis for exchanges of information and to encourage...

Conference on Competitive and Sustainable Aquaculture : Dimensions and Tools of Competitive and Sustainable Aquaculture in Northern Europe »

Series: Nordic Council of Ministers

Author(s): Sirkka Heinimaa , and Riitta Rahkonen

Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers

Publication Date: 01 June 2012

ISBN: 9789289323451

Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Finnish Game, Fisheries Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Recirculating Aquaculture Systems, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Aquaculture Forum

The conference was organised by the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. A separate Workshop on Recirculating Aquaculture Systems, also financed by the NCM and...

Confidence rating of marine eutrophication assessments »

Series: Nordic Council of Ministers

Author(s): J.H. Andersen , P. Axe , H. Kaartokallio , M. Krüger-Johnsen , J. Molvær , C. Murray , and K. Norling

Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers

Publication Date: 01 June 2011

ISBN: 9789289321921

Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Eutrophication, Transparent Scoring, Confidence Assessment, Marine Environment, Accuracy, Precision

This report presents the development of a methodology for assessing confidence in eutrophication status classifications. The method can be considered as a secondary assessment, supporting the primary assessment of...

Consequences of Revised Criteria for Hazardous Waste Classification in the Nordic countries - the criterion for leaching (H15) »

Series: Nordic Council of Ministers

Author(s): Ole Hjelmar , Jutta Laine-Ylijoki , Anke Oberender , Pascal Suer , Margareta Wahlström , and Ola Wik

Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers

Publication Date: 01 June 2012

ISBN: 9789289323901

Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Report Illustrates, Hazardous Waste Classification, Quality of Leaching Data, Waste Statistics, Significant Effect, Erroneous Classification

This report illustrates the consequences for hazardous waste classification in the Nordic countries by introducing leaching criteria (Criterion H15). Data on secondary aggregates and waste were compared to the prop...

Consumer Medicine »

Series: Nordic Council of Ministers

Author(s): Aaro Tupasela

Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers

Publication Date: 01 June 2010

ISBN: 9789289320382

Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Medical Services, Consumer Medicine, Medical Treatment, Supra-national Organizations, State Organizations, Limits and Regulations

The contributions in this book all address an important area relating to the delivery of medical services, namely the development of consumer medicine. The changing dynamics of consumer medicine are explored throug...

Consumer Perceptions, Understanding and Use of Product Related Environmental Information : A literature review of the Nordic knowledge base »

Series: Nordic Council of Ministers

Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers

Publication Date: 01 June 2004

ISBN: 9789289310505

Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Prison and Probation Service and the Educational Authorities, Satisfying Prisoners' Educational Needs, Lifelong Learning Perspective, Nordic Prisoner, International Recommendations and Conventions, Society in General

Product related environmental information is considered to be an important policy instrument for the support of a shift towards more sustainable consumption patterns. Such information aims to guide consumers to cho...

Contingency Planning for Animal Diseases : Baltic Seminar on "Contingency Planning for the next Decade" held 19 - 20 September 2012 Helsinki, Finland »

Series: Nordic Council of Ministers

Author(s): Jørgen M. Westergaard

Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers

Publication Date: 01 June 2014

ISBN: 9789289327114

Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Infectious Animal Diseases, Livestock Production, Avian Influenza, Classical Swine Fever, Pre-epidemic Period, Disease Eradication

Outbreaks of infectious animal diseases within the last 10 - 15 years in areas with intensive livestock production have shown how vulnerable the production systems can be when confronted with an outbreak of a highl...

Control mechanisms for Nordic ship emissions »

Series: Nordic Council of Ministers

Author(s): Kjetil Martinsen , and Asbjørn Torvanger

Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers

Publication Date: 01 June 2013

ISBN: 9789289325165

Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Shipping, Environmental Regulations, Pollution Burden, DNV, Control Mechanisms, Ship Emission

Shipping today operates under a complex set of international and domestic regulations. However, the environmental regulations have lagged behind those of other industries. This situation is now changing quite drama...