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Autumn 2002	n° 23	Encouraging Results After Ten Years of Waste Management Policies During the ten years since passing a major law on waste management, France has made spectacular progress in changing not only the way people think, but actual practice as well, even though waste recovering still presents a major challenge.
Summer 2002	n° 22	Labelling new cars A European Union directive requires Member States to label the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of new cars. The French government requested ADEME to publish a guidebook listing the relevant data and a ranking table of the best-performing vehicles.
Spring 2002	n° 21	Putting buildings on an energy diet The European Union expects to adopt a directive on building energy performance this year. The goal: to reduce the energy dependence of its Member States and the emission of greenhouse gases.
Winter 2001	n° 20	Twinning with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe To help CEECs with the European Union accession process and the incorporation of community legislation into their own national laws, twinning programmes were set up by the European Commission in 1998.
Autumn 2001	n° 19	A big step forward against Climate Change After The Hague, negotiations on climate change continued in Bonn at the end of July. In France, a first assessment of the National Programme to combat Climate Change has been conducted.
Summer 2001	n° 18	A National Programme to improve Energy Efficiency The objective of the National Programme for Energy Efficiency (PNAEE), presented in December 2000, is to help France meet its commitments to reduce greenhouse gases and become more energy self-sufficient.
Spring 2001	n° 17	An ambitious but realistic project The European Energy Council and the European Parliament have each adopted a text for a draft directive on electricity from renewable resources.
Winter 2000	n° 16	POLLUTEC/ADEME Energies 2000: advancing by leaps and bounds The 16th POLLUTEC / ADEME ENERGIES event (Lyon, 17-20 October 2000) marked a milestone in the development of environmental industry and services, revealing their maturity paired with confidence and dynamic activity.
Autumn 2000	n° 15	Europe to develop renewable energies By 2010 the amount of electricity generated from renewable energy sources should have reached 22% in the Union's member countries. Such is the political will expressed in a recent draft European Directive.
Summer 2000	n° 14	Decentralised rural electrification : is easing market restrictions enough ? On February 7, 2000 the World Bank brought a hundred or so experts together to discuss the problems of financing solar photovoltaic energy in developing countries.
Spring 2000	n° 13	The French Plan for mitigating the greenhouse effect By combining regulatory measures and incentives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions with market instruments, the French Plan has the means to fulfil the objectives fixed in Kyoto.
Winter 1999	n° 12	An unprecedented plan of action In 1999 France devoted five times more funds to its energy management policy than it did the year before. A decisive turning point that has led ADEME to rethink its strategy and organisation.
Autumn 1999	n° 11	A New Strategy for International Action ADEME has new priorities for the coming year. Mrs. Campana, International Affairs Director, outlines these goals.