The European Commission aims to establish an EU-wide system, offering credible verification of the performance and the potential impacts on the environment 
of new technologies: Environmental Technology Verification (ETV).   
   
A suggested EU scheme on Environmental Technologies Verification has just been opened for consultation.   
   
This consultation aims to gather a wide variety of views on the main options identified in order to prepare for a formal proposal in 2008.   
   
The web-based consultation tool is now on-line and accessible through the    
ETAP website at:    
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/etap/c ...    
   
The consultation is open until January 20th 2008.