While seed regulation is kicked to the curb, rules on package travel and an ecall car safety system are approved by MEPs.

Seed regulation / Package travel / Emergency call in-car system

Plans to regulate the production  of seeds has seen over 200,000 people

across Europe sign a petition against it.

But for these farmers in Belgium,  Europe’s legislative arm

was being stretched too far  to the detriment of innovation

and the biodiversity of small producers.

I always give this example:  on a very humid year

when there are a lot of maggots, plants  which are re-sown from the same plant

are resistant to infestations of maggots -  they aren't eaten, or very few are eaten.

Whereas when people buy seeds  which have been produced elsewhere,

they haven't adapted  and are much more fragile.

Back at Parliament, it wasn’t a vote  to adopt the proposal but to reject it.

The main problem concerning  the seed regulation,

is that we are basing it on the  intensive farming model

and now Monsanto already owns 30% of  the European tomato seed market.

This is a bad way forward and we should  change direction urgently.

Better protection for holiday makers  who book package deal holidays

is on the way after MEPs  approved a draft report on Tuesday.

Plans include guaranteeing flights  for stranded passengers, better information.

But one of the most important changes  was quite simple.

as at the time of the old regulation  the internet wasn't used, nor online booking.

Over 28,000 people killed  and 1.5 million injured in car accidents.

after MEPs voted to adopt  a new e-call in-car system.

From next year all new cars in Member  States will be fitted with a sim card

that, in the event of an accident,  will call 112 - the EU emergency hotline,

letting emergency services know  where you are and come to your aid.

But what if the accident isn't serious -  then what?

Once an accident happens,  the emergency service,

the PSAP -  the public safety answering points -

gets back to the people  in the car to ask:

"What happened? Is it necessary  that we come? Is it a serious accident?"