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The European Union and the United States have concluded negotiations to adjust the agricultural quotas of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) of the European Union, following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU. This is the culmination of two years of negotiations within the WTO to divide these [...]

Clearer energy labels and spare parts of domestic appliances available longer on the market. These are the changes that have entered into force since 1 March 2021 in the EU to make life easier for consumers in the Member States and to invest in eco-compatibility. We start from the EU [...]

The European Commission adopted today the first strategic plan for Horizon Europe, the EU’s new research and innovation programme worth 95.5 billion euros in current prices. The strategic plan is new to Horizon Europe and sets out the strategic guidelines for investment guidance in the first four years of the [...]

The European Parliament has finally approved the Eu4health 2021-2027 programme, to prepare EU health systems more rigorously for future pandemics and health threats. The new Eu4health programme, with a budget of 5.1 billion euros, will make a contribution in those areas where the EU can clearly add value, thus complementing [...]

In recent days, the EU has published the first Implementing Regulations for the preparation and carrying out of the new Operational Programmes co-financed by the European Structural Funds under the Cohesion Policy 2021-2027. This is an overall legislative package that makes 330 billion euros available to Member States. The package [...]

The Customs Agency has published a handbook to guide e-commerce traders with Great Britain after Brexit. The document shall contain the necessary details for the preparation of the document intended for the final consumer, together with the charges and costs incurred by customs and the shipping costs to be borne [...]

The European Commission has updated the guidelines for the preparation of the national plans "for recovery and resilience" to be submitted by each Member State to make use of the 672.5 billion euros of the Next Generation EU programme, the European Instrument designed to guide recovery from the economic crisis [...]

The European Parliament and the EU Member States have reached an agreement on the new strategic innovation agenda of the European Institute of Technological Innovation (EIT) and on an update of the EIT’s legal basis. Thanks to this agreement, the EIT will align itself with the EU’s research and innovation [...]

The European Parliament approved today the Recovery and Resilience Facility, designed to help EU countries deal with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The regulation on the objectives, financing and access rules to the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) was adopted by 582 votes in favour, 40 against and 69 [...]

Yesterday, 18 February, the European Commission defined its trade strategy for the coming years. Reflecting the concept of open strategic autonomy, it builds on the openness of the EU to contribute to economic recovery through support for green and digital transformations, as well as a renewed focus on strengthening multilateralism [...]