Combatting tax fraud: According to the EU Court of Justice, national legislation which limits the deduction of interest paid in respect of an intra-group loan is compatible with EU law.
Find here information on electoral rules, poll opening and closing times and candidates for the 2024 European election in EU member states, as well as useful figures about Cyprus.
Find here information on electoral rules, poll opening and closing times and candidates for the 2024 European election in EU member states, as well as useful figures about Croatia.
Find here information on electoral rules, poll opening and closing times and candidates for the 2024 European election in EU member states, as well as useful figures about Bulgaria.
Find here information on electoral rules, poll opening and closing times and candidates for the 2024 European election in EU member states, as well as useful figures about Belgium.
Find here information on electoral rules, poll opening and closing times and candidates for the 2024 European election in EU member states, as well as useful figures about Austria.
“State aid policy must continue to fulfil its mandate to avoid undue distortions to competition, while allowing the EU to stay at the forefront of innovation, cater for cohesion and lead the twin transition. The EU will need to maintain a balance and continue to adapt its State aid policy to changing market conditions while preserving a competitive Single Market” – EVP Margrethe Vestager.
Provisional European election results can only be published after 23:00 CEST, when the last voting polls in Italy have closed. Before then, Parliament will issue estimations, based on exit polls.
The Commission investigated the impact of the transaction on the market for wholesale broadband access services in Italy and concluded that it would not significantly reduce the level of competition.
“The new and stricter rules will strengthen our systems in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. A new agency based in Frankfurt will supervise the work of actors involved” – Vincent Van Peteghem, Belgian minister for finance, for the EU Council Presidency.
E-commerce: A Member State may not impose additional obligations on an online service provider established in another Member State.
Online orders: An order button, or a similar function, must clearly indicate that, by clicking on it, the consumer assumes an obligation to pay. This applies even where the obligation to pay is also dependent on the satisfaction of a subsequent condition.
The Commission considers that there is no longer a clear risk of a serious breach of the rule of law in Poland. Warsaw has launched a series of measures to address concerns on the independence of justice. The government recognises the primacy of EU law and is committed to implementing all judgments of the EU Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.
Today, the European Commission launched a Call for evidence to seek feedback on the scope and content of its evaluation of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation, as amended in April 2023 (‘MVBER’), and of the related Supplementary Guidelines, also as amended in April 2023 (‘SGL’).
The upcoming rules to further expand the use of digital tools in company law, provisionally agreed by the co-legislators in March 2024, will significantly reduce administrative burden for EU companies by introducing ‘digital by default’ solutions (e.g., the ‘once-only-principle’, EU Company Certificate and Digital EU Power of Attorney).
The case concerns complaints about the Russian military operations in Ukraine since 24 February 2022 and the conflict in eastern Ukraine involving pro-Russian separatists which began in 2014, including the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. See press release of 20 February 2023.
EU Ministers approved Council conclusions on “A competitive European industry driving our green, digital and resilient future”. The Council also approved conclusions on the future of the internal market, based on the momentum given by the high-level report presented by Enrico Letta.
During ECR’s and VOX’s (Spain) “Europa VIVA 24” event in Madrid last weekend, the ECR Group presented their Manifesto containing a series of commitments for the new legislative term, with a clear call to preserve “national identities.”
The EU Council has today adopted conclusions on the situation and the future of the single market. The conclusions, entitled ‘A single market for the benefit of all’, call for a holistic new strategy for the single market with a focus on improving its regulatory framework towards enhancing its potential benefits.
The EU Auditors’ report had criticised the decreasing competition in EU public procurement over the last decade, particularly in view of the large proportion of direct awards in some member states and single bidder procedures. The public procurement market is estimated at €2 trillion per year, or 14% of the EU’s gross domestic product (GDP).
The far-right parliamentary group Identity and Democracy (ID Group) has expelled their German partner Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), after numerous scandals around the AfD lead-candidate at the upcoming EU elections, Maximilian Krah.
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