Vice-President Jourová will visit the ‘Citizen Lab’ at the University of Toronto to exchange with researchers on the threats of disinformation and foreign interference in the light of the European elections and upcoming US elections.
The dismantling of the encrypted communications tool EncroChat, widely used by organised crime groups (OCGs), has so far led to 6 558 arrests worldwide. 197 of those arrested were High Value Targets. This result is detailed in the first review of EncroChat, which was presented today by the French and Dutch judicial and law enforcement authorities in Lille.
Members of the Committee on International Trade approved on Tuesday, by 35 votes, with none against and no abstentions, a proposal to renew the current suspension of import duties on Moldovan exports to the EU for another year, against the background of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine that is creating a difficult situation for Moldovan producers and exporters.
The presidency conclusions welcome the Commission’s intention to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness, efficiency and relevance of current EU legislation on the landing obligation. The text calls for the Commission to publish a comprehensive impact assessment of its proposed action plan titled ‘Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries’ and emphasises that a general ban on mobile bottom-contacting gears in Marine Protected Areas is not in
“The situation remains complex and unpredictable. We remain vigilant and committed to strong coordination with our partners, the 27 member states and the neighbour countries. These events have shown that the Russian State and Putin’s personal credibility are weakened. The political system is showing cracks. We were facing Russia as a danger because it was a threat, because it has the force and capacity of invading peaceful neighbours – as
The rules will allow consumers harmed by an illegal commercial practice to seek compensation, replacement or repair collectively. Representative actions concern consumers’ interests in many areas of law and economic sectors, including data protection, financial services, travel, tourism, energy or telecommunications.
While water reuse is already successfully deployed in some Member States and in other parts of the world, only 2.4 % of the total treated urban wastewater is being reclaimed and reused in the EU. It varies widely between Member States, as some Member States reuse as much as 89% of treated wastewater, while most use very little or none at all.
The Commission considers that objective circumstances justify the amendments requested by Ireland. Following an assessment of the revised plan against the criteria set out in the RRF Regulation, the Commission concluded that the Irish plan still complies with them and that its overall ambition is not affected by the amendments. The Council will now have four weeks to adopt the Commission’s proposal approving the revised plan.
The national authorities will distribute the aid directly to farmers to compensate them for the economic losses due to the market disturbances, the consequences of high input prices and rapidly falling agricultural product prices and, where relevant, for the damage caused by the recent climate events, particularly acute in the Iberian peninsula and Italy. The aid can also fund distillation of wine to avoid further market deterioration in the sector.
According to the Commission’s preliminary assessment, Renfe may have abused its dominant position in breach of Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (‘TFEU’) by refusing to provide to third-party ticketing platforms access to the full content and real-time data that it displays on its own digital channels. This refusal may have affected third-party ticketing platforms’ ability to create their own product, to innovate and
The REPowerEU chapter importantly advances France’s efforts on the green transition, since all the reforms and investments fully contribute to reducing the reliance on fossil fuels, by increasing energy efficiency in buildings with greater emphasis on deep renovation, and by supporting hydrogen projects and decarbonising the industrial sector.
In response to the information warfare conducted by Russia, the Council introduced a new listing criterion to cover companies in the IT sector that provide critical technology and software to the Russian intelligence community. Based on this new listing criterion, the Council designated companies from the IT sector holding a licence administered by the Federal Security Service or the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of sole control of the operations of Enel S.p.A. of Italy in Romania (‘Enel Romania’) by Public Power Corporation S.A. (‘PPC’) of Greece.
The GBER declares specific categories of State aid compatible with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, provided that they fulfil certain conditions. It therefore exempts these categories from the requirement of prior notification to and approval by the Commission, enabling Member States to grant the aid directly and informing the Commission only ex-post.
The tenth meeting of the EU-Tajikistan Cooperation Council will take place in Luxembourg on 26 June, and will be chaired by Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan. The EU delegation will be led by Tobias Billström, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, on behalf of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in his capacity as President of the EU’s Foreign Affairs
On Friday, 23 June, he will meet with Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, at Menlo Park headquarters to discuss the ‘AI Pact’ and DSA implementation. Commissioner Breton will also meet with Jensen Huang, CEO of NVDIA, in Santa Clara headquarters to engage on the ‘AI Pact’ and EU Chips Act. Finally, the Commissioner will visit the OpenAI headquarters and meet with Sam Altman, CEO of the company, to discuss the
WHI develops and provides enterprise resource planning software, with a specific focus on software for the management of human resources such as headcount management and payroll, employee self-service and attendance management. Bain Capital manages investment funds in companies across a variety of industries. Apfarge manages a diversified global portfolio of investments in private equity, venture capital and infrastructure funds.
The joint venture, DABCO Limited, will develop and commercialise ‘Economy of Things’ products and services to enable connected devices, vehicles and machines to communicate, transact and trade autonomously with one another. Sumitomo is a global trading and investment company. Vodafone is a telecommunications group active in Europe and Africa.
This support will help Ukraine to continue paying wages and pensions, and keep essential public services running, such as hospitals, schools, and housing for relocated people. It will also allow Ukraine to ensure macroeconomic stability and restore critical infrastructure destroyed by Russia in its war of aggression, such as energy infrastructure, water systems, transport networks, roads and bridges.
In 2020, following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Hungary adopted a new law requiring certain third-country nationals or stateless persons present in the territory of that Member State or presenting themselves at its borders and wishing to benefit from international protection to undergo a prior procedure. That legislation requires them to travel to the Hungarian embassy in Belgrade (Serbia) or Kyiv (Ukraine) in order to submit in person a
Based on the negative opinion of the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (EMA) , the Commission rejected, by decision of 17 July 2018, the application by the company Pharma Mar for marketing authorisation of the orphan medicinal product Aplidin (‘the decision at issue’). That medicinal product, the active substance of which is plitidepsin, was developed to treat a serious cancer of the bone marrow. Pharma Mar then
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