Competitiveness Council – Consilium

Competitiveness Council – Consilium

Main results Research and innovation, 28 May 2021 Regulation on establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (HPC) The Council…

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Beating financial crime: Commission overhauls anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism rules

Beating financial crime: Commission overhauls anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism rules

The European Commission has presented an ambitious package of legislative proposals to strengthen the EU’s anti-money laundering and countering terrorism financing (AML/CFT) rules. The package also includes the proposal for the creation of a new…

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Remarks by Commissioner McGuinness at the press conference on the Anti-money laundering package

Remarks by Commissioner McGuinness at the press conference on the Anti-money laundering package

European Commission Speech Brussels, 20 Jul 2021 Good afternoon, thanks for joining us and thank you Valdis for running through the detail of what we believe is a game changer when it comes to tackling…

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EU launches WTO dispute against discriminatory procurement by Russian State-owned enterprises

EU launches WTO dispute against discriminatory procurement by Russian State-owned enterprises

European Commission Press release Brussels, 19 Jul 2021 The EU is requesting consultations with Russia in the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding certain Russian measures that restrict or prevent EU companies from selling goods and…

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Supervisory statement on the ORSA in the context of COVID-19

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today the supervisory statement on Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA) in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. With the aim to foster supervisory convergence, EIOPA in…

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Farm to Fork Strategy: 65 companies and associations sign the EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices

Farm to Fork Strategy: 65 companies and associations sign the EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices

The Commission, alongside industry stakeholders, has officially launched the EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices, another deliverable under the Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy. by : europa.eu/newsroom on 2021-07-04 22:00:00…

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Eurogroup – Consilium

Eurogroup – Consilium

Highlights from the Eurogroup meeting of 12 July 2021, held in Brussels Main results Eurogroup in inclusive format (14:00)…

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State aid: Commission approves €1.2 billion rescue loan; opens investigation into €3.2 billion Portuguese further restructuring aid in favour of TAP

State aid: Commission approves €1.2 billion rescue loan; opens investigation into €3.2 billion Portuguese further restructuring aid in favour of TAP

European Commission Press release Brussels, 16 Jul 2021 By two separate decisions adopted today, the European Commission has (i) re-approved €1.2 billion rescue aid to Transportes Aéreos Portugueses SGPS … by : European Commission on…

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New EU guidance helps companies to combat forced labour in supply chains

New EU guidance helps companies to combat forced labour in supply chains

European Commission Press release Brussels, 13 Jul 2021 The Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) have published today a Guidance on due diligence to help EU companies to address the risk of forced…

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Podcast episode 4: Pensions, PEPP and young people

The pensions gap is increasing in importance, which means that personal pensions will become more event more relevant. In this episode – hosted by our communications trainee Pauline Coenen – our Principal Expert on Pensions,…

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