The European Commission has approved a €5 billion German scheme to support energy and trade intensive companies across industrial sectors in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Crisis Framework, adopted by the Commission on 23 March 2022, based on Article 107(3)(b) of the Treaty on the […]
Stronger rules greater safety, quality blood, tissues, cells
On 14th July, by proposing new rules to further increase the safety and quality of substances of human origin, the Commission is taking another step towards building a strong European Health Union. With this proposal, citizens will be safer in donating or receiving vital substances of human origin (SoHO), from blood to tissues and cells, […]
Antitrust: Commission seeks feedback on commitments offered by Amazon concerning marketplace seller data and access to Buy Box and Prime
The European Commission invites comments on commitments offered by Amazon to address competition concerns over its use of non-public marketplace seller data and over a possible bias in granting sellers access to its Buy Box and its Prime programme. The Commission’s investigations Amazon is a data-driven company whose retail decisions are for most driven by automated systems, […]
Horizon Europe: Industrial Research & Validation for Civil-military Interoperability & Coordination
Expected Outcome Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes. Environment. AI will enable the optimisation of aircraft trajectories, potentially reducing the aviation environmental footprint. Capacity. AI will play a fundamental role in aviation/ATM to address airspace capacity shortages, enabling dynamic configuration of the airspace and allowing dynamic spacing separation between aircraft. Cost-efficiency. AI will […]
Employment: Commission report shows young people most affected by job losses due to economic impact of COVID-19
Today, the Commission published its Employment and Social Developments in Europe (ESDE) review 2022. Amongst other findings, the report shows young people were among the most negatively affected by job losses during the economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. It also shows that the recovery was slower for them than for other age groups. Possible […]
Policy Programme “Path to the Digital Decade”: The Council and the European Parliament reach a provisional agreement
To ensure that the EU meets its objectives for a digital transformation in line with EU values, the Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement today on the 2030 policy programme ‘Path to the Digital Decade’. This decision aims to strengthen the EU’s digital leadership by promoting inclusive and sustainable digital policies that serve citizens and […]
HCCH CODIFI CONFERENCE: The 2015 principles on choice of law in international commercial contracts
This paper reports on the impact of the 2015 Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts 2015 and on the advocacy work undertaken by the Permanent Bureau (PB) over the past year. It presents the influence of the 2015 Principles on the reform of national laws in the area of choice of law, […]
Sustainability Scholarship
The Danish platform for lifelong learning, finduddannelse.dk, is offering a scholarship of up to €5000 to people from anywhere in the world who want to study a master’s programme fighting on the impact of climate change. The scholarship will be awarded for programme studies starting at the latest in January 2023. Eligible candidates must have […]
Summer 2022 Economic Forecast: Russia’s war worsens the outlook
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine continues to negatively affect the EU economy, setting it on a path of lower growth and higher inflation compared to the Spring Forecast. The Summer 2022 (interim) Economic Forecast projects that the EU economy will grow by 2.7% in 2022 and 1.5% in 2023. Growth in the euro area is expected […]