The European Commission has today endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of Spain’s second payment request for €12 billion in grants under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the key instrument at the heart of NextGenerationEU. On 30 April 2022, Spain submitted to the Commission a payment request based on the achievement of the 40 milestones and […]
CJEU Judgment: UK Prestige arbitration cannot block Spanish ruling
By its judgment, the Court holds that Regulation No 44/2001 must be interpreted as meaning that a judgment entered by a court of a Member State in the terms of an arbitral award cannot prevent, in that Member State, the recognition of a judgment given in another Member State where a judicial decision resulting in […]
Forest fires: European Commission puts its firefighting fleet in place for the 2022 season
As of today, the EU’s fleet of firefighting aircraft will be operational to help European countries fight forest fires throughout peak season. The fleet is part of rescEU, a European reserve of resources that responds to emergencies. Positioned in Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Sweden, 12 firefighting airplanes and 1 firefighting helicopter will be […]
Commission clears creation of joint venture by Repsol and Telefónica
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation of a joint venture by Repsol Customer Centric, S.L. (‘Repsol’) and Telefónica de España, S.A.U., (‘Telefónica’), both of Spain. The joint venture will be active in the implementation of photovoltaic projects in Spain, mainly consisting in the acquisition, installation and maintenance of ground-level […]
European Commission approves Spanish and Portuguese measure to lower electricity prices
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €8.4 billion Spanish and Portuguese measure aimed at reducing the wholesale electricity prices in the Iberian market (MIBEL) by lowering the input costs of fossil fuel-fired power stations. The measure was approved under Article 107(3)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European […]
Head of the Confocal Microscopy Core Unit Position in Spain
Offer Description The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) is one of Europe’s leading research institutions in the cancer research field. Located in state-of-the-art facilities in Madrid, Spain, the CNIO harbours at present more than 500 researchers working in both basic and translational aspects of cancer research, in a highly dynamic, energetic and international environment. […]
Financial Assistant Position
The Agency will welcome applications from highly motivated candidates to participate in the development of EFCA. Candidates are recruited on the condition they have full rights as a citizen. Candidates must have fulfilled any obligations imposed on them by law concerning military service and meet the character requirements for the duties involved. Conditions of employment […]
Salvador de Madariaga: Awards for Journalistic Commitment with Europe
The award ceremony of the Salvador de Madariaga European Journalism Awards took place yesterday afternoon at the Alicante Music Auditorium of the Alicante Provincial Council. The winners of the XXVIII edition are Catalina Guerrero, delegate of the EFE Agency in Brussels, Julián Cabrera, news director of Onda Cero and Marta Carazo, correspondent of TVE in […]
Spain has the largest area for wine in the EU
The total area under vines in the EU was 3.2 million hectares (ha) in 2020, equivalent to 2.0 % of the utilised agricultural area (UAA). In 2020, there were 2.2 million vineyard holdings for wine (hereafter termed ‘vineyard holdings’) in the EU, the vast majority of which were very small; 83.3 % had less than 1 ha of vineyards. Spain, […]