The European Parliament today agreed on the ambitious measures proposed by the Commission to tackle marine litter coming from the 10 single-use plastic products most often found on European beaches, as well as abandoned fishing gear and oxo-degradable plastics. The rules on Single-Use Plastics items and fishing gear, addressing the ten most found items on EU beaches place […]
Venezuela EU increases emergency assistance by €50 million!
As the social and economic crisis in Venezuela continues to worsen, the European Commission is allocating a further €50 million in emergency assistance to help Venezuelans most in need. Today’s announcement is also part of the EU’s commitment to mobilise further assistance as stated in the Montevideo Declaration of the International Contact Group. Total EU assistance […]
€250 million available to support healthy eating habits for European schoolchildren
Millions of children across the EU will receive milk, fruit and vegetables under the EU’s School Scheme in 2019/2020. This programme reached over 20 million children across the EU during the school year 2017/2018. The national budget allocations for the EU school fruit, vegetable and milk schemes for the 2019/2020 school year was adopted today. €145 million […]
Consumer Protection: Sales of Goods and Digital Content
Título: Consumer Protection: Sales of Goods and Digital Content Autor: Parlamento Europeo Duración: 01:30 Resumen: Las nuevas reglas examinadas en el Parlamento Europeo harán que la compra de bienes y contenido digital sea más fácil y más justa. Los cambios incluyen una mejor protección para los compradores que compran un producto defectuoso y reglas específicas […]
Parliament approves new copyright rules
Título: Parliament approves new copyright rules Autor: Parlamento Europeo Duración: 02:15 Resumen: El Parlamento ha respaldado nuevas reglas de derechos de autor para la era digital que asegurarán que los derechos y responsabilidades de la propiedad intelectual ahora también se apliquen al mundo en línea. Los sitios e individuos más pequeños estarán parcial o totalmente exentos, […]
European Parliament confirms that the 2017 EU budget was well-managed
The European Parliament today gave its final approval, known as ‘discharge’, to the way in which the European Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, managed and implemented the EU budget in 2017. The positive vote follows from the European Court of Auditors’ decision to give the EU annual accounts a clean bill of health for […]
Antitrust: Commission fines Nike €12.5 million for restricting cross-border sales of merchandising products
The European Commission has fined Nike €12.5 million for banning traders from selling licensed merchandise to other countries within the EEA. This restriction concerned merchandising products of some of Europe’s best-known football clubs and federations, for which Nike held the licence. Licensed merchandising products are extremely varied (e.g. mugs, bags, bedsheets, stationery, toys) but all […]
Coming up in Strasbourg: Copyright, single-use plastics, drinking water and more
Título: Coming up in Strasbourg: Copyright, single-use plastics, drinking water and more Autor: Parlamento Europeo Duración: 01:00 Resumen: Los eurodiputados votan sobre las normas de derechos de autor, medidas para reducir el desperdicio de plástico y leyes más estrictas para combatir los delitos financieros. Más electricidad más limpia y más verde y nuevos planes para mejorar […]
Brexit: European Council adopts decision extending the period under Article 50
The European Council (Article 50) has adopted a decision formalising the political agreement reached on 21 March 2019 on extending the period under Article 50. In accordance with the treaties, the decision was taken in agreement with the United Kingdom. Such an agreement was set out in a letter from the Permanent Representative of the […]