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 […]
Brexit: Railway safety and connectivity with the UK
The EU is ensuring continuity of train services between the EU (France and Ireland) and the United Kingdom in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. The Council today adopted a regulation on a temporary extension of the validity of certain authorisations, certificates and licences that are needed to run the […]
Mais que fait l’Europe ?
Título: Mais que fait l’Europe ? Autor: Casa Europa Rennes Duración: 02:05 Resumen: Del 23 al 26 de mayo de 2019, las elecciones europeas se llevarán a cabo en toda la Unión Europea. En esta ocasión, la Maison de l’Europe en Rennes – Information Center Europe Direct Cap Ouest con el apoyo de la Unión Europea, la Federación […]
Council strongly criticised over failing to act to protect EU values in Hungary
Civil Liberties Committee MEPs condemned the Council’s inaction relating to EU values in Hungary, following last September’s Article 7 request by Parliament. In the debate with the Commission’s First Vice-President Frans Timmermans and Political and Security Committee Permanent Representative Călin Stoica, on behalf of the Romanian Presidency, most of the Civil Liberties Committee MEPs who […]