EU Legislation, Initiatives, etc. (Archive)

Home Secretary’s speech on the UK, EU and our place in the world

PC&PE:  Committee unanimously agrees EU referendum analysis

PC&PE:  Government must act now to reduce EU penalties

BIS:  TTIP: Separating myth from fact

£1bn EIB backing for UK social housing

EC acts against the discrimination of drivers from other Member States in GERMANY and the UK

First DNA vaccine in the EU recommended for use in salmon

Migration Watch:  Net migration from the EU may have been undercounted by 50,000 a year

TUC: Brexit could put millions of people at greater risk of accident or injury at work

UCL agrees £280m EIB loan for campus developments

Interest rates: final vote to ensure robust and transparent benchmark setting ~ EC welcomes European Parliament's backing for new rules to prevent manipulation of financial benchmarks

Markets in financial instruments: Negotiations to start on one-year delay

EU Aviation Strategy will succeed only with support of all stakeholders, insists the EESC

Integrating patients’ views in clinical studies of anticancer medicines

Financial re-integration trend moderates

EC seeks feedback on commitments offered by Paramount Pictures in pay-TV investigation

Protecting European consumers: toys & clothing top the list of dangerous products detected in 2015

El Niño - EU plans to step up funding in new approach to address global food crises

World IP day 2016

Ahead of 30th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster the EU steps up its contribution to nuclear safety

Capital Markets Union: Taking stock of the progress made so far

Brussels attacks: MEPs call for an EU approach and effective data sharing

Corporate tax: economic affairs MEPs welcome information sharing by authorities

Animal disease programmes: generally sound but cost-effectiveness unclear

Plant health: agriculture MEPs endorse deal to fight influx of pests to the EU

Dijsselbloem wants simpler budget rules for eurozone

Agile, open, connected – EFSA in 2020

Europe to take a tougher stance against hate crimes

Safe countries of origin: MEPs request assessment by EASO before finalising list ~ No blank cheque for Turkey, say MEPs in debate on EU-Turkey deal ~ 2-way integration policies will benefit refugees & locals, says EESC ~ EU has announced new actions to tackle irregular migration and forced displacement in the Horn of Africa

Apricot kernels pose risk of cyanide poisoning

Inter-religious dialogue to defeat radicalisation

A new integrated EU policy for the Arctic adopted

EFSA launches innovation prize

More action required to protect soil in the city

EU budget management: EC spending for 2014 approved

Europol: MEPs endorse new powers to step up EU police counter-terrorism drive

Involving general practitioners in regulatory decisions on medicines

FRA presents guidance from across the EU on combating hate crime

EC welcomes European Parliament's backing for new rules to prevent manipulation of financial benchmarks

Eliminating technical and administrative obstacles to boost European railways

Taxation: EC refers Germany to Court for failing to amend VAT rules for travel agents

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