EU Legislation, Initiatives, etc.
EU News: The European Commission has updated & prolonged a set of temporary state aid control rules to assess public support to financial institutions during the crisis.
EU News: The European Commission has proposed a new fund for the EU's maritime & fisheries policies for the period 2014-2020. The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) isaimed at delivering the ambitious objectives of the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.
EU News: Crime victims who are granted protection in one EU Member State will be able to get similar protection if they move to another, under new European Protection Order rules endorsed by the Civil Liberties and the Women's Rights Committees.
EU News: Third country migrants working legally within the EU should enjoy comparable rights to those of EU nationals as regards working conditions, social security and access to public services, under a new ‘single permit’ directive agreed by Parliament & Council and backed by the Civil Liberties & Employment committees.
EU News: ICT research is dramatically changing the possibilities open to people as diverse as victims of brain injuries and video game makers. Partners from Hollywood to hospitals are now reaping the benefits of this EU-funded research.
EU News: The European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group have launched a new guarantee facility for innovative SMEs to help them access finance from banks.
EU News: European citizens have been invited to start voting for their favourite multimodal journey planner as part of the first European Mobility Challenge.
EU News: New rules to give farmers fairer prices for raw milk have been agreed by MEPs and Council negotiators, but still need to be confirmed by the Parliament as a whole and the Council.
EU News: European Member States have agreed to delay individual movement reporting for older sheep.
EU News: The European Ombudsman has received a positive reply from the EU institutions in 78% of cases where he issued critical remarks and made suggestions for improvement in 2010.
EU News: The European Commission has adopted budget proposals for its external instruments from 2014-2020. .
EU News: The EU Action Plan to improve access to finance for SMEs presents the various EU policies & measures to make access to finance easier for Europe's 23m SMEs.
EU News: To better protect Europeans from a wide range of health threats, and provide for a fully co-ordinated response in the event of a crisis, the European Commission adopted a legislative proposal on the means to address serious cross border health threats.
EU News: The European Commission has adopted revised rules for assessing state aid for shipbuilding to take account of the more specialised nature of today's shipbuilding industry, to be enforced from 1 January 2012..
FSA: The new Food Information Regulation (FIR), designed to make food labelling easier to understand for consumers, has been published by the European Union.
