Last week, the European Parliament Environment and Public Health Committee approved common European rules on organ transplants, which should make transplants easier, faster and safer.The creation of a European area…
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The European Commission has adopted a recommendation on the legal tender of the euro banknotes and coins. Although euro-area Member States share a single currency, interpretations of what its legal…
The ninth edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) is out and preliminary data show that the economic crisis impacting Europe is also affecting the progress of innovation across the…
The European Parliament’s Industry Committee has proposed a strenthening of gas crisis prevention measures, laying down new requirements for plans to offset any serious disruptions to gas supplies from third…
The European Commission has adopted new rules to make it easier for passengers and crews on ships to make mobile phone calls, and to send and receive text messages, whilst in European…
The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of the hinge and control systems unit of Edscha AG of Germany by Gestamp Automoción S.L. of…
The European Commission has authorised, under EU state aid rules, a measure adopted by Slovenia to limit the adverse impact of the current financial crisis on export firms. In particular,…
EUbusiness Week 482 top stories: Europe shames its major powers over debts; WTO’s Boeing-Airbus ruling ‘set for broad impact’; EU moves to simplify VAT payments through e-invoices; Tuna ban: EU…
The European Commission has taken action against a total of 12 Member States on implementing EU Internal Market rules in the areas of acquisitions in the financial sector, pension funds,…
The European Commission has formally requested Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands to change tax rules which impose an immediate exit tax when companies transfer their seat or assets to another…
