Image by Slleong (BRUSSELS) – The EU Commission took stock of measures to combat identity fraud Tuesday, implemented under a 2016 action plan to improve security of travel documents as…
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A new approach to business insolvency in Europe, agreed Thursday by EU justice ministers, will help companies in financial difficulties to restructure early…
Photo Daimler Chrysler (LUXEMBOURG) – EU environment ministers reached agreement Wednesday on a proposed regulation to set stricter CO2 emission standards for new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles.The result…
European Central Bank (LUXEMBOURG) – The decision of the European Central Bank to establish a programme for the purchase of government bonds on secondary markets is valid, in the Opinion…
Photo Lars Curfs (LUXEMBOURG) – Ministers agreed to allow EU states to apply reduced, ‘super-reduced’ or zero VAT rates to electronic publications Tuesday, thereby allowing alignment of VAT rules for…
Members of the European Parliament voted Tuesday on updated rules on audiovisual media services, protecting children better, with stricter rules on…
New rules to protect farmers against buyers unfair trading practices, approved Monday by the EU Parliament’s agriculture committee, have been criticised…
Ministers on the EU Competitiveness Council adopted a regulation Friday to set up a new European joint undertaking aiming to…
Waste truck (BRUSSELS) – 14 EU Member States are at risk of missing an EU target of 50 per cent municipal waste recycling by 2020, according to a European Commission…
EU countries lost almost EUR 150 billion in VAT revenues in 2016, of which EUR 50 bn went to the benefit of…
