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European Peace Facility: Council adopts an assistance measure in support of the navy of the Republic of the Congo
The Council today adopted a €5 million assistance measure under the European Peace Facility, to strengthen the operational ...
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Fighting cross-border crime: Council adopts EU law about transfer of proceedings
The Council has given the final green light to an EU law that regulates the conditions under which proceedings in a criminal ...
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Taxation: Council agrees on VAT in the digital age package
The Council reached an agreement on new measures bringing the EU’s value added tax (VAT) rules into the digital age.
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Statistics: Council adopts revised regulation and approves conclusions on European statistics
The Council today adopted changes to the EU legal framework on the development, production and dissemination of European statistics, marking a significant milestone in the modernisation of the ...
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Urban wastewater: Council adopts new rules for more efficient treatment
The Council has formally adopted the revised directive for urban wastewater treatment. It addresses more pollutants and covers more population areas.
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Recovery and resilience fund: Council greenlights the Netherlands’ and Czechia’s amended plans
The Council approved the Commission’s positive assessment of the Netherlands’ and Czechia’s amended recovery and resilience plans.
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Hydrogen: Council calls for swift implementation of EU law and coordinated action for networks, industry and investors
The Council has today adopted conclusions on the special report of the Court of Auditors on the EU’s industrial policy on renewable hydrogen. The conclusions welcome the report, call for swift ...
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Solvency II and IRRD: Council signs off new rules for the insurance sector
The Council today adopted two pieces of legislation that amend the Solvency II directive, the EU's main piece of legislation in the insurance area, and introduce new rules on insurance recovery and ...
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Council publishes 2023 international climate finance figures
In 2023, the European Union and its 27 member states contributed €28.6 billion in climate finance from public sources and mobilised an additional amount of €7.2 billion of private finance to support ...
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EU adopts rules to better measure the environment’s contribution to the economy
The Council formally adopted the amended regulation on European environmental economic accounts, the EU’s common statistical system which brings together economic and environmental information.
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Artificial intelligence (AI): Council approves conclusions to strengthen EU’s ambitions
Today, the Council approved conclusions on a European Court of Auditors’ (ECA) report aiming to strengthen EU’s AI ambitions, notably by enhancing governance and ensuring an increased, more focused ...
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Building materials: Council adopts law for clean and smart construction products
Buildings are responsible for around 50% of resource extraction and consumption and more than 30% of the EU's total waste each year. In addition, buildings are responsible for 40% of the EU's energy ...