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After 25 years of negotiation, the EU and the Mercosur countries (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) concluded the EU-Mercosur trade deal negotiations in Montevideo on Friday. The agreement was hailed as an “historic milestone” by the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen. “EU-Mercosur is the biggest agreement ever, when it comes to the protection of EU food and drinks products. More than 350 EU products now are protected by a geographical indication. In addition, our European health and food standards remain untouchable. Mercosur exporters will have to comply strictly with these standards to access the EU market. This is…
The EU’s new Product Liability Directive enters into force Sunday 8 December, establishing a framework for victims to seek compensation for damages caused by defective products.
The U.S. non-farm payrolls report for November, due later today, has market participants looking to gauge the pace of future Federal Reserve rate cuts.
Transport & Environment (T&E), the leading Brussels-based NGO promoting cleaner transport in Europe, is offering a policy officer position starting in February 2025.
Companies will have an extra year to adapt to new EU rules to prevent deforestation, which will ban the sale of products sourced from deforested land in the EU, following the EU Parliament and Council’s provisional agreement. The Deforestation Regulation entered into force on 30 June 2023. When the rules enter into application, all relevant companies will have to exercise due diligence if they place on the EU market, or export from it, palm oil, cattle, soy, coffee, cocoa, timber and rubber as well as some of its derived products (such as beef, furniture, or chocolate). Under the EU Deforestation…
The EU had around 33 million enterprises in 2023, employing 163 million people, registering a net turnover of over EUR 38 trillion. They represented no more than 0.2 percent of the total number of enterprises in the EU’s business economy. Large enterprises are classed as having more than 249 employees. According to the set of figures released by Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, they are bno more than nly 0.2% of the 53,000 enterprises in the EU’s business economy. However, they do employ more than a third of the labour force (58.4 million persons, 36%) and generated more than half (51%) of the net turnover…
Companies must urgently develop a credible nature transition plan (NTP), as well-planned operational methodologies and frameworks are now available to guide their efforts, says a new WWF report.
The EU Council adopted a recommendation Tuesday to help reduce exposure to second-hand smoke and aerosols and achieve a tobacco-free generation in Europe by 2040.
The EU launched two calls for proposals Tuesday with EUR 3.4 bn to accelerate deployment of innovative decarbonisation technologies and a EUR 1.2 bn auction to accelerate production of renewable hydrogen.
