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September 18
2020
The Strategic Action Plan on Batteries
The European battery industry has been identified as a strategic value chain for the EU in the context of a strengthened industrial policy strategy. Batteries are a key enabling...
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September 17
2020
EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities
Sustainable Finance has a key role to play in mobilising the necessary capital to deliver on the policy objectives under the European Green Deal as well as the EU’s...
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September 07
2020
Strategic Approach to Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
The treatment of many diseases in humans and animals relies on access to effective pharmaceuticals. At the same time, pollution caused by some pharmaceuticals is an emerging...
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September 03
2020
New Regulation and Opportunities on Water Reuse
Water scarcity, together with other climate change effects such as droughts, will have a direct impact on citizens and in our economy. Changes in water...
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September 02
2020
New Rules on Cleaner and Safer Cars
The new EU Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles starts to apply since 1 of September 2020.
The objective is to allow all Europeans...
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September 08
2020
Circular Economy Action Plan for a cleaner and more competitive Europe
In the framework of the European Green Deal, in march 2020 the EU adopted a sustainable industrial strategy that will support companies to invest in circular...
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August 27
2020
EU Renovation Wave Initiative
One of the priorities under the European Green Deal is the Renovation Wave initiative and recovery plan for the EU.
It is aiming to increase the rate and quality of...
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The European Commission has proposed a major recovery plan to help the EU economy recover from the COVID-19 crisis, preparing to pour at least €1 trillion into a broad stimulus...
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May 21
2020
EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy
The European Commission has launched its Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, a key pillar of the European Green Deal, which sets out new ways to implement existing legislation...
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May 07
2020
EIT Digital Challenge 2020
The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) which is an independent body of the European Union set up in 2008 organises the EIT Digital Challenge - an...
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April 30
2020
EU-Mexico: new trade agreement
The European Union and Mexico concluded the negotiations of their new trade agreement.The EU and Mexico started the negotiations for this modernised agreement in May 2016. In...
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April 29
2020
Legislative proposals to mitigate the negative economic impact of coronavirus relating to bank lending
The European Commission adopted a new banking package to facilitate bank lending for households and businesses, aiming to mitigate the economic impact of the Coronavirus...
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