Month: February 2017

Protecting and empowering EU consumers [European Added Value in Action]

Protecting and empowering EU consumers

Written by Pierre Goudin, Wide-ranging consumer protection: The European system has developed over 30 years, with direct benefits for consumers in various areas of their daily lives. High standards and more choice : EU rules impose the highest safety requirements in the world, not least for toys. Lower prices: Mobile phone roaming costs have decreased… Read More Protecting and empowering EU consumers [European Added Value in Action]

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New rules for the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) [EU Legislation in Progress]

Tree in a light bulb ecology concept, Vector illustration.

On 30 November 2016, the European Commission presented a legislative proposal for a regulation on the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), as part of the ‘clean energy for all Europeans’ legislative package.… Read More New rules for the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) [EU Legislation in Progress]

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How the EU budget is spent: European Social Fund

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Written by Martin Svášek, The European Social Fund (ESF) was established by the Treaty of Rome in 1957 and is the oldest EU structural fund still in place. Originally designed to improve employment opportunities for workers in the internal market, the fund aims at raising living standards. For the current 2014-2020 programming period, Regulation (EU)… Read More How the EU budget is spent: European Social Fund

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Citizens first: European Parliament Plenary Session March I

European Parliament building Brussels

Written by Clare Ferguson, The first European Parliament plenary session of March is something of a bottom-up affair, with the inclusion of several items on the agenda directly relating to the lives of both citizens and refugees arriving in the EU. Many unaccompanied minors arriving in the EU disappear, or abscond, partly because reception conditions… Read More Citizens first: European Parliament Plenary Session March I

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Prospectuses for investors [EU Legislation in Progress]

Prospectuses for investors

Written by Angelos Delivorias (3rd edition), On 30 November 2015, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation on prospectuses (legal documents that provide details about an investment offer in an easily analysable format) to replace Directive 2003/71/EC, as amended by Directives 2008/11/EC, 2010/73/EU and 2010/78/EU. The aims of the regulation are to contribute… Read More Prospectuses for investors [EU Legislation in Progress]

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Circular economy: animated infographic

Circular Economy concept

Written by Didier Bourguignon, Jana Valant, Christian Dietrich and Mitja Brus. In a circular economy, products and the materials they contain are highly valued. This contrasts with the traditional, linear economic model, which is based on a ‘take-make-consume-throw away’ pattern. In practice, a circular economy minimises waste through reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials… Read More Circular economy: animated infographic

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Better Law-Making in Practice, 2-3 February 2017

Better law making

Written by Eva Casalprim and Laura Tilindyte, The implementation and the broader implications of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making (which entered into force on 13 April 2016), were a common thread of the joint seminar devoted to better law-making in practice on 2-3 February 2017, jointly organised by the European Parliament’s Legal Service and… Read More Better Law-Making in Practice, 2-3 February 2017

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