Ukraine: EU agrees to extend the scope of sanctions on Russia and Belarus
The European Commission welcomes today’s agreement of Member States to adopt further targeted sanctions in view of the situation in Ukraine and in response to Belarus’s involvement in the aggression.…
The Commission launches the EU Sanctions Whistleblower Tool to protect the identity of who reports violations of EU sanctions.
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Further EU restrictive measures against Russia
The Council today introduced further restrictive measures in view of the Russian Federation’s unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Ukraine. Follow
Belarus’ role in the Russian military aggression of Ukraine: sanctions on additional 22 individuals and further restrictions on trade
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/353 of 2 March 2022 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence…
Joint Statement on further restrictive economic measures (European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States)
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Frequently asked questions: Restrictive measures (sanctions)
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Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on the International Relations Entering a New Era and the Global Sustainable Development
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ANTI COERCION: Proposal for a REGULATION on the protection of the Union and its Member States from economic coercion by third countries
“Economic coercion’ under the proposal refers to a situation where a third country is seeking to pressure the Union or a Member State into making a particular choice by applying,…
Joint Statement of the United States and Germany on Support for Ukraine, European Energy Security, and Climate Goals
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Just imagine …
… what would have happened if the President of the European Union had given his place to the President of the Commission instead of sitting next to the President of…
Italy has blocked the export of some doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Australia (“not vulnerable country”) on the basis of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/111
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REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
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USA: Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies
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On significant distortions in the economy of the Russian Federation for the purposes of trade defence investigations
COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT on significant distortions in the economy of the Russian Federation for the purposes of trade defence investigations Follow
ASPI report: Economic coercion: Boycotts and sanctions-preferred weapons of war
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Proposal for a REGULATION on Markets in Crypto-assets
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on Markets in Crypto-assets, and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 Follow
The Court of Justice invalidates Decision 2016/1250 on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Data Protection Shield
Judgment in Case C-311/18 Press and Information Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems July 16, 2020 Follow
USA: The President’s Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization
Executive Order 13936 of July 14, 2020 The President’s Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization 2020-15646 Follow
Commission adopts White Paper on foreign subsidies in the Single Market
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Road map for digital cooperation: implementationof the recommendations of the High-level Panel onDigital CooperationReport of the Secretary-General
This report is designed to follow up and expand on the findings of the High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation. It evaluates the current state of digital collaboration, focusing on aspects…
Statement by President VON DER LEYEN on the recent ruling of the German Constitutional Court
Brussels, 10 May 2020 The recent ruling of the German Constitutional Court put under the spotlight two issues of the European Union: the Euro system and the European legal system.…
Schuman Declaration: 70 years on
Aiming to secure peace in Europe after the horrors of the Second World War, the Schuman Declaration proposed cooperation among European countries in two key economic areas central to rearmament…
Press release following the judgment of the German Constitutional Court of 5 May 2020
The Directorate for Communication of the Court of Justice received many enquiries concerning the judgment delivered by the German Constitutional Court on 5 May 2020 regarding the European Central Bank’s…
GLI EFFETTI DELL’EMERGENZA COVID-19 SU COMMERCIO, INVESTIMENTI E STRUMENTI FINANZIARI TRANSNAZIONALI
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Rule of Law: European Commission launches infringement procedure to safeguard the independence of judges in Poland
Today, the European Commission launched an infringement procedure by sending a Letter of Formal Notice to Poland regarding the new law on the judiciary of 20 December 2019, which entered…
ECB takes steps to mitigate impact of possible rating downgrades on collateral availability
ECB to grandfather until September 2021 eligibility of marketable assets used as collateral in Eurosystem credit operations falling below current minimum credit quality requirements Appropriate haircuts will apply for assets…
Un sondaggio di SWG
Secondo un sondaggio di SWG il 54% degli italiani pensa che la globalizzazione stia distruggendo la nostra economia. Il 52% considera la Cina un paese amico, il 32% la Russia.…
OPCW Releases Report concludes units of the Syrian Arab Air Force used chemical weapons in Ltamenah, Syria in March 2017
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – 8 April 2020 – The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) released today the findings of the first report by the OPCW Investigation and…
EUROGROUP: Report on the comprehensive economic policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Decreto sui poteri speciali nei settori strategici
DECRETO-LEGGE 8 aprile 2020, n. 23 Misure urgenti in materia di accesso al credito e di adempimenti fiscali per le imprese, di poteri speciali nei settori strategici, nonche’ interventi in…