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EU deforestation law: Council formally adopts its one-year postponement
The Council formally adopted the regulation on the postponement of application of the EU deforestation law by one year.
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Council gives final green light to package of measures to assist member states affected by natural disasters
The Council today adopted a set of two regulations aimed at helping member states affected by natural disasters. The measures ...
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Toy safety
The current EU toy safety rules prohibit substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic, or toxic for reproduction. The EU wants ...
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Reform and Growth Facility for Moldova: Council agrees its negotiating position
The Council has agreed its negotiating position on the Reform and Growth Facility for Moldova, a new instrument to support EU ...
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Russian hybrid threats: EU agrees first listings in response to destabilising activities against the EU, its member states and partners
The Council imposed restrictive measures against 16 individuals and three entities responsible for Russia’s destabilising ...
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Horn of Africa and Somalia: Operation ATALANTA, EUTM and EUCAP Somalia’s mandates extended for two years
The Council today decided to prolong the mandate of the EU Naval Force Operation ATALANTA and of the EU's military training ...
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Cohesion policy: EU co-legislators strike a deal on a new instrument to promote the development of cross-border regions (BRIDGEforEU)
The Council presidency and European Parliament negotiators have reached a provisional agreement on a new Border Regions’ ...
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Belarus: EU lists 26 individuals and 2 entities in view of the situation in the country
The Council imposed restrictive measures on an additional 26 individuals and 2 entities in view of the situation in the ...
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Seventeenth meeting of the Accession Conference with Montenegro at ministerial level
At the seventeenth meeting of the Accession Conference with Montenegro at ministerial level, three negotiating chapters were ...
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Zero pollution: Council agrees its position on reducing plastic pellet losses, including in maritime transport
The Council adopted its position ('general approach') on a regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets.
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Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: EU adopts 15th package of restrictive measures
The Council adopted today a 15 th package of economic and individual restrictive measures with the objective of further limiting Russia’s ability to wage its illegal, unprovoked and unjustified war of ...
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Remarks by President António Costa at the joint doorstep with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Good morning. It is a great honour for me to be beside President Zelenskyy the first time I chair the European Council. In this meeting we will discuss two main points: first of all Ukraine and then ...