The current EU toy safety rules prohibit substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic, or toxic for reproduction. The EU wants ...

Today, the Council formally adopted the regulation on the postponement of application of the EU deforestation law by one year. This postponement will allow third countries, member states, operators ...

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 ...

The timing of today’s summit could not have been better. It was the first meeting I chaired as President of the European Council. This highlights the political priority that enhancing cooperation with ...

Today, the Council adopted its position ('general approach') on a regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets – the industrial raw materials used to make plastic products – to the environment ...

The Council today agreed its negotiating position on the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova. The proposed facility is the financial pillar of the Moldova Growth Plan, presented by ...

The EU-US partnership is founded on shared values and on the world's most extensive bilateral trade and investment relationships. The United States is the EU's foremost strategic partner in promoting ...

Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection. To get a fuller view, please consult the list in Eureka, the online catalogue of the Council libraries. New books ...

The Council and Parliament today reached a provisional agreement to simplify certain reporting requirements in the field of financial services and investment support (better data sharing). The new ...

The Council today adopted a set of two regulations aimed at helping member states affected by natural disasters. The measures are a direct response to the devastating floods and wildfires that ravaged ...

Today the Council adopted its position (negotiating mandate) on a revised directive on package travel to make the protection of travellers more effective and to simplify certain aspects of the 2015 ...

As regras da UE garantem que os brinquedos colocados no mercado da UE estão entre os mais seguros do mundo. As regras da UE ...