February 03, 2021 EU Intellectual Property Network European Cooperation: virtual Technical Visits with EU IP Offices The biannual European Cooperation technical visits are taking place between 1-19 February 2021, in a virtual format. Technical visits… read more
Making crucial sectors circular Circularity and sustainability must be incorporated in all stages of a value chain to achieve a fully circular economy: from design to production and all the way to the consumer. The Commission action plan sets down seve… read more
Date: Thursday, 4 February, 9:30-10:30 Venue: ANTALL 4Q2 and via live webstreaming MEPs are expected to urge the Commission to help make vaccines available to developing countries and will be asked to explain how this can be achieved. Background In an … read more
The Council today adopted a recommendation amending the recommendation on the temporary restriction on non-essential travel into the EU and the possible lifting of such restriction. Criteria to lift restrictions Under the new rules, the following epide… read more
EU-Russia relations have become increasingly strained over the past decade, not least because of the country’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. The Kremlin’s support for separatists in eastern Ukraine and Russia’s military intervention in Syria have only exa… read more