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EU restrictive measures in response to the crisis in Ukraine

Package of individual and economic restrictive measures
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European Commission imposes anti-dumping measures on fasteners from China

Duties have been set between 22.1% and 86.5%.
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Italy: Environmental labelling obligation for packaging suspended until 30.6.2022

The environmental labelling obligation for packaging in Italy has been suspended again until 30 June 2022.
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Bulgaria: Mandatory labeling of packaging

Bulgaria renewed its packaging regulation and introduced extended producer responsibility.
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Environmental Footprint - February 2022 update

The revision aims at further incentivising the industry to manufacture products that have a better environmental performance.
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Sustainable Products Initiative

Main aims are the broadening the scope of the Ecodesign Directive beyond energy related products, mandatory requirements for recycled content, information and labelling,…
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REACH: Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) February 2022 Update

New intentions to identify a substance of very high concern have been received.
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EU-US-Trade: Stakeholder consultation platform on TTIP

The Commission has launched a consultation platform to collect stakeholder’s input to shape transatlantic cooperation.
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Recent developments in standardisation - February 2022 Update

The latest SMAART meeting on EU standardisation took place on 3 December 2021.
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REACH: Review (February 2022 Update)

The webpage on the REACH Revision is now available.
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Unified Patent Court Agreement enters into force

The unitary patent will strengthen the existing centralised European patent-granting system while lowering maintenance costs and reducing overall complexity for patent…
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New information hub for European SMEs

The European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has created a centralised information hub for businesses interested in intellectual property aspects.
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SMEs weight in EU’s international trade in goods

In 2019, 99% of importing enterprises in total trade (intra-EU and extra-EU) were small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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Single Entry Point for difficulties in 3rd-Country-Trade

Discover the first point of contact for all EU stakeholders who are facing market access issues in third countries.
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Free Trade Agreements – Overview January 2022

The article gives an overview on current treaties and FTAs.
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Employment up, labour market slack down in Q3 2021

Unemployment amounted to 12.9% of the extended labour force aged 20-64 in the third quarter of 2021, down from 13.7% in the second quarter 2021 (-0.8 pp).
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SCIP Database - New documents published

‘SCIP’ is the database for information on Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (products) established under the Waste Framework Directive.
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EU anti-dumping measures - January 2022 Update

The EU Commission adopted a new tool to counter the use of economic coercion by third countries.
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Proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act

Discussions are progressing at different paces within the EU Council and the European Parliament on the analysis of the Commission proposal for an Artificial Intelligence…
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General Product Safety Regulation - January 2022 Update

The draft report on the proposed General Product Safety Regulation was published.
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