Press corner 13 febbraio 2023

Central America and Mexico: EU reaffirms support with €11 million in humanitarian aid
The Commission has announced today €11 million in humanitarian aid for Central America and Mexico on the occasion of the “High-level Solidarity Roundtable in support of the 2023 Northern Central America Humanitarian Response Plans”, which took place in Geneva.

February infringements package: key decisions

La Commissione europea decide di deferire 8 Stati membri alla Corte di giustizia dell’Unione europea riguardo alla protezione degli informatori

Daily News 15 / 02 / 2023

The European Commission decides to refer LUXEMBOURG to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to transpose EU rules about firearms

The European Commission decides to refer HUNGARY to the Court of Justice of the European Union for voting against the Union position

The European Commission decides to refer POLAND to the Court of Justice of the European Union for violations of EU law by its Constitutional Tribunal

The European Commission decides to refer BELGIUM, BULGARIA, LATVIA and the NETHERLANDS to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to enact EU rules on open data and public sector data re-use

The European Commission decides to refer 11 Member States to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to fully transpose EU copyright rules into national law

Statement by Commissioner Várhelyi

State aid: Commission approves €259 million Romanian scheme under Recovery and Resilience Facility to support investments in batteries, photovoltaic cells and panels
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €259 million Romanian scheme, made available in part through the Recovery and Resilience Facility (‘RRF’), to support investments in the production, assembly and recycling of batteries, of photovoltaic cells and of panels.

State aid: Commission approves €170 million Danish scheme to support renewable hydrogen production
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €170 million Danish scheme to support the production of renewable hydrogen through Power-to-X (‘PtX’) technologies.

Opening remarks by Executive Vice-President Timmermans at the press conference on the revision of CO2 emission standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles

Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of Inmarsat by Viasat
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of Inmarsat by Viasat.

Daily News 13 / 02 / 2023

Nuovi limiti di esposizione per piombo e diisocianati per proteggere meglio i lavoratori: la Commissione passa all’azione
Nel caso del piombo, un’ingente riduzione del limite di esposizione contribuirà a prevenire problemi di salute per i lavoratori, ad esempio in relazione alle funzioni riproduttive e allo sviluppo fetale. Per i diisocianati, un nuovo limite di esposizione scongiurerà i casi di asma e altre malattie respiratorie

Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of Inmarsat by Viasat
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of Inmarsat by Viasat.

State aid: Commission approves €2.08 billion French measure to support offshore wind energy generation
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €2.08 billion French measure to support offshore wind electricity production in France.

Commission sets out rules for renewable hydrogen
Today, the Commission has proposed detailed rules to define what constitutes renewable hydrogen in the EU, with the adoption of two Delegated Acts required under the Renewable Energy Directive.

Questions and Answers on the EU Delegated Acts on Renewable Hydrogen  
What is the Commission proposing today and what are the objectives of these rules?

Read-out of the call between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan