EU regulations

As part of agricultural policy, Parliament and Council are working on a proposal to amend rules on the agri-CMO in order to strengthen the position of farmers

Before a GMO can be approved, the public has 30 days to comment. See applications and comments.

DG TAXUD publishes study on taxes on food high in fat, sugar and salt in the European Union.

Read the different sections of the agreement.

The EU Register of Nutrition and Health Claims lists all permitted nutrition claims and all authorised and non-authorised health claims, as a source of reference and so that full transparency for consumers and food business operators is ensured.

Political negotiations have concluded to modernise the EU's Global Agreement with Mexico, following political engagement between Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maroš Šefčovič and Mexican Secretary of Economy Marcelo Ebrard.

The European Commission recently launched the consultation phase on two essential draft regulations to strengthen the EU Carbon Border Adjustment…

Following negotiations with Ukraine to further liberalise trade in goods, the Commission will propose to the Council a decision that would lead to accelerating and broadening the mutual elimination of customs duties under the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.

Launch of Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture on 25 January 2024 with the EU’s farmers and agri-food sector. Learn more.

Meetings preparation and organisation

The Samoa agreement is the overarching framework for EU relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.

This section outlines the EU’s Everything But Arms scheme which grants full duty free and quota free access to the EU Single Market for all products (except arms and armaments). It outlines conditions for being granted EBA status and also explains that the EBA has no expiry date.

Trends in the use and risk of chemical pesticides and in the use of more hazardous pesticides

Fostering sustainable and responsible corporate behaviour for a just transition towards a sustainable economy.

DG ENV is responsible for the EU Commission's policies on the environment.

Council adopts its negotiating position on the regulation to prohibit products made with forced labour on the Union market.

Parliament and Council reached a deal on cleaner maritime fuels, asking to cut ship emissions by 2% as of 2025 and by 80% as of 2050, to help the EU become climate neutral.

Chewing The Cud, Series 3 Episode 8: Looking at European policy, 21.03.24

This new directive should not depart from well-established international standards on human rights and environmental protection across transnational value chains, says the EESC in a new report.

EU negotiators reached a deal on Tuesday morning (5 March) on a new regulation aiming to ban products linked to forced labour from the bloc’s market, with potential implications for agricultural and food commodities produced in and outside the bloc.

Parliament has given its final green light to a directive that will improve product labelling and ban the use of misleading environmental claims.

The Council adopted a regulation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising.

The Council and the European Parliament today reached a provisional agreement on new rules to reduce packaging waste and encourage high-quality recycling and re-use in the EU.

Early Tuesday, negotiators from Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on new rules that ban products made with forced labour from the EU market.

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