The EU Commission has launched calls for evidence and a joint public consultation on a review of EU CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans, as well as on a review of the Car Labelling Directive.
The European Commission has selected 94 transport projects to receive nearly €2.8 billion in grants under the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility, to boost cross-border connectivity and efficiency and also competitiveness.
The European Commission and the European Investment Bank announced that €3.66 billion have been disbursed from the EU’s Modernisation Fund to support 34 energy related projects in nine EU Member States.
The European Commission has put forward its long-awaited amendment to the EU Climate Law setting a 2040 EU climate target of 90 per cent eduction in net greenhouse gas emissions, compared to 1990 levels.
The main priorities of the Danish government, which took over the EU presidency on 1 July, are stronger management of migration to the EU and continued support for Ukraine, and a competitive and green Europe.
Phones, computers, e-books, banking services and electronic communications must be accessible in the EU for people with disabilities from 28 June, when the European Accessibility Act came into force.
The European Commission has agreed a new trade deal with Ukraine in a review which looks to the integration of Ukraine into the Single Market and it says safeguards the interests of EU farmers.
