Slovakia: EIB Group supports €211 million of investment in 2020 for businesses, energy efficiency, innovation and digitalisation
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Slovakia: EIB Group supports €211 million of investment in Slovakia in 2020 for businesses, energy efficiency, innovation and digitalisation Description: The European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group), comprising the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF), financed loans, guarantees and equity commitments in Slovakia totalling €211 million in 2020.
EIB Group invests more than €530 million in Croatia in 2020
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: EIB Group invests more than €530 million in Croatia in 2020 Description: The European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group) provided €530 million in loans, equity and guarantees to clients in Croatia in 2020. The two parts of the EIB Group, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF), invested €342.5 million and €187.9 million, respectively, making 2020 a record year for the EIF in Croatia.
Cities and regions look towards sustainable mobility as key for a successful Green Deal
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Cities and regions look towards sustainable mobility as key for a successful Green Deal Description: On 26 February, the European Committee of the Regions
Climate adaptation: we need local solutions to adapt to global warming
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Climate adaptation: we need local solutions to adapt to global warming Description: The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) welcomes the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change adopted by the European Commission on 24 February 2021. The CoR regrets, however, that even though it enables the move from planning to action it still lacks concrete climate adaptation targets. The new strategy sets out how the European Union (EU) can adapt to the impacts of climate change. From 1980 to 2016, the total economic losses caused by extreme weather in Europe amounted to over EUR 436 billion. The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the need to build a healthier and safer environment for all. The CoR called for a new EU climate adaptation strategy in an opinion adopted at the December 2020 plenary session.
EFSA has published updated scientific guidance on smoke flavourings applications
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: EFSA has published updated scientific guidance on smoke flavourings applications Description: EFSA has published updated guidance on the scientific data applicants need to include in their dossiers for the authorisation of a new smoke flavouring, as well as for the renewal or modification of existing authorisations. Smoke flavourings are authorised for 10 years. After this term, applicants must submit a new request at least 18 months before the current authorisation expires. Based on the submitted data, EFSA assesses the safety of the product and concludes whether or not it presents risks to human health and to the environment under the proposed conditions of use.
Avian influenza: 25 EU/EEA countries affected, latest report shows
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Avian influenza: 25 EU/EEA countries affected, latest report shows Description: Around 1,000 detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) were reported in 25 EU/EEA countries and the UK between 8 December 2020 and 23 February 2021, according to the latest overview of HPAI in Europe. The majority of the 1,022 detections – 592 – were reported in domestic poultry, with wild and captive birds making up the rest. Most of the detections were reported by France in the duck sector. Due to the continued presence of HPAI viruses in wild birds and the environment, there is still a risk of further spread, primarily in areas with high poultry densities.