Press release - MEPs: Put a carbon price on certain EU imports to raise global climate ambition
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: MEPs: Put a carbon price on certain EU imports to raise global climate ambition | News | European Parliament Description: To raise global climate ambition and prevent ‘carbon leakage’, the EU must place a carbon price on certain imports from less climate-ambitious countries, say MEPs.
Press release - MEPs: Companies must no longer cause harm to people and planet with impunity
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: MEPs: Companies must no longer cause harm to people and planet with impunity | News | European Parliament Description: Parliament paves the way for a new EU law that requires companies to address human rights and environmental standards within their value chains.
Press release - Better cooperation between national authorities on taxation of digital trading
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Better cooperation between national authorities on taxation of digital trading | News | European Parliament Description: On Wednesday, MEPs recommended changes to draft legislation aiming to trace and tax the sales that people make through online platforms more effectively.
Illegal mobile application with more than 100 million users taken down in Spain
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Illegal mobile application with more than 100 million users taken down in Spain Description: Europol supported the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) to dismantle a criminal group distributing illegal video streams. The investigation also involved law enforcement authorities from Andorra and Portugal.
Press release - Fishing rules: Compulsory CCTV for certain vessels to counter infractions
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Fishing rules: Compulsory CCTV for certain vessels to counter infractions | News | European Parliament Description: Parliament adopted today its negotiating position on the new Fisheries Control system, which will reform the rules that have governed EU fishing activities since 2010.
The EU SME Strategy one year on: Challenges and Opportunities
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: The EU SME Strategy one year on: Challenges and Opportunities Description: The EU SME Strategy, published exactly one year ago by the European Commission aimed at helping small businesses leading the twin transition, reducing regulatory burdens and red tape, supporting market access and entrepreneurship, and improving access to financing. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the viability of European SMEs due to serious disruptions of global supply chains, transport and travel restrictions, and the collapse in consumption and consumer confidence.