The European Labour Authority was established as an EU body by Regulation (EU) 2019/1149 of the European Parliament and of the Council which entered into force on 31 July 2019. The Authority is entrusted with the mandate to assist Member States and the Commission in their effective application a...

The report presents the state of play of taxation in the EU. The report aims to describe the most recent reforms and the main indicators used by the European Commission to assess progress on taxation policies in EU Member States and at EU level. The report provides information on the EU’s main t...

La phase pilote du Conseil Européen de l’Innovation (EIC) a été lancée en 2018 pour soutenir les innovations de rupture ainsi que le développement des start-ups de haute technologie dans le but de mettre en oeuvre l’EIC dans son entièreté lors du Cadre Financier Pluriannuel 2021-2027. Cette étud...

Accurate and complete environmental information is at the basis of any effective sustainable development policy. This report summarises for the first time the status of air, climate, water and soil in the Western Balkans (WB), describing current knowledge as of 2021 and gaps with respect to the ...

WHAT IS “LIFO”? LIFO is the short name for the Location Interoperability Framework Observatory. LIFO monitors the implementation of location interoperability in the European public administrations based on the recommendations and best practices in the European Union Location Framework - EULF Blu...

This bulletin focuses on the fundamental rights situation of persons feeing from the Russian war in Ukraine to the four neighboring European Union (EU) Member States. It draws on findings of FRA's field missions to several land border crossing points in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia from...

This report describes the production of ERM®-BF446, composed of five maize seed powder materials certified for their mass fraction of MIR162 (unique identifier SYN-IR162-4). These materials were produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034:2016 and ISO Guide 35:2017. ERM BF446 was produce...

On 2 July 2020, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) received a Communication from the European Commission on a ‘proposal for a Council Recommendation on Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee and replacing the Council Recommendation of 22 April 2013 on establishing a Youth Guarantee’ (COM(2020)...

During 2021, the uncertainty caused by the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic was still having effects on the financial sector. Measures introduced in 2020 to help the industry cope with the crisis proved to be effective and market conditions led to the increase of covered deposits and allowed...

The European Innovation Council (EIC) Pilot was launched in 2018 to support breakthrough innovation and scaling up of European deep-tech start-ups in view of setting up a fully-fledged EIC for the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027. The study looks at how the programme was delivered, earl...