Category: _European Commission News

Mark your calendars and register for a webinar for dealers, explaining the rules on how energy labels and other related information must be made available to consumers at points of sale.  The webinar will cover both physical and online shops, as well as advertisements, with a focus on information relevant to all product categories covered […]

The 2025 Plenary Meeting of the CERIS Expert Group, held on 20-21 November 2025 in Brussels, brought together 54 of its members to assess ongoing work, set strategic goals, and plan the future direction of CERIS activities. Led by the Innovation and Security Research Unit, the event confirmed CERIS’ role as a European platform for […]

A new system introducing a  digital catch certificate for all fishery products entering the European Union came into force on 10 January 2026. This will support global efforts to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, help protect marine biodiversity and contribute to the EU’s broader simplification efforts.   The new system, known as CATCH, […]

The European Commission has launched a call for evidence to shape the European Ocean Act, planned for adoption in 2026.  The call will run until 9 February 2026, with the Commission seeking a wide range of contributions from stakeholders, experts, and citizens.   The Ocean Act is one of the main deliverables of the European Ocean […]

MISSOC has released its latest update (as of July 2025) of the information on social protection systems in all EU countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.  MISSOC, the Mutual Information System on Social Protection, is an indispensable online information source offering timely and comparable insights into the social protection systems of European countries.  The information comes from a network […]

Under new rules entering into application today (Jan 12), Member States must monitor, in a harmonised way, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) levels in drinking water to ensure compliance with the new EU limit values under the recast Drinking Water Directive. They will also have to inform the Commission of these monitoring results. This includes data on exceedances […]

On 19 November 2025, the Community for European Research and Innovation for Security (CERIS) once again co-organised the annual event of the EU Innovation Hub for Internal Security to bring together the CERIS and Hub communities in Brussels.   The event gathered representatives from EU institutions and agencies, research and technology organisations, internal security practitioners from […]

On 9 January, the EU launched a Union-wide digital solution called RecFishing in collaboration with EU countries to simplify and streamline data collection on recreational fishing catches across all EU marine areas. As new measures on marine recreational fisheries start to apply in 2026, 22 coastal EU countries will be required to collect catch data for […]

The upcoming 7th edition of the Cities Forum in 2027 is looking for a dynamic host city. This is a unique opportunity for cities to contribute to key discussions on the urban dimension of Cohesion Policy and to demonstrate their commitment to sustainable urban development.  All interested EU cities are invited to apply.  The call is […]

Autonomous tariff suspensions and quotas provide full or partial waivers of applicable import customs duties, designed to support EU industries by enabling access to certain strategic raw materials, semi-finished goods, or components that are either not produced or insufficiently produced within the EU, thereby reducing costs relative to standard customs duties. Updates to these suspensions […]