Framework assesses security and efficiency of electronic payments, including electronic wallets and crypto-asset-related services ECB calls for swift progress on overseeing global digital payment solutions and stablecoins Overseen companies to adhere to new principles within one year
EMA has started evaluating an application for the use of a booster dose of COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen to be given at least two months after the first dose to people aged 18 years and older.
No supervised bank is close to meeting all ECB expectations on climate and environmental risks Banks have developed plans to improve practices, but progress is too slow Supervisors have informed banks of main shortcomings, with full review of practices in 2022
Current account recorded €19 billion surplus in September 2021, up from €17 billion in previous month Current account surplus amounted to €320 billion (2.7% of euro area GDP) in 12 months to September 2021, up from €172 billion (1.5%) one year earlier In financial account, euro area residents’ net acquisitions of non-euro area portfolio investment securities totalled €969 […]
EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has issued advice on the use of Lagevrio (also known as molnupiravir or MK 4482) for the treatment of COVID-19. The medicine, which is currently not authorised in the EU, can be used to treat adults with COVID-19 who do not require supplemental oxygen and who are at increased risk […]
EMA is reviewing currently available data on the use of Paxlovid (PF-07321332/ritonavir), an oral treatment for COVID-19 developed by Pfizer. EMA is starting this review to support national authorities who may decide on its early use for COVID-19, for example in emergency use settings, prior to marketing authorisation.
In third quarter of 2021 outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area FVCs engaged in securitisation rose to €1,623 billion, from €1,621 billion in previous quarter Net redemptions of debt securities by FVCs during third quarter of 2021 amounted to €1 billion Euro area FVCs disposed €3 billion of securitised loans in third quarter of 2021, with outstanding […]
In third quarter of 2021, outstanding amount of shares/units issued by investment funds other than money market funds rose to €15,547 billion, up €284 billion on previous quarter Net issues in quarter amounted to €177 billion, with €1,047 billion in gross issues and €870 billion in gross redemptions Outstanding amount of shares/units issued by money market funds stood at €1,340 […]
Neonicotinoids: EFSA assesses emergency uses on sugar beet in 2020/21
Collection and treatment of wastewater are key to reducing pressures and risks to human health and the environment, especially to rivers, lakes, and coastal waters. The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published data today, on World Toilet Day, which shows that the share of urban waste waters that are collected and treated in line with […]
