The composite cost-of-borrowing indicator for new loans to corporations[1] decreased by 5 basis points from the previous month to 1.57% in May 2019, mainly driven by the interest rate effect. • The composite cost-of-borrowing indicator for new loans to households for house purchase[2] remained broadly unchanged at 1.73% in May 2019. • In the same […]
EFSA has outlined how it plans to review its guidance on the risk assessment of pesticides and bees in the EU. As the outline shows, stakeholders and pesticide experts from Member States will be consulted regularly throughout the process.
This briefing presents the results of data collected in 2018 for 11 Eionet core data flows. It summarises the evaluation of hundreds of data deliveries received from reporting countries. The purpose of the briefing is to show progress against agreed reporting criteria (timeliness and data quality) in order to allow countries to identify and prioritise […]
Daily average borrowing turnover in the unsecured segment slightly decreased from €127 billion in the second maintenance period of 2019 to €126 billion in the third maintenance period Weighted average overnight rate on borrowing transactions in the unsecured segment remained unchanged at -0.42% for the wholesale sector and decreased from -0.40% to -0.45% for the interbank sector […]
Today, the European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority (EIOPA) launched a consultation on guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers. These guidelines shall provide guidance to market participants on how the outsourcing provisions set forth in the Directive 2009/138/EC, in the Commission’s Delegated Regulation 2015/35 and in EIOPA’s Guidelines on System of Governance need to be applied in […]
Annual growth rate of broad monetary aggregate M3 stood at 4.8% in May 2019, after 4.7% in April 2019 Annual growth rate of narrower monetary aggregate M1, comprising currency in circulation and overnight deposits, decreased to 7.2% in May from 7.4% in April Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to households stood at 3.3% in May, unchanged from previous month […]
The SRB today published its 2018 Annual Report, which gives an overview of its work and highlights achievements and progress.
EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has recommended granting an extension of indication to Victoza (liraglutide) to include the treatment of children and adolescents aged 10 years or older with type 2 diabetes. This medicine is already approved for use together with diet and exercise in adults with type 2 diabetes, on its own or as […]
The latest edition of the annual EU report on pesticide residues in food is now available. Just under 96% of food samples were found to be free of pesticide residues or to contain traces that fall within legally permitted levels. EFSA analysed the results of around 88,000 samples collected from the 28 EU Member States plus Iceland […]
While emissions of most air pollutants remain on a downward trend across the European Union, emissions of ammonia from the agricultural sector continue to rise, posing a challenge for EU Member States in meeting EU air pollution limits, according to updated data released by the European Environment Agency (EEA) today.
