Euro area bank interest rate statistics: March 2019 The composite cost-of-borrowing indicators for new loans to corporations[1] showed no change at 1.64% in March 2019. The composite cost-of-borrowing indicators for new loans to households for house purchase[2] remained broadly unchanged at 1.78% in March 2019. In the same month, the composite interest rate for new deposits […]
Background EFSA is organising a web meeting with stakeholders to present its draft opinions on dietary reference values (DRVs) for sodium and chloride. DRVs guide professionals on the amount of a nutrient needed to maintain health in otherwise healthy people. They are used to issue dietary recommendations to consumers. The draft opinions were released for public […]
The annual report published today provides an overview of the Agency’s activities to protect and promote the health of people and animals in the EU and highlights EMA’s most significant achievements in 2018. As in previous editions, an entire chapter is dedicated to figures and trends of the Agency’s main areas of work, including medicine […]
EESC Info interviewed EESC member Krzysztof Pater, to hear the story behind his report Real rights of persons with disabilities to vote in EP elections. EESC Info: What inspired you to start working on this report? Krzysztof Pater: In their programming documents, political declarations and legislative initiatives, the European institutions often express concern about the fundamental rights of various social groups […]
EFSA, the EU Member States and the European Commission are jointly launching a campaign called #EUandMyFood. Our aim is to remind EU citizens how we all benefit from the European food safety system that was created in 2002 under the General Food Law.
“There is no reason for panicking, in the European Union, we have had numerous crises so far, but the community has always put politics back on the right track” – says Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, one of the most influential EU politicians of the past decades. Orbán remains a “dictator” for him, but […]
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) today issued a call for candidates to join an Expert Panel on the Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) Regulation. Based on the forthcoming Regulation on PEPP, EIOPA is required to develop substantial policy and regulatory requirements for the effective implementation of the Regulation. It also mandates EIOPA […]
Industrial Quesera Cuquerella SL (‘IQC’) markets three of its cheeses using labels with an illustration of a knight similar to the usual depictions of Don Quixote de La Mancha, a bony horse and landscapes with windmills and sheep, as well as the words ‘Quesos Rocinante’ (‘Rocinante cheeses’). Those images and the word ‘Rocinante’ refer to […]
Today (30th of April), there was a huge tornado in Romania.
Fees include €559 million in expected supervision costs plus €15.3 million for 2018 deficit 2019 fee increase largely due to greater number of supervised banks owing to Brexit Costs of regular supervisory tasks stable The European Central Bank (ECB) estimates that €559 million will be spent on the prudential supervision of banks in 2019. However, […]
