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On 7 December 2022, the Commission tabled two proposals to modify the current framework that applies to EU central clearing counterparties (CCPs) and market participants who use their services
On 7 December 2022, the European Commission tabled a proposal for a directive harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law.
Article 1 of Directive (EU) 2021/555 on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons defines firearms as ‘any portable barrelled weapon that expels, is designed to expel or may be converted to expel, a shot, bullet or projectile by the action of a combustible propellant’.
The first set of EU sanctions (‘restrictive measures’) against Russia were adopted in March 2014, following Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol, and its support for a separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine.
Terrorism in the EU is far from being a new phenomenon: a number of EU Member States (such as France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) have a long history of fighting domestic terrorist groups.
Over the past centuries, humanity has used an increasing share of the 118 known elements to foster technological innovation, in particular metals.
This note offers links to recent reports and commentaries from some major international think tanks and research institutes on the debates relating to EU clean tech and industrial policies, notably in the area of State aid.
The EU sees itself as a global maritime security provider. As already evidenced in the 2016 EU Global Strategy, the maritime domain lies at the junction between commercial, security, and political interests.
Gender-based violence against women (GBVAW) encompasses physical, sexual and psychological violence and can take many forms, such as harassment, stalking, rape, female genital mutilation (FGM), domestic violence, forced sterilisation and femicide.
This note offers links to recent reports and commentaries from some major international think tanks and research institutes on the implications of Brexit and on EU-UK relations.