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The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) recently played a key role in a high-level study visit focused on Plant Variety Protection (PVP) legislative matters. This visit, co-organized by IPKey EU China, UPOV, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA), and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NGFA) of China, is a significant step in strengthening international collaboration on plant variety protection.

European Commission Daily news Brussels, 20 Aug 2024 Commission launches call for nominations of scientists to advise the College of Commissioners Today, the Commission has launched a call for nominations of scien...

News The EUAA recently published five topical reports on the healthcare situation in Ghana, which provide information on the prevalence of gastroenterology, hepatitis, nephrology, AIDS, cardiovascular diseases, as well as the cost and access to treatment and medicines for these diseases. These reports complement ones published earlier this year, on diabetes mellitus, neurology, pulmonology, psychiatry and paediatrics.

The report presents the first results based on a large data collection exercise from the industry. It focuses on property, content and business interruption insurance against windstorm, wildfire, river flood and coastal flood risks. These risks have been identified as the most relevant and...

European Commission Speech Dresden, 22 Aug 2024 The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, delivered a speech on the occasion of the groundbreaking ceremony for a semiconductor plant of the European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.

European Commission Press release Brussels, 20 Aug 2024 The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €5 billion German measure to support European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (‘ESMC') in the construction and operation of a microchip manufacturing plant in Dresden.

European Commission Press release Brussels, 20 Aug 2024 Today, as part of its ongoing anti-subsidy investigation, the European Commission has disclosed to interested parties the draft decision to impose definitive countervailing duties on imports of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from China.

European Commission Questions and answers Brussels, 20 Aug 2024 Why have the proposed duty rates changed? The small upward or downward adjustments to the duty rates of the sampled companies reflect technical corrections base...

European Commission Statement Brussels, 20 Aug 2024 Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Trade, and Honourable Manoa Kamikamica, Deputy Prime Minister and M...