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Hydrogen has an important role in helping the EU achieve its target of climate neutrality by 2050. In March 2023, the Commission announced the European hydrogen bank, to facilitate investment in the hydrogen value chain. This initiative aims to support production and imports of hydrogen in the EU. In November, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy adopted an own-initiative report, suggesting key improvements. The text is due to be voted by the Parliament during the December plenary session ...

Am 3. Mai 2022 hat die Kommission ihren Vorschlag für eine Verordnung zur Schaffung des Europäischen Raums für Gesundheitsdaten (EHDS) angenommen. Ziel ist es dabei, den Zugang von Einzelpersonen zu ihren elektronischen personenbezogenen Daten sowie ihre Kontrolle darüber zu gewährleisten (Primärnutzung) und gleichzeitig den Rahmen für die Weiterverwendung von Daten in der gesamten Union (Sekundärnutzung) zu schaffen. Der Ausschuss für Umweltfragen, öffentliche Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit ...

On 30 June 2022, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and then New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the conclusion of negotiations on a comprehensive EU-New Zealand free trade agreement (FTA). The agreement was signed on 9 July 2023. Although the 2014-2019 Commission had initially aimed to finalise negotiations before the end of its mandate, both sides raised several sensitive issues during negotiations, not least because New Zealand is a major and competitive producer and exporter ...

Companies can play a key role in building a sustainable economy and society. At the same time, their global value chains can pose risks to human rights and the environment. A growing number of EU companies have taken initiatives to deploy due diligence processes, often using existing voluntary international standards on responsible business conduct. Some Member States have meanwhile started developing their own legal frameworks on corporate due diligence. In a legislative-initiative resolution adopted ...

Semiconductors (or chips) are the foundation of the digital transition. Their production relies on complex and vulnerable global supply chains. Against the backdrop of global chip shortages, a global 'subsidy race' in the world's main producing regions, and the renewed EU industrial policy, the Commission presented a proposal for an EU chips act aimed at reinforcing the whole EU chips value chain in February 2022. The proposal for a chips act was based on a three-pillar structure, which has been ...

Batterien spielen für die Energiewende in der EU eine entscheidende Rolle. Im Dezember 2020 legte die Kommission einen Vorschlag zur Modernisierung des Rechtsrahmens für Batterien und zur Sicherstellung von nachhaltigen und wettbewerbsfähigen EU-Wertschöpfungsketten im Bereich Batterien vor. Zwei Jahre später erzielten das Europäische Parlament und der Rat im Trilog eine Einigung über den Vorschlag. Über den vereinbarten Text soll im Juni im Plenum abgestimmt werden.

Das vorliegende Dokument ist die Zusammenfassung der Studie über die Globale Wertschöpfungsketten: Potenzielle Synergien zwischen der Außenhandelspolitik und internen Wirtschaftsinitiativen zur Bewältigung der strategischen Abhängigkeiten der EU. Die ausführliche Studie ist in englischer Sprache unter folgendem Link abrufbar: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2023/702582/EXPO_STU(2023)702582_EN.pdf.

The impact assessment (IA) accompanying the proposal on corporate sustainability due diligence received two negative opinions from the Commission's Regulatory Scrutiny Board. Additional evidence was provided in a follow-up document to the Board's second opinion, explaining how the IA's preferred options were revised in the proposal, but no change was made to the IA itself. The IA cannot therefore be read without this follow-up document. It also makes the analysis quite difficult to follow, as evidence ...

The proposed European chips act, presented by the European Commission in February 2022, aims to mobilise €43 billion in 'policy-driven investment' for the EU's semiconductor sector by 2030. The Commission expects long-term private investment to exceed this. The plan serves to enable immediate EU coordination against supply disruptions, strengthen and scale up production and innovation throughout the EU semiconductor value chain, and further enhance the Union's technological leadership, practical ...

On 23 February 2022, the European Commission (EC) published its proposal for a corporate sustainability due diligence directive. This In-depth Analysis for the European Parliament Sub-Committee on Human Rights (DROI) initially presents the EC proposal and its main features, contextualising these against broader European and international developments in business and human rights regulations. It then undertakes an in-depth comparative analysis of the EC’s 2022 draft Directive against (i) the position ...