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European hydrogen bank
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 ...
Europejska przestrzeń danych dotyczących zdrowia
3 maja 2022 r. Komisja Europejska przyjęła wniosek dotyczący rozporządzenia ustanawiającego europejską przestrzeń danych dotyczących zdrowia (EHDS). Jego celem jest zapewnienie osobom fizycznym dostępu do ich elektronicznych danych osobowych oraz kontroli nad nimi (wykorzystywanie pierwotne), a także określenie zasad ponownego wykorzystywania danych w Unii (wykorzystywanie wtórne). 28 listopada 2023 r. Komisja Ochrony Środowiska Naturalnego, Zdrowia Publicznego i Bezpieczeństwa Żywności (ENVI) oraz ...
EU-New Zealand free trade agreement: One step closer to ratification
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 ...
Corporate sustainability due diligence: How to integrate human rights and environmental concerns in value chains
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 ...
The EU chips act: Securing Europe's supply of semiconductors
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 ...
Nowe przepisy UE dotyczące baterii
Baterie są kluczowe w procesie przechodzenia UE na czystą energię. W grudniu 2020 r. Komisja Europejska przedstawiła wniosek w sprawie modernizacji przepisów dotyczących baterii oraz zapewnienia w UE zrównoważonego charakteru i konkurencyjności w łańcuchach wartości baterii. Dwa lata później Parlament Europejski i Rada zawarły porozumienie trójstronne w sprawie wniosku. Uzgodniony tekst ma zostać poddany pod głosowanie na posiedzeniu plenarnym w czerwcu.
Global value chains: Potential synergies between external trade policy and internal economic initiatives to address the strategic dependencies of the EU
Global value chains enable two-thirds of international trade, notably for the EU. The EU wants to preserve its commercial links with third countries and organisations to make up for trade disruptions. This study examines sustainable supply of raw materials, commodities, and critical goods using the EU's Open Strategic Autonomy concept. It examines which raw material are crucial for sustainable supply and necessary for the green transition. The paper examines EU internal legislation and international ...
Corporate sustainability due diligence
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 ...
Strengthening EU chip capabilities: How will the chips act reinforce Europe's semiconductor sector by 2030?
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 ...
Commission proposal on corporate sustainability due diligence: analysis from a human rights perspective
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 ...