The European Commission has issued a questionnaire to seek the views of stakeholders on the functioning and the future of the Insurance Block Exemption Regulation (IBER),...
By Laure de Hauteclocque The European Commission says that intellectual property rights (IPR) need better protection in the EU, and suggests that providing better data, strengthening...
By Laure de Hauteclocque New criteria for assessing whether companies in financial difficulty are eligible for state aid have been presented by the Commission. Key changes...
Europe’s long-term lending institution, the European Investment Bank (EIB), has agreed to provide £100 million to Societe Generale Equipment Finance to support investment by UK based...
The European Commission has found the resolution plan of the Portuguese Banco Espírito Santo S.A. (BES), including the creation of a 'Bridge Bank', to be in...
Four years after strict import requirements for products of animal origin entered into force in the European Union, Humane Society International (HSI) is renewing its call...
Customs authorities in the EU detained almost 36 million items suspected of violating intellectual property rights (IPR) in 2013, according to the Commission's annual report on customs...