State aid: Commission approves €246 million Dutch scheme to support renewable hydrogen production

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €246 million Dutch scheme to support the production of renewable hydrogen. The measure aims to contribute to the development…

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NextGenerationEU: Slovenia, like Austria, submits the request for revision of Recovery and Resilience Plans and adds REPowerEU chapter

In July, Austria and Slovenia submitted two requests to the Commission to modify their Recovery and Resilience Plans, to which they also want to add chapters on REPowerEU. Slovenia's proposed…

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Circular economy: Commission recommends actions to boost recycling in 18 Member States at risk of missing waste targets

In a report, the Commission identifies Member States at risk of not meeting the 2025 preparing for re-use and recycling targets for municipal and all packaging waste and the 2035…

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Towards the next technological transition: Commission presents EU strategy to lead on Web 4.0 and virtual worlds

On 11 July 2023, the Commission has adopted a new strategy on Web 4.0 and virtual worlds to steer the next technological transition and ensure an open, secure, trustworthy, fair…

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Commission announces next steps on cybersecurity of 5G networks in complement to latest progress report by Member States

Last week, EU Member States, with the support of the European Commission and ENISA, the EU Agency for Cybersecurity, published a second progress report on the implementation of the EU…

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Sustainable transport: rules to boost intelligent transport systems for safer and more efficient transport agreed

The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council on a proposal made by the Commission in 2021 on the revision of the Intelligent Transport…

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