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Lykønskningsbrev fra Jean-Claude Juncker og Donald Tusk til Aleksandar Vučić i anledning af, at han er blevet valgt til præsident for Serbien (03/03/2017)

European Commission - Statement Brussels, 3 April 2017 Dear Prime Minister,   We would like to congratulate you on your election as President of Serbia, confirming the strong support you enjoy among the population of your country.

Februar 2017 - Arbejdsløshed på 9,5 % i euroområdet - 8,0 % EU28 (03/03/2017)

European Commission - EUROSTAT February 2017 - February 2017 - Brussels, 3 April 2017 The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 9.5% in February 2017, down from 9.6% in January 2017 and from 10.3% in February 2016.

Februar 2017 sammenholdt med januar 2017 – producentpriserne i industrien er stabile i euroområdet – stigning på 0,1 % i EU28 (03/03/2017)

European Commission - EUROSTAT Brussels, 3 April 2017 In February 2017, compared with January 2017, industrial producer prices remained stable in the euro area (EA19), while they rose by 0.1% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Udtalelse fra kommissionsformand Jean-Claude Juncker efter angrebene i Sankt Petersborg (03/03/2017)

European Commission - Statement Statement Statement Brussels, 3 April 2017   I am shocked and saddened by the news of the attacks in the metro in St Petersburg. Unfortunately, it is not the first time that the citizens of this beautiful city have suffered from such tragedy.

Februar 2017 sammenholdt med januar 2017 – Omfanget af detailhandelen er steget med 0,7 % i både euroområdet og EU28 (04/03/2017)

European Commission - EUROSTAT Brussels, 4 April 2017 In February 2017 compared with January 2017, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade rose by 0.7% in both the euro area (EA19) and the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Statsstøtte: Kommissionen undersøger alternativ til afhændelsestilsagn for Royal Bank of Scotland (04/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 4 April 2017 The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether the alternative package proposed by the UK authorities is an appropriate replacement for the commitment for the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to divest Williams & Glyn, required as part...

Vindyrkningsstrukturen i 2015 - Over 3 millioner hektar vinmarker i EU… - ... heraf bruges næsten 80 % til dyrkning af kvalitetsvin (04/03/2017)

European Commission - EUROSTAT Brussels, 4 April 2017 In the European Union (EU) in 2015, there were 2.4 million holdings cultivating 3.2 million hectares (ha) of vineyards. The average area per holding was 1.3 ha, however with significant differences between Member States.

EU's samhørighedspolitik skaber et bedre investeringsklima i Europa, iflg. ny rapport (30/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 31 March 2017 One of the key elements of the Cohesion Policy reform for 2014-20 was the introduction of preconditions for Member States to receive money from the European Structural and Investment Funds.

Flashestimat, marts 2017: den årlige inflation i euroområdet falder til 1,5 % (30/03/2017)

European Commission - EUROSTAT Brussels, 31 March 2017 Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 1.5% in March 2017, down from 2.0% in February 2017, according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Ny undersøgelse viser fortsat stor opbakning blandt EU-borgerne til udviklingsstøtte (30/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 31 March 2017 EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, presented today (TBC) the results of the EU's International Cooperation and Development Eurobarometer survey from 2016.

Udtalelse fra kommissær for humanitær bistand og krisestyring, Christos Stylianides, om beskyttelse af civile i Mosul (Irak) (30/03/2017)

European Commission - Statement Statement Statement Brussels, 31 March 2017 @ add copyrigth here 2017 Ensuring that civilians inside Mosul are protected during the conflict is the single most effective life-saving action that can be taken.

Statsstøtte: Kommissionen godkender dansk støtte til Kriegers Flak Havmøllepark (27/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 28 March 2017 The European Commission has found support to be granted to the 600 MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in Danish territorial waters to be in line with EU state aid rules.

Trafiksikkerhed: Opmuntrende resultater i 2016 kræver en fortsat indsats for at redde liv på EU's veje (27/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release La Valette, 28 March 2017 The 2016 road safety statistics released today by the Commission show a drop of 2% in the number of fatalities recorded across the EU last year. The 2016 road safety statistics released today by the Commission show a drop of...

Trafiksikkerhedsstatistikken for 2016: Hvad siger tallene egentlig? (27/03/2017)

European Commission - Fact Sheet La Valette, 28 March 2017 European roads remain the safest in the world: in 2016, the EU counted 50 road fatalities per one million inhabitants, against 174 deaths per million globally. European roads remain the safest in the world: in 2016, the EU counted 50...

Erklæring fra EU-kommissær Dimitris Avramopoulos efter møde med fem medlemslande om status for visumgensidighed med USA (26/03/2017)

European Commission - Statement Statement Statement Brussels, 27 March 2017 European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos met yesterday with the Bulgarian Minister of the Interior, Plamen Uzunov, the Romanian Minister of the Interior, Carmen-Daniela Dan, the Croatian Minister of Interior, Vlaho Orepic, the Polish Vice-Minister of...

Fusioner: Kommission godkender fusion mellem Dow og DuPont på visse betingelser (26/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 27 March 2017 The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed merger between US-based chemical companies Dow and DuPont. The approval is conditional in particular on the divestiture of major parts of DuPont's global pesticide business, including its global R&D...

Initiativet "Move2Learn, Learn2Move" (26/03/2017)

European Commission - Fact Sheet Brussels, 27 March 2017 Move2Learn, Learn2Move is a one-off initiative launched by the European Commission on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Erasmus programme for education and training, youth and sport.

Kommissionen sætter gang i mobiliteten for unge i Europa (26/03/2017)

European - Press release Commission Brussels, 27 March 2017 The European Commission presented today an initiative under the Erasmus+ programme which further supports learning and mobility of young Europeans. The European Commission presented today an initiative under the Erasmus+ programme which further supports learning and mobility of young Europeans.

EU giver yderligere støtte i form af satellitbilleder til OSCE's særlige overvågningsmission i Ukraine (23/03/2017)

Commission - Press release European Brussels, 24 March 2017 The European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, has today renewed its strong support for the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine, under its recently extended mandate, for the full implementation of...

EU investerer i store infrastrukturprojekter til gavn for væksten i Grækenland (23/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 24 March 2017 Over €1.3 billion of Cohesion Policy funds will be invested in ten broadband, transport and environmental projects in Greece. This €1.3 billion investment effort will allow major projects that started in the 2007-2013 financial period to be completed in the current...

Onlinekøb og onlinetvistbilæggelse: I løbet af det første år har 24 000 forbrugerne brugt den nye europæiske platform (23/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 24 March 2017 While there are strong rules in place in the EU to protect consumers, in practice consumers sometimes encounter problems getting redress when their rights are violated, particularly cross border.

Romtraktaterne fylder 60 år: Kommissionen ser tilbage på Europas resultater og fører an i drøftelserne om fremtiden for et EU med 27 medlemsstater. (23/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 24 March 2017 On 25 March, EU leaders will come together in Rome to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, which were signed on this day in 1957. © European Union 2017 Director: Declan Lynch Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, will participate...

Kommissionsformand Jean-Claude Junckers udtalelse om angrebene i London (21/03/2017)

European Commission - Statement Statement Statement Brussels, 22 March 2017 My thoughts are with London tonight, with the families of the victims, with the commuters travelling home, with the people across the country and the world trying to get in touch with their loved ones, with the emergency services working...

Den Europæiske Socialfond fejrer sit 60-årsjubilæum: 6 årtier med investering i mennesker (21/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 22 March 2017 The year 2017 marks the 60th anniversary of the European Social Fund (ESF), Europe's oldest and main instrument to invest in people. Today it is an important driver of job creation, promoting better education, more modern public administrations and social inclusion,...

Europa-Kommissionen registrerer to europæiske borgerinitiativer om EU-borgernes rettigheder efter Brexit og afviser et om forebyggelse af Brexit (21/03/2017)

- Press release European Commission Brussels, 22 March 2017 The European Commission has today registered two European Citizens' Initiatives concerning the rights of Union citizens in the context of the withdrawal of a Member State from the EU and rejected a third proposal entitled 'Stop Brexit'.

Europas fremtid er digital: i Rom forpligter EU-landene sig på at gå længere med den digitale udvikling (21/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 22 March 2017 As part of the celebrations of the 60 years of the Treaties of Rome, the Commission will bring Ministers together tomorrow to progress on high-performance computing, connected mobility and industry digitisation. Initiatives to support digital skills will also be discussed.

Konkurrence: Kommissionen foreslår at sætte de nationale konkurrencemyndigheder i stand til at håndhæve reglerne endnu mere effektivt til fordel for vækst og beskæftigelse (21/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 22 March 2017 The European Commission has proposed new rules to enable Member States' competition authorities to be more effective enforcers of EU antitrust rules. The proposal seeks to make sure they have all the tools they require to achieve this.

Udtalelse fra EU-kommissær Margrethe Vestager om Kommissionens forslag om at sætte de nationale konkurrencemyndigheder i stand til at håndhæve reglerne endnu mere effektivt til fordel for vækst og bes (21/03/2017)

European Commission - Statement Statement Statement Brussels, 22 March 2017 *Check against delivery*   At 7h58 this morning, there was a minute's silence at Zaventem airport. At 9h11 there was also a minute's silence at Maalbeek metro station, less than 500 metres away from where we are right now.

Udtalelse fra kommissionsformand Jean-Claude Juncker i anledning af årsdagen for angrebene den 22. marts 2016 (21/03/2017)

European Commission - Statement Statement Statement Brussels, 22 March 2017 One year on from the appalling attacks of 22 March 2016 which the whole of Europe mourned, the memory of the victims remains, and will forever remain, in our minds and in our hearts.

Fjerde kvartal af 2016 – andelen af ledige stillinger er på 1,7 % i euroområdet – 1,8 % i EU28 (19/03/2017)

European Commission - EUROSTAT Brussels, 20 March 2017 The job vacancy rate in the euro area (EA19) was 1.7% in the fourth quarter of 2016, up from 1.6% recorded in both the previous quarter and the fourth quarter of 2015, according to figures published by Eurostat, the statistical office of...

Fjerde kvartal af 2016 – årlig vækst i arbejdskraftomkostninger på 1,6 % i euroområdet – 1,7% i EU28 (19/03/2017)

European Commission - EUROSTAT Brussels, 20 March 2017 Hourly labour costs rose by 1.6% in the euro area (EA19) and by 1.7% in the EU28 in the fourth quarter of 2016, compared with the same quarter of the previous year. In the third quarter of 2016, hourly labour costs increased...

Statsstøtte: Kommissionen godkender belgisk støtte til langtidsdrift af de tre kernereaktorer Tihange 1, Doel 1 og Doel 2 (16/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 17 March 2017 The European Commission has found Belgian plans to compensate Engie-Electrabel and EDF Belgium for potential financial risks linked to long-term operation of three nuclear reactors to be in line with EU state aid rules.

EU forstærker sin indsats over for sult og tørke i landene på Afrikas Horn med yderligere 165 millioner euro (16/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 17 March 2017 Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica announced today additional EU support to respond to the crises in South Sudan, Somalia and its neighbouring countries, during an official visit to the African Union.

EU genoptager importen af økologiske produkter fra Norge og Island (16/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 17 March 2017 Organic products from Norway and Iceland including Norwegian organic salmon, can again be imported to the European Union and duly marketed as abiding by the EU's organic rules following the incorporation of the relevant regulations into the agreement on the European...

Fælles udtalelse fra kommissæren for sikkerhedsunionen, Julian King, og den italienske indenrigsminister, Marco Minniti (16/03/2017)

European Commission - Statement Rome, 17 March 2017 Interior Minister Marco Minniti received today, Friday March 17, Sir Julian King, European Commissioner for the Security Union. Minister Minniti and Commissioner King agreed on the quick implementation of recent legislative initiatives aimed at strengthening the security of European citizens: The modification...

Januar 2017 sammenholdt med december 2016: Byggeaktiviteten er gået ned med 2,3 % i euroområdet ¬– i EU-28 er nedgangen på 1,5 % (16/03/2017)

European Commission - EUROSTAT Brussels, 17 March 2017 In January 2017 compared with December 2016, seasonally adjusted production in the construction sector decreased by 2.3% in the euro area (EA19) and by 1.5% in the EU28, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Januar 2017 – I euroområdet er der et underskud på varebalancen på 0,6 mia. euro – I EU-28 er det på 16,2 mia. euro (16/03/2017)

European Commission - EUROSTAT Brussels, 17 March 2017 Euro area The first estimate for euro area (EA19) exports of goods to the rest of the world in January 2017 was €163.9 billion, an increase of 13% compared with January 2016 (€144.9 bn).

Karteller og monopoler: Kommissionen vedtager en ny afgørelse og pålægger luftfragtselskaber bøde på 776 mio. EUR for priskartel (16/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 17 March 2017 The European Commission has re-adopted a cartel decision against 11 air cargo carriers and imposed a fine totalling € 776 465 000 for operating a price–fixing cartel. The Commission's original decision was annulled by the General Court on procedural grounds.

Kommissionen og medlemsstaternes forbrugermyndigheder kræver, at de sociale medier overholder EU's forbrugerregler (16/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 17 March 2017 EU consumer authorities and organisations have received a growing number of complaints from consumers, who have been targeted by fraud or scams when using social media websites, as well as having been subject to certain terms of services that do not...

Statsstøtte: Kommissionen bekræfter, at der ikke er tale om statsstøtte i forbindelse med koncessionsaftaler om Grækenlands regionale lufthavne (16/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 17 March 2017 The European Commission has concluded that concessions for 14 regional airports in Greece were awarded on market terms and therefore did not involve any state aid.

Asyl i EU-medlemslandene: 1,2 millioner førstegangsasylansøgere registreret i 2016 – fortsat flest syrere, afghanere og irakere (15/03/2017)

European Commission - EUROSTAT Brussels, 16 March 2017 In 2016, 1 204 300 first time asylum seekers applied for international protection in the Member States of the European Union (EU), a number slightly down compared with 2015 (when 1 257 000 first time applicants were registered) but almost double that...

Cecilia Malmström glæder sig over Parlamentets godkendelse af stop af handel med mineraler, der finansierer væbnede konflikter (15/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 16 March 2017 New rules will ensure that minerals used by European industries are sourced responsibly, diverting revenues away from rebel groups, conflict, and terror. The European Parliament today adopted by an overwhelming majority the proposal to stop trade in conflict minerals.

EU iværksætter det største uddannelsesprogram nogensinde i Tyrkiet med skolegang for 230 000 flygtningebørn (15/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 16 March 2017 The European Commission has today launched its largest ever humanitarian programme for education in emergencies to encourage some 230,000 refugee children to attend school in Turkey.

EU-Kommissionen godkender udbetaling af 600 mio. euro i støtte til Ukraine (15/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 16 March 2017 The European Commission, on behalf of the EU, has today adopted the decision to release the second tranche of Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) to Ukraine, a loan which amounts to €600 million.

EU-støtteordningen hjælper til at mindske mælkeproduktionen (15/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 16 March 2017 Nearly 44 000 farmers from across the EU have applied for support from the EU for agreeing to voluntarily reduce their production of milk by nearly 852 000t in the last quarter of 2016.

Februar 2017 – Stigning i den årlige inflation til 2,0 % i eurozonen – stigning til 1,9 % i EU (15/03/2017)

European Commission - EUROSTAT Brussels, 16 March 2017 Euro area annual inflation was 2.0% in February 2017, up from 1.8% in January. In February 2016 the rate was 0.2%. European Union annual inflation was 1.9% in February 2017, up from 1.7% in January. A year earlier the rate was -0.1%.

Forbrugerbeskyttelse i EU – onlinemarkedspladser går sammen om at fjerne farlige produkter fra EU-markedet (15/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 16 March 2017 Today, the European Commission presented its latest report on the Rapid Alert System for dangerous products. In 2016, the system was more actively used by national authorities, who removed more dangerous products from stores.

Karteller og monopoler: Kommissionen indfører et nyt anonymt værktøj for whistleblowere (15/03/2017)

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 16 March 2017 A new tool to make it easier for individuals to alert the Commission about secret cartels and other antitrust violations while maintaining their anonymity has been launched by the European Commission today.

Rapport for 2016 om det hurtige varslingssystem om farer i forbindelse med anvendelse af forbrugsgoder (15/03/2017)

European Commission - Fact Sheet Brussels, 16 March 2017 Today, the European Commission presented its latest report on the Rapid Alert System for dangerous products. What is the Rapid Alert System for non-food dangerous products? The European Rapid Alert system for non-food dangerous products ensures that information about dangerous products...