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Chile, EU modernized free trade agreement
On 5 July 2023 EU Commission declared: “…The modernised EU-Chile agreement has today taken a step towards ratification, with the Commission sending the Advanced Framework Agreement (AFA) and the Interim Trade Agreement (iTA) to the Council for authorising its signature. Once the Council gives its green light, the EU would sign the agreement with Chile…”.
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EU regulation on batteries and waste of batteries: a new way for circular economy
On 10 July 2023 the European Council adopted a new regulation (batteries and waste of batteries) that strengthens sustainability rules: for batteries; for waste batteries; This regulation covers all categories of batteries including: all waste portable batteries; electric vehicle batteries; industrial batteries; starting, lightning and ignition (SLI) batteries (used mostly for vehicles and machinery); batteries for light means of transport (e.g. electric bikes, e-mopeds, e-scooters). The regulation aims to: promote a circular economy by regulating batteries throughout their life cycle; sets targets for producers to collect waste; mandatoryminimum levels of recycled content; recycling efficiency target; from 2027 portable batteries incorporated into appliances should be removable and replaceable by the end-user, leaving…
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EU Commission answers to ECA report on AEO: target 2025
The EU Commission prublished the “Replies of the European Commission to the European Court of Auditors special report” about the AEO. The first point underlined by ECA and taken into consideration by the European Commision is that “…ECA concludes that the regulatory framework for the EU AEO programme is generally robust, but it also suggests that more adequate provisions might be needed as regards serious and repeated infringements, consultations between the national customs authorities, the benefit of priority treatment of AEO companies as well as the performance measurement of the AEO programme…”. The Commissions’s answers are: commitment to elaborate further guidance to the national customs authorities on priority treatment…