According to the press statement from the EU released on Tuesday, if a product is deemed to have been made using forced labour, it will no longer be possible to sell it on the EU market, including online and shipments will be intercepted at the EU's borders.
Katz said his agenda there is to "secure unified EU Council support for Israel's self-defence measures against Hamas and to ensure the safe return of all our hostages."
The European Council has opened membership negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, the President of the EU Council, Charles Michel informed on Thursday, CNN reported.
European Council President Charles Michel said on Saturday that climate change and the fight against poverty are two challenges that need to be addressed together, and for this, “you can count on the European Union.”
He said, “As we prepare the EU’s next strategic agenda, we must set ourselves a clear goal. I believe we must be ready, on both sides, by 2030 to enlarge,” Michel said. “This is ambitious, but necessary. It shows that we are serious.”
The measures were first introduced in 2014 "in response to Russia's actions destabilizing the situation in Ukraine, were significantly expanded since February 2022, in response to Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Ukraine," the EU Council said in a press release
The European Union (EU) council on Monday said that the EU Foreign Ministers allocate money for arms supply to Ukraine, according to the Russian News Agency TASS.
"Look at EU council regulations, Russian crude is substantially transformed in the third country and not treated as Russian anymore. I would urge you to look at Council's regulation," said Jaishankar.
Under the pay transparency directive, EU companies will be required to share information about how much they pay women and men for work of equal value and take action if their gender pay gap exceeds 5 per cent.
''I am glad that the Council proceeded to swiftly adopting this regulation. Gas savings are crucial for the EU to reach its gas storage goals and be prepared ahead of next winter,'' said Ebba Busch, Swedish Minister for energy, business and industry.
As gender-based discrimination continues to remain prevalent in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime, the European Union (EU) in an official statement has said that the decision of the organisation to deny education to females and work at NGOs has hampered the delivery of humanitarian aid in
Brussels [Belgium], July 18 (ANI): The EU Council has agreed to allocate the fifth tranche of military assistance to Ukraine worth 500 million euros, European Council President Charles Michel said on Monday.