Exposure to pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food, in particular for frequent and high consumers of tea and herbal infusions, is a possible long-term concern for human health due to their potential carcinogenicity, say EFSA’s experts. The consumption of food supplements based … read more
Roaming charges ended in the European Union on 15 June 2017. Europeans travelling within EU countries will ‘Roam Like at Home’ and pay domestic prices for roaming calls, SMS and data. … On 23 June 2016 citizens of the United Kingdom … read more
President Werner Hoyer is going to lead the European Investment Bank (EIB) for another six-year term, starting at the 1st of January 2018. He was reappointed today by the Board of Governors of the EIB, consisting of the Economy and … read more
Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has reached an agreement in principle with the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, on the design of the alternative package proposed by the UK authorities for Royal Bank of Scotland (“RBS”). This alternative package would replace RBS’s … read more
25/07/2017 – Business, taxation and competition / Consumer affairs and public health / Economy and the euro The 2017 edition of the Consumer Conditions Scoreboard shows that more and more EU consumers are shopping online and that their trust in … read more