Tag "EU"
Brussels wants 1-percent growth in the size of grape plants
According to a new regulation by the European Commission, from 2016 until 2030 EU member states are allowed to increase the size of grape growing land by maximum 1 percent...
Read more
Hungary is one of the largest net beneficiary of the EU's new budgetary cycle
Hungary is one of the largest net beneficiary of the European Union’s new budgetary cycle that lasts until 2020 – Szűcs Tamás, head of the European Commission’s Representation in Hungary...
Read more
Water savings would bring 1.4 billion euros annual savings in the hotel industry in the EU
Every year 1.4 billion euros (437 billion HUF) in savings can be achieved in the hotel industry on EU level, with the use of water-saving technologies – according to a...
Read more
Dispersed prices in the European Union
The difference between the price level of the cheapest and the most expensive country was nearly threefold in the EU last year. According to the survey of Eurostat, published on...
Read more
We hardly know our consumer rights
Despite the fact that the Hungarians are facing more problems during the purchasing of goods or services, and we also buy more often under the effect of misleading advertisings, we...
Read more
Counterfeiting threatens the economy of the EU
Intellectual property rights (IPR) related industries are increasingly threatened by organized crime, producing and selling counterfeit products – the notice of the National Board Against Counterfeiting (HENT) warns. The notice...
Read moreOnly three EU Members consume less than Hungary
Hungary's GDP per capita is the fifth lowest in the European Union – according to Eurostat’s report that was published yesterday. In personal consumption Hungary is even further back, since...
Read more
The EU agricultural ministers agreed on the new EU regulation on organic farming
Ministers agreed today at the AGRIFISH Council on a general approach on the Commission proposal for a new organic regulation. An IFOAM EU delegation in Luxembourg witnessed a last minute...
Read more
Inflation returns to the European Union
A positive rate of inflation was registered in May both in the Euro Zone and in the European Union, after the previous month's zero percent. The Eurostat reported on Wednesday...
Read more
Increased employment in the European Union
Employment increased both in the Euro Zone, both in the European Union in the first quarter of 2015. The Eurostat, the European Union's statistical office announced on Tuesday that according...
Read more
Retail sales of the euro zone and the EU increased in April
Euro zone retail sales rose and unemployment fell in April, the European Union's statistics office data showed on Wednesday, adding to signs of economic recovery in the single currency area....
Read moreThe proportion of smokers decreased in the EU
The proportion of smokers decreased by two percentage points, from 28 to 26 percent, compared to 2012 in the European Union – according to the lastest Eurobarometer survey. According to...
Read more
The decline in prices has stopped in the European Union
The decline in consumer prices stopped in the European Union in April. The annual inflation rate was zero percent – Eurostat announced on Tuesday. According to the data of the...
Read moreFM: the government supports the simplification of the Common Agricultural Policy
The government supports the simplification of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), in order to protect the Hungarian producers – the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) told MTI on Tuesday. According to...
Read more
Excessive administration against VAT frauds hampers growth
VAT frauds cost nearly 200 billion euros for the EU member states every year. In Hungary 25 percent of the VAT is swallowed by the traders. However the increase of...
Read moreEU sanctions against Russia cause damages to Hungary
The embargo imposed against Russia and Russia's response cause much damages to Hungary – the Minister of State of Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Affairs said at a CIS...
Read more
The EU would ban the thin plastic bags
The European Parliament (EP) adopted rules on Tuesday that would repress the use of polluting plastic bags made of thinner material than 50 microns. Under the new regulation, the Member...
Read more
The rate of decline slowed in the European Union
The rates of decline slowed in March in the European Union – the Eurostat announced. According to the data of the EU’s statistical office of consumer prices on an annual...
Read moreMore than ever possibilities to prohibit the cultivation of products containing GMO
The Member States of the European Union will be given more than ever unprecedented legal opportunities to prohibit the cultivation of plants containing genetically modified organisms (GMO) in their own...
Read moreThe EU Parliament's Health Committee would indicate the nutritional value on alcoholic beverages
The European Parliament took a first step last month when it called on the European Commission to draw up legislation requiring such labelling by 2016. Adopted by 63 of the...
Read moreHungary is prepared for the new EU regulation on grape planting
Hungary is prepared for the new EU regulation on grape planting that would make it possible to increase the grape growing areas in the Member States – the Ministry of...
Read moreNew EU rules on grape planting
The European Commission adopted a regulation about the extension of the wine-growing areas and about the introduction of a new grape planting licensing system – according to the committee’s website....
Read more
Euro zone’s retail sales decreases
A decrease occured in the euro zone’s retail sales in February, compared to the previous month, but it remained stable in the European Union. The EU's statistical office (Eurostat) announced...
Read more
The Hungarian dairy sector can be the winner of the EU milk quota termination
The Hungarian dairy industry is prepared to work within the new system after the EU terminates the milk quota from 1 April. Czerván György Minister of State of the Ministry...
Read more
The economic sentiment improved further in the euro zone in March
According to the report of the European Union's Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (EcFin), the economic sentiment improved significantly in the euro zone in March. The analysis was released...
Read more
Dairy Product Council: the dairy sector needs 40-50 billion HUF
The EU milk quota system that was established 31 years ago will be terminated within a few days. From 1 April, only the possibilities and the capabilities of the Member...
Read more
EU authorities found two and a half thousand dangerous products last year
The European Commission published new figures today, showing that in 2014, nearly 2500 products, ranging from toys to motor vehicles, were either stopped before they entered the EU or removed...
Read more
Consumer prices decreased in the EU in February
Consumer prices fell by 0.2 percent in the European Union (EU) in February, on an annual basis, after the 0.5 percent decline in January – the Eurostat announced. According to...
Read more
The EP accepted the cap on credit and debit card fees
The European Parliament has backed a deal to cap the fees retailers pay to process debit and credit card transactions, which EU officials say will mean savings for customers. Use...
Read moreThe soft wheat crop may be smaller this year in the EU
The European Union’s soft wheat harvest this year will be 141.5 million tonnes, lower than last year's record of 148.2 million tonnes, when the weather was very favorable. The European...
Read more