Since November 2024, the EU and Japan have a security and defence partnership, through which they committed to closer ...

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1349 of 8 July 2025 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015 ...

Od listopada 2024 r. między UE a Japonią obowiązuje partnerstwo na rzecz bezpieczeństwa i obrony. W jego ramach obie strony ...

The summit takes place following a number of high-level bilateral meetings with Chinese counterparts. This includes the ...

The Council adopted its 18th package of economic and individual restrictive measures designed to target vital sectors of the Russian economy such as energy and banking, further weakening the regime’s ...

The President of the European Council, António Costa, will travel to Japan and China, together with the President of the ...

The Council adopted a regulation regarding the progressive start of the Entry/Exit digital border management system.

As the IOSS enables VAT payments up front when the consumer purchases the item, rather than at the border, it protects member states’ tax revenues and increases VAT compliance for imports. It also ...

De Raad speelt een essentiële rol in de besluitvorming van de EU. Hij coördineert ook het beleid, ontwikkelt het gemeenschappelijk buitenlands en veiligheidsbeleid, sluit internationale overeenkomsten ...

The EU has stood with the Syrian people throughout the last 14 years, engaging in the search for a political solution and leading financial assistance. The EU also adopted sanctions against Assad’s ...

Sanctions are developed in such a way as to minimise adverse consequences for those not responsible for the policies or actions leading to the adoption of sanctions. In particular, the EU works to ...

The Council has today given its final green light on a set of laws to make the EU’s value added tax (VAT) rules fit for the digital age. The EU’s VAT rules need to keep track of the digital ...