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EFSA’s Advisory Forum supports Europe’s Research Agenda

Europe’s national food authorities have called for continuous R&I investment in generating the scientific knowledge needed for risk assessment. This will ensure that providing healthy nutrition and safe food remains a priority objective for food systems that are sustainable, within and beyond Europe. In a joint statement with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the Advisory Forum, tasked […]

SAFE: tighter financing conditions and an expected deterioration in the economic environment

Euro area firms saw continued improvement in business activity, but rising costs of materials, energy and labour weighed on their profitability. Turnover is still expected to increase over the next six months, but by less than had been expected in the previous survey round. Lack of skilled labour and higher input costs were reported as […]

Euro area bank interest rate statistics: October 2022

Euro area bank interest rate statistics: October 2022 Composite cost-of-borrowing indicator for new loans to corporations increased by 32 basis points to 2.72%, driven by interest rate effect; indicator for new loans to households for house purchase increased by 21 basis points to 2.66%, driven by interest rate effect Composite interest rate for new deposits with agreed maturity from corporations increased by […]

Methane emissions on a downward trend, but accelerated cuts needed to meet EU climate targets

While emissions of methane across the European Union have decreased over past years, the overall reduction in emissions needs to accelerate to meet 2030 and 2050 EU climate objectives. Increased global efforts to reduce methane emissions would also be needed to mitigate global warming in the short term, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) […]

Euro area insurance corporation statistics: third quarter of 2022

Total assets of euro area insurance corporations amounted to €8,266 billion in third quarter of 2022, €209 billion lower than in second quarter of 2022 Total insurance technical reserves of euro area insurance corporations dropped to €5,944 billion in third quarter of 2022, down €216 billion from second quarter of 2022

ECHA’s scientific committees support limiting lead use for outdoor shooting and fishing

ECHA’s Committees for Socio-Economic Analysis and Risk Assessment back the proposed restriction on the use of lead in ammunition for hunting, outdoor sports shooting and in fishing. The restriction could prevent over 600 000 tonnes of lead from being released into the environment, save millions of birds from lead poisoning and protect children in hunter […]