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The General Data Protection Regulation ( Regulation (EU) 2016/679, abbreviated GDPR) is a European Union regulation on information privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). The GDPR is an important component of EU privacy law and human rights law, in particular Article 8 (1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of ...
The EU taxonomy for sustainable activities (i.e. " green taxonomy ") is a classification system established to clarify which economic activities are environmentally sustainable, in the context of the European Green Deal. [1] The aim of the taxonomy is to prevent greenwashing and to help investors make informed sustainable investment decisions. [2]
The European Union ( EU) is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. The Union has a total area of 4,233,255 km 2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated total population of over 448 million. The EU has often been described as a sui generis political entity (without precedent or ...
Purpose. Establishing the laws and principles under which the European Union is governed. The Treaties of the European Union are a set of international treaties between the European Union (EU) member states which sets out the EU's constitutional basis. They establish the various EU institutions together with their remit, procedures and objectives.
The EU–US Privacy Shield was a legal framework for regulating transatlantic exchanges of personal data for commercial purposes between the European Union and the ...
The EU had a long-term budget of €1,082.5 billion for the period 2014–2020, representing 1.02% of the EU-28's Gross National Income (GNI) and of €1,074.3 billion for the 2021–2027 period. The long-term budget, also called the Multiannual Financial Framework , is a seven-year spending plan, allowing the EU to plan and invest in long-term ...
InvestEU. The InvestEU Programme, until 2021 known as the European Fund for Strategic Investments ( EFSI ), also called the Juncker Plan, is an initiative of EIB Group and the European Commission aimed at boosting the economy through mobilising private financing for strategic investments. [1] EFSI was established in 2015 through the EU ...
