On 17 November 2021, the European Commission tabled a proposal to revise EU rules governing shipments of waste. The proposed regulation aims at easing shipments of waste for reuse and recycling in the EU, to support the transition to a circular economy; ensuring that waste exported from the EU is managed in an environmentally sound manner in the destination countries; and stepping up enforcement to counteract illegal shipments of waste. While supporting the proposed streamlining and digitalisation of procedures, stakeholders have stressed the need for significant improvements to ensure that the new regulation fulfils its objectives, in particular as regards exports of waste.

EPRS policy podcast - Revision of the EU's Waste Shipment Regulation

Apart from taking thousands of lives… COVID-19 has revealed one hard truth: the EU’s dependency on other countries for essential medical equipment such as protective masks and gloves, but also respiratory ventilators. The EU and its Member States have acted swiftly to counter these shortages… but Europe may need to re-think its production and trade priorities if it doesn’t want to find itself in the same situation when the next pandemic strikes!

EPRS policy podcast - EU imports and exports of medical equipment

Vil du gerne begynde at eksportere, men tøver du med at tage skridtet fuldt ud? EU hjælper dig med at få din virksomhed til at vokse på internationalt plan.

Dette er, hvad EU gør for eksportører

Vin og spiritus er en del af den europæiske gastronomiske arv. Her er tre ting, som EU gør for leverandører af disse våde varer, že se vám to Evropská unie snaží usnadnit. Ptáte se jak?

Dette er, hvad EU gør for eksportører af vin og spiritus

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

Kontrol med udførsel, overførsel, mæglervirksomhed, teknisk assistance og transit i forbindelse med produkter med dobbelt anvendelse (forhandling)

Control of exports, transfer, brokering, technical assistance and transit of dual-use items (debate)

Våbeneksport: gennemførelse af fælles holdning 2008/944/FUSP (forhandling)

Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (debate)

Ikke-toldmæssige hindringer for fødevareeksportører på EU's indre marked (forhandling)

Non-tariff barriers for food exporters in the internal EU market (debate)

Arms export: implementation of the Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (debate)

Kontrol med eksporten af produkter med dobbelt anvendelse efter Hacking Team-afsløringerne (forhandling)

Export controls in respect of dual-use items after the Hacking Team revelations (debate)

Eksportkontrol af produkter med dobbelt anvendelse (forhandling)

Export controls of dual-use items (debate)

Fællesskabsordning for kontrol med udførsel, overførsel, mæglervirksomhed og transit i forbindelse med produkter med dobbelt anvendelse (forhandling)

Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items (debate)

Våbeneksport: gennemførelse af Rådets fælles holdning 2008/944/FUSP (forhandling)

Arms exports: implementation of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (debate)

Medlemsstaternes eksportkreditinstitutter (kortfattet forelæggelse)

Member States' export credit agencies (short presentation)

Workshop on "Export credits - Destinations - Implications - Limitations"

Våbeneksport (forhandling)

Arms exports (debate)

Våbeneksport (adfærdskodeksen) (forhandling)

Arms exports (Code of Conduct) (debate)

Illustrutation showing the trade of shark and ray fins in the EU, including the import, export and transit of fins

SEDE Subcommittee - Hearing on ' The war in Ukraine: implications of the arms export policies at EU level '

Conference ' EU pesticides exports and indigenous peoples’ rights,  how the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement is set up to put profit before people and planet.

EP Plenary session - Facilitating export of Ukrainian agricultural products: key for Ukrainian economy and global food security

AGRI Committee - Exchange of views with Mr Markian Dmytrasevych, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, responsible for exports issue

EP Plenary session - Control of exports, transfer, brokering, technical assistance and transit of dual-use items

EP plenary session - Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP

SEDE Workshop -The further development of the Common Position 2008/944/CFSP on arms export control - Questions and answers

Clara Eugenia AGUILERA GARCIA and other MEPs meet with Antonio DE MORA, Secretary General of ASEMESA - Spanish Association of Exporters and Industry of Table Olives

SEDE Workshop on ' Implementation of the EU arms export control system '

INTA Committee hearing on Dual-use reform: ' How to ' future-proof ' EU export controls ? '

Plenary session in Strasbourg - Week 27  2016 - Non-tariff barriers for food exporters in the internal EU market

FOTYGA, Anna Elzbieta - SEDE Committee Chair

SEDE committee meeting.  Arms export: implementation of Common Position (2015/2114(INI))

Pierre Arnaud LOTTON, Roy ISBISTER, Jan PIE

SEDE committee meeting public hearing on Arms export controls

INTA SEDE Committee meeting- Workshop on Dual use export controls

Rais BHUIYAN, Ana GOMES, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Simon BUSUTTIL

Meeting The Export of Death Penalty Drugs from the EU

INTA Committee meeting - Implementing trade policy through efficient import and export rules and procedures

Following Russia’s unilateral decision in July to terminate the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which allowed agricultural products to be exported from Ukrainian ports, transit through the Solidarity Lanes established in states bordering Ukraine is expected to increase significantly (from three to five million tonnes of commodities per month). Almost all of the exported commodities via these corridors remain on the EU market due to the high transport costs for re-export. MEPs debate with the Commission the impact of Ukrainian grain exports on EU farmers after Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Closing statement by Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, European Commissioner for Agriculture.

Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain: closing statement by Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, European Commissioner for Agriculture

Following Russia’s unilateral decision in July to terminate the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which allowed agricultural products to be exported from Ukrainian ports, transit through the Solidarity Lanes established in states bordering Ukraine is expected to increase significantly (from three to five million tonnes of commodities per month). Almost all of the exported commodities via these corridors remain on the EU market due to the high transport costs for re-export. MEPs debate with the Commission the impact of Ukrainian grain exports on EU farmers after Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative.

Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain: MEPs debate (part 2)

Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain: MEPs debate (part 1)

Following Russia’s unilateral decision in July to terminate the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which allowed agricultural products to be exported from Ukrainian ports, transit through the Solidarity Lanes established in states bordering Ukraine is expected to increase significantly (from three to five million tonnes of commodities per month). Almost all of the exported commodities via these corridors remain on the EU market due to the high transport costs for re-export. MEPs debate with the Commission the impact of Ukrainian grain exports on EU farmers after Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Opening statement by Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, European Commissioner for Agriculture This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain: opening statement by Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, European Commissioner for Agriculture

Transport infrastructure in Ukraine is being destroyed and its Black Sea ports blocked by Russia. In light of this, MEPs are expected to call for new EU initiatives to address transport and logistics costs preventing the export of Ukrainian agricultural products, especially of wheat, to the global market. Closing statements by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy and by Mikuláš BEK, Czech Minister for European Affairs

Facilitating export of Ukrainian agricultural products - key for Ukrainian economy and global food security: closing statements by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy and by Mikuláš BEK, Czech Minister for European Affairs

Transport infrastructure in Ukraine is being destroyed and its Black Sea ports blocked by Russia. In light of this, MEPs are expected to call for new EU initiatives to address transport and logistics costs preventing the export of Ukrainian agricultural products, especially of wheat, to the global market.

Facilitating export of Ukrainian agricultural products - key for Ukrainian economy and global food security: MEPs debate

Transport infrastructure in Ukraine is being destroyed and its Black Sea ports blocked by Russia. In light of this, MEPs are expected to call for new EU initiatives to address transport and logistics costs preventing the export of Ukrainian agricultural products, especially of wheat, to the global market. Opening statements by Mikuláš BEK, Czech Minister for European Affairs and by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy.

Facilitating export of Ukrainian agricultural products - key for Ukrainian economy and global food security: opening statements by Mikuláš BEK, Czech Minister for European Affairs and by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy

These past years, we have become more aware of the factors affecting our ability to feed the world. Climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated the unsustainability and unfairness of our global food system. Russia's unprovoked invasion of #Ukraine, a country known as the 'breadbasket of Europe', is raising fears of a global food crisis, further exacerbating existing food security challenges worldwide. Much depends on the response of the international community, including the EU, to rapidly evolving scenarios. Russia and Ukraine are key agricultural players, together exporting nearly 12 % of food calories traded globally. They are major providers of basic agro-commodities, including wheat, maize and sunflower oil, and Russia is the world's top exporter of fertilisers. The two countries combined account for one third of wheat exports. ©The material may not be edited and must be shown entirely.

EPRS - Food security in times of crisis

During the plenary session (24-25 March 2021) in the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate the export transparency and authorisation mechanism for COVID-19 vaccine after the European Commission has introduced the principles of reciprocity and proportionality as new criteria to be considered for authorising exports. Statements by Maros SEFCOVIC, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Interinstitutional relations and Foresight, Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), Chair of the EPP Group, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ (S&D, ES), Chair of the S&D Group, Katalin CSEH (Renew, HU), and Martin SCHIRDEWAN (The Left, DE), Co-chair of the Left Group.

Export transparency and authorisation mechanism of COVID19 vaccines: extracts

During the plenary session (12-15/11/18) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg MEPs debate (13/11), vote on arms export, and statement by Sabine LÖSING (GUE/NGL, DE), rapporteur. The results are: 427 in favour, 150 against and 97 abstentions. The resolution as a whole is approved.

Arms export: extracts from the debate (13/11) and from the vote on the report by Sabine LÖSING (GUE/NGL, DE)

During the EP plenary session (15-18 January 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate (16/01) and vote an extension of EU export controls on cyber-surveillance tools, such as devices to intercept mobile phones, hack into computers, circumvent passwords or identify internet users, possibly used for human rights violations, in order to prevent authoritarian regimes from spying on their own citizens. Statements by Klaus BUCHNER (Greens/EFA, DE), rapporteur, Cecilia MALMSTRÖM, Member of the EC in charge of Trade, and Marietje SCHAAKE (ALDE, NL) and Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE). The results are: 571 in favour, 29 against and 29 abstentions. Illustrative shots: computers, servers, smart phone users, inscripted code, users, computer hackers.

Control of exports, transfer, brokering, technical assistance and transit of dual-use items: extracts from the debate (16/01) and from the vote on the report Klaus BUCHNER (Greens/EFA, DE)

Parlamentet opfordrer til en strengere kontrol med eksporten af ​​"varer med dobbelt anvendelse", især civile teknologier, der vil kunne anvendes af autoritære regimer til at udspionere borgerne.

Parlamentet ønsker strengere eksportkontrol med spyware-teknologi

Europa-Parlamentet presser på for at opnå bedre kontrol med EUs våbeneksport. MEP Bodil Valero forklarer hvorfor.

MEPerne skaber opmærksomhed om EUs våbeneksport

During the EP plenary session (11-14 September 2017) in Strasbourg, MEPs&nbsp;debate on arms export. Statements by Bodil VALERO (Greens/EFA, SE), Rapporteur, Matti MAASIKAS, Estonian Deputy Minister for EU Affairs, Geoffrey VAN ORDEN (ECR, UK), Javier NART (ALDE, ES), Sabine LOSING, (GUE, DE) and Ulrike LUNACEK (Greens/EFA, AT).

Arms export: extracts from the debate  

Et nyt fond, Ungdomsbeskæftigelsesinitiativet, skal hjælpe EU's unge arbejdsløse, En bøn om hjælp til Syrien og en rapport om våbeneksport skydes i sænk.

Ungdomsarbejdsløshed / Syrien / Våbeneksport

Revideret lovgivning, vedtaget af EP, sikrer at lande, der modtager eksport af farlige kemikalier, der er skadelige for mennesker og miljø, forbliver i førersædet.

Restriktioner på eksport af farlige kemikalier

Hvordan stopper vi EU's eksport af lette våben til lande, der krænker menneskerettighederne? MEP'erne diskuterer de aktuelle problemer og løsningerne på dem.

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EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain