DG GROW published results of the 2025 Joint Actions on Compliance of Products campaign on thermal insulation, 19 October 2026. 106 samples of 6 materials bought in 14 countries: 31 of 97 (32%) failed thermal resistance, 11 of 81 (14%) did not meet their declared reaction-to-fire class, and 68 (64%)...
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2328 suspended entry into the EU of poultry, germinal products of poultry, and fresh meat of poultry and game birds from five new highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) zones: three in Canada (Alberta, Manitoba) and two in Minnesota, United States. Also corrected the reauthorisation date for...
Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/2299, published 16 October 2026, moves the difenoconazole MRLs from Annex III into Annex II to Reg. 396/2005 following EFSA's Article 12 review, and applies from 5 May 2027. Limits are lowered for potatoes and sweet potatoes (0.07 mg/kg), aubergines (0.5), chards (3), cardoons and celeries (5),...
Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/2289, published 16 October 2026, set new maximum residue levels in Annex II to Reg. 396/2005 for acequinocyl, deltamethrin, dodine, maleic hydrazide, pinoxaden and prothioconazole, at the levels recommended by EFSA following applications. Main limits: acequinocyl 2 mg/kg in blueberries, cranberries, currants and gooseberries; deltamethrin 0.15 mg/kg...
Council adopted Decision (EU) 2026/2256 on 24 September 2026 (published 8 October 2026) setting the EU's position for an EEA Joint Committee decision amending Protocol 10 (simplification of inspections and formalities for carriage of goods) and Protocol 31 (cooperation outside the four freedoms) of the EEA Agreement to establish the...
Council Decision (EU) 2026/2240, adopted 24 September 2026 and published 6 October 2026, establishes the EU's position for the EEA Joint Committee to amend Annex XX (Environment) of the EEA Agreement to incorporate the CBAM Regulation (EU) 2023/956 and its 2025 amendment Regulation (EU) 2025/2083 (which simplifies and strengthens the...
The European Commission published the Q3 2026 price of CBAM certificates: EUR 82.32, published on 5 October 2026. Each 2026 quarterly price is calculated by the Commission in the first calendar week after the quarter ends, based on publicly available EU ETS auction information. The 2026 quarterly prices so far...
Commission published its 'How CBAM certificates work' factsheet (30 September 2026) setting out the certificate timeline for importers. CBAM certificates go on sale on 1 February 2027 and are bought, held and surrendered through the CBAM Registry from that date. There is no quarterly obligation in 2026: for 2026 embedded...
Council agreed its negotiating stance on the remaining part of the 'Omnibus X' food and feed safety simplification package on 30 September 2026. The key import measure amends the maximum residue levels (MRL) regulation: MRLs for particularly hazardous pesticides that can no longer be used in the EU (substances that...
Commission published its Article 2a(3) assessment of the CBAM single mass-based de minimis threshold on 30 September 2026. For 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 the current 50-tonne threshold would exempt 0.87% of embedded emissions - below the 1% ceiling - so it stays unchanged. A delegated act under...
The WTO Dispute Settlement Body agreed on 25 September 2026 to the Russian Federation's second request to establish a panel (dispute DS639) to review the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) package and an alleged export subsidy under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). Russia argues the CBAM package creates...
Commission published a draft list of non-OECD countries that could be authorised to import non-hazardous waste from the EU after 21 May 2027, when the Waste Shipment Regulation (adopted 2024) otherwise ends EU waste exports to non-OECD countries. Exports may continue only to non-OECD countries that requested it and can...
Commission amended Annex I to the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR, Regulation (EU) 2023/1115) — the list of relevant commodities and products subject to due-diligence obligations — through Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/2102. The changes are limited, targeted technical fixes to give operators, downstream operators, traders and authorities legal certainty on which...
The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) reporting obligations apply from 11 September 2026, and the Commission published practical guidance to help manufacturers, developers and businesses meet their obligations. The CRA requires products with digital elements to be designed, updated and maintained to protect users from security risks, with CE marking...
Commission added chlorpyrifos (CAS 2921-88-2) to Annex I of the EU Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 (Delegated Reg (EU) 2026/1423), implementing the Stockholm Convention COP-12 decision (28 April–9 May 2025) to list it in Annex A. It is listed without specific exemptions — chlorpyrifos is not approved as a...
The Commission granted a time-limited exemption (Reg (EU) 2026/1975) from the F-gas Regulation (EU) 2024/573 placing-on-market bans that apply from 1 January 2027, allowing compressed air refrigerated dryers (CARDs) containing fluorinated greenhouse gases with a GWP of 150 or more to keep being placed on the EU market. It covers...