EU doubles steel tariffs and halves duty-free quotas
→ UK trade compliance teams face doubled steel tariffs and 47% smaller duty-free quotas
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India mandates phytosanitary and APEDA authenticity certificates for rice exports to Europe
→ Export compliance teams must present specified certificates for EU-bound rice consignments
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India exempts rice exports to select European countries from inspection certificate for six months
→ Rice exporters: shipments to listed European markets exempt from inspection certificate
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EU Parliament blocks extension of child sexual-abuse scanning carve-out
→ Platform content-safety teams lose legal basis to scan private messages
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EU activates biometric Entry/Exit System at 29 Schengen borders
→ Airlines and cross‑Channel operators face longer passenger processing and turnaround delays
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Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Austria ask EU to impose windfall tax on energy firms
→ Multinational oil firms face an EU tax on excess fossil-fuel profits
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EU bans staff use of AI-generated images and videos in official communications
→ EU institutions — the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU — banned staff from using fully AI-generated videos and images in official communications while allowing AI only for image-quality enhancements.
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Slovenia caps petrol purchases at 50 litres per motorist
→ Slovenia capped retail petrol sales for private motorists at 50 litres per day, set a 200-litre daily ceiling for businesses and farmers, and required petrol stations to enforce the limits at point of sale.
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EU charges Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos for letting children access porn
→ The European Union charged Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos with breaching the Digital Services Act and said they face fines of up to 6% of global annual turnover if found guilty.
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EU fines online platforms importing unsafe goods
→ The European Union agreed to impose penalties of up to 6% of annual import value on online marketplaces that systematically import unsafe products and authorised suspension powers under revisions to the EU Customs Code.
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Slovenia imposes 50-litre daily fuel limit for motorists
→ The caps aim to curb cross-border buying and prevent local stock strain.
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European Union and Australia sign free trade pact and agree defense partnership
→ The pact aims to diversify trade ties and reduce reliance on China and exposure to volatile U.S. tariffs.
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