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On 27 January 2026, the European Construction Observatory (ECO) held a webinar, Foundations for the future – a new phase for the European Construction Observatory, to announce the launch of ECO’s new phase and introduce the updated platform and outputs.
Today, the European Commission adopted the 2026 Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report, the sixth in an annual series, evaluating the functioning of the Single Market and assessing the conditions for businesses to innovate, grow, and compete while delivering sustainable prosperity.
In fifth Single Market Enforcement Task Force (SMET) report, the European Commission and EU countries present the work done in previous year on removing concrete barriers to individuals or companies wishing to establish or do business across the EU.
Silandro/Schlanders in Italy, Caldas da Rainha, in Portugal, and Barcelona, in Spain, have been named as the 2026 European Capitals of Small Retail.
The European Commission has published a study assessing the application of selected provisions of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED).
During the WEF in Davos, Minister Akazawa Ryosei (Japan) and Executive vice-president Stéphane Séjourné (European Commission) reaffirmed their intention to advance cooperation in wide-ranging areas under the Japan-EU Competitiveness Alliance launched at the 30th Japan-EU Summit on July 23, 2025.
The second call for strategic projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) has now closed. The European Commission received more than 160 applications, confirming the continued strong interest in being awarded the ‘strategic project' status.
The General Assembly brings together high-level members of the alliance from industry, Member States, regional authorities, and civil society. It serves as a forum to maintain critical production, address capacity risks, and drive investments in decarbonisation and innovation.
The European Commission has published Guidelines under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) to bring further predictability and ensure transparency for companies.
On 30 December 2025, the regulation on compulsory licensing for crisis management, amending Regulation (EC) No 816/2006, was published in the Official Journal of the European Union.