What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit it. Cookies enable the website to remember your actions and preferences (login, language, font size and other display preferences) for a period of time. This means you do not have to re-enter them each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another.
How are cookies used?
Some of our pages use cookies to remember:
- your display preferences, such as the color or font size
- whether you have responded to a pop-up survey about the usefulness of the content (so that you are not asked again)
- whether you have accepted (or declined) the use of cookies on the site.
In addition, some video materials hosted on our pages use cookies to collect anonymous statistics about how you reached the site and which video materials you viewed.
Cookies are also stored by the administrative service Europa Analytics, which measures the efficiency and effectiveness of the European Commission websites on the EUROPA portal.
Enabling cookies is not strictly necessary for the site to function, but it may improve your browsing experience. You can delete or block cookies; however, if you do so, some features of the site may not function properly.
The information associated with cookies is not used to identify you personally. In addition, we keep your browsing preference data under control. Cookies are not used for any purposes other than those described here.
Do we use other cookies?
Some of our pages or subsites may use additional cookies or cookies different from those described above. In this case, you will find details on the specific pages concerning cookies. You may also be asked for your consent to their storage.
How can you control cookies?
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, visit the aboutcookies.org website. You can delete all cookies from your computer and set most browsers to block them from being placed. If you do so, you may need to manually set some preferences each time you visit the site. Some services or options may also not function.