To ensure this site works properly, we sometimes install small data files known as cookies on users’ devices. Most large websites do this as well.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that websites install on the computers or mobile devices of users who visit them. Cookies allow the website to remember users’ actions and preferences (such as login identifiers, language, font size, and other display settings) so that users do not need to reconfigure them each time they return to the site or browse its pages.
How do we use cookies?
On some pages, we use cookies to remember:
- Your display preferences (such as contrast, color, or font size).
- Whether you have already responded to a pop-up survey about the usefulness of certain content (to avoid asking you again).
- Whether you have consented to our use of cookies on the website.
Additionally, some of the videos embedded on our pages use cookies to generate anonymous statistics on how you reached them and which videos you have viewed.
Cookies are also stored by Europa Analytics, the service that evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of European Commission websites hosted on the EUROPA server.
Although cookies are not essential for the website to function, enabling them will provide you with a better browsing experience. You can delete or block cookies, but doing so may cause some features of this website to stop working properly.
The information associated with cookies is not used to personally identify you. Moreover, we keep full control over your browsing data. These cookies are used exclusively for the purposes described here.
Do we use other cookies?
Some of our pages or subsites may use cookies other than those described above. If so, information about these cookies will be provided in the respective cookie usage notice. You may be required to give your consent to store these cookies.
How to control cookies
You can control or delete cookies whenever you want; for more information, visit aboutcookies.org. In addition to deleting all cookies already stored on your computer, you can also configure most browsers to stop accepting cookies. However, please note that if you reject cookies, you may need to manually reconfigure your preferences every time you visit a site, and certain services and functionalities may stop working.
