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A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site.<\/p>\r\n
Every time you visit the Commission\u2019s websites, you will be prompted to accept or refuse cookies.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n The purpose is to enable the site to remember your preferences (such as user name, language, etc.) for a certain period of time.<\/p>\r\n That way, you don\u2019t have to re-enter them when browsing around the site during the same visit.<\/p>\r\n Cookies can also be used to establish anonymised statistics about the browsing experience on our sites.<\/p>\r\n European Commission websites mostly use \u201cfirst-party cookies\u201d. These are cookies set and controlled by the Commission, not by any external organisation.<\/p>\r\n However, to view some of our pages, you will have to accept cookies from external organisations.<\/p>\r\n The 3 types of first-party cookie<\/strong> we use are to:<\/p>\r\n Visitor preferences<\/strong><\/p>\r\n These are set by us and only we can read them. They remember:<\/p>\r\n Operational cookies<\/strong><\/p>\r\n There are some cookies that we have to include in order for certain web pages to function. For this reason, they do not require your consent. In particular:<\/p>\r\n Some of our pages display content from external providers, e.g. YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.<\/p>\r\n To view this third-party content, you first have to accept their specific terms and conditions. This includes their cookie policies, which we have no control over.<\/p>\r\n But if you do not view this content, no third-party cookies are installed on your device.<\/p>\r\n Third-party providers on Commission websites<\/strong><\/p>\r\n You Tube<\/a> These third-party services are outside of the control of the Commission. Providers may, at any time, change their terms of service, purpose and use of cookies, etc.<\/p>\r\n\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” content_width=”full-width” anchor=”” content_aligment=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n Name<\/strong><\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n Service<\/strong><\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n Purpose<\/strong><\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n Cookie type and duration<\/strong><\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” content_width=”full-width” anchor=”” content_aligment=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column] cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n Necessary<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the “Necessary” category .<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n session<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” content_width=”full-width” anchor=”” content_aligment=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n Necessary<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Functional”.<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n session<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” content_width=”full-width” anchor=”” content_aligment=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n Necessary<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to store the user consent for cookies in the category “Performance”.<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n session<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” content_width=”full-width” anchor=”” content_aligment=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n Necessary<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column 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row_type=”row” content_width=”full-width” anchor=”” content_aligment=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n cookielawinfo-checkbox-others<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n Necessary<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to store the user consent for cookies in the category “Others”.<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n session<\/p>\r\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” content_width=”full-width” anchor=”” content_aligment=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” content_width=”full-width” anchor=”” content_aligment=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n Removing cookies from your device<\/strong><\/p>\r\n You can delete all 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This will remove all cookies from all websites you have visited.<\/p>\r\n Be aware though that you may also lose some saved information (e.g. saved login details, site preferences).<\/p>\r\n Managing site-specific cookies<\/strong><\/p>\r\n For more detailed control over site-specific cookies, check the privacy and cookie settings in your preferred browser<\/p>\r\n Blocking cookies<\/strong><\/p>\r\n You can set most modern browsers to prevent any cookies being placed on your device, but you may then have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site\/page. And some services and functionalities may not work properly at all (e.g. profile logging-in).<\/p>\r\nHow do we use cookies?<\/h2>\r\n
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