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At their one-day summit on 15 December 2022, the Heads of State or Government of the EU Member States adopted conclusions, which included further political guidance on Russia's military aggression against Ukraine.

On 9 December 2022, the Council adopted conclusions on the fight against impunity regarding crimes committed in connection with Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The Council prompts, among other things, Member States to adopt measures to fully implement the definition of core international crimes and modes of liability enshrined in the Rome Statute. Ukraine is called on to accede to the Rome Statute.

On 15 December 2022, the European declaration on digital rights and principles was signed by the Presidents of the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council, reflecting the shared political commitment of the EU and its Member States to promote and implement the rights and principles in all areas of digital life. It aims to promote a sustainable, human-centric vision for the digital transformation.

New legislation (the NIS 2 Directive) strives for a higher common level of cybersecurity across the Union, and for further improving the resilience and incident response capacities of both the public and private sector and the EU as a whole.

On 6 December 2022, the Council approved the conclusions on the progress achieved by the Code of Conduct Group (CoCG) on Business Taxation during the Czech Presidency.The Council welcomed the progress achieved by the Code of Conduct Group during the Czech Presidency and reaffirmed …

On 6 December 2022, the Council has adopted its common position on the Artificial Intelligence Act. The compromise text proposes several amendments of the Commission's legislative draft which was presented in April 2021.

On 2 December 2022, the Commission tabled a proposal for a directive on the definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures. It shortly comes after the Council gave green light to add the violation of restrictive measures to the list of "EU crimes" in Art. 83(1) TFEU, which empowers the EU to legislate on harmonised criminal law rules.

On 8 December 2022, the Council adopted a decision on full application of the Schengen acquis in Croatia, but blocked accession of Romania and Bulgaria into the area without internal border checks.

At the beginning of November 2022, the Commission adopted a revised EU Action Plan to put an end to illegal wildlife trade, as announced in the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. It directs the EU efforts in combating wildlife trafficking until 2027 and addresses four main priorities.

On 8 November 2022, the EU finance ministers agreed on a revised code of conduct for business taxation in order to tackle harmful tax competition, tax evasion, and tax avoidance in the EU.