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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12832

16 November 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 34
SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment
EU soil strategy expected on 17 November will provide missing general legal framework for this resource
Brussels, 15/11/2021 (Agence Europe)

To tackle the multiple threats to soil - a multifunctional resource essential for life - the EU Soil Strategy, expected from the European Commission on Wednesday 17 November, will provide both a new holistic vision and an overall legal framework for healthy EU soil.

According to a draft seen by EUROPE, this vision will be anchored in two EU strategies at the heart of the ‘European Green Deal’: the Biodiversity Strategy 2030 and the Climate Change Adaptation Strategy.

The EU Soil...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
BELARUS: EU extends its sanctions against Lukashenko regime to include instrumentalisation of human beings
WESTERN BALKANS: EU wants to involve region more in its foreign policy
SAHEL: EU moves towards targeted sanctions for Mali
SUDAN: EU strongly condemns military violence against peaceful demonstrators
TRADE: WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies make progress
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SECURITY: EU calls for universal non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and restrictions on certain conventional weapons
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: European Commission refuses to intervene in pigmeat market
AGRICULTURE: EU ministers still require impact assessment on ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy
AGRICULTURE: EU Council adopts conclusions on new EU forest strategy for 2030
FISHERIES: EU ministers outline their priorities in 2022 quota negotiations with UK
FISHERIES: NGOs denounce EU aid for “destructive” industrial fishing
ENVIRONMENT: EU soil strategy expected on 17 November will provide missing general legal framework for this resource
ENVIRONMENT: fighting imported deforestation, Pascal Canfin confident in potential of proposed EU regulation expected on 17 November
CLIMATE: COP26 closes on lowest common denominator
TRANSPORT: renewable fuels in maritime transport, first Slovenian compromise text in EU Council
TRANSPORT: alternative fuel infrastructure, MEPs want solutions tailored to truck drivers’ needs
DIGITAL: Member States to discuss EU Council Presidency’s latest DSA compromise text on Wednesday 17 November
RESEARCH: European Court of Auditors confirms soundness of accounts of EU Joint Undertaking for 2020
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: EU Council discusses first draft compromise on management of medical countermeasures in health emergencies
HOME AFFAIRS: Covid certificates issued by Georgia, Moldova, New Zealand and Serbia recognised as equivalent to those issued in EU
COHESION: REACT-EU, green light for additional €114 million for France and Austria
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: mutagenic and carcinogenic agents, EU Council takes a step towards European Parliament in framework of interinstitutional negotiations
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: evolution of monetary policy will depend on evolution of Covid-19 pandemic
TAXATION: final adoption of country-by-country reporting directive
NEWS BRIEFS
BRAZIL: Brazil challenges EU food safety criteria on poultry at WTO
CLIMATE/FINANCE: almost 130 civil society organisations call on Berlin to oppose inclusion of nuclear and gas in EU taxonomy
TRADE: EU imposes definitive anti-dumping duties on US and Saudi mono ethylene glycol
ENERGY: six new countries join commitment to stop financing fossil fuel projects abroad by end of 2022
SPACE: EUSPA to support research and innovation in context of green and digital transitions
LIBYA: international community calls for accepting results of upcoming December elections
SOCIAL/CLIMATE: EPP Group in European Parliament gets report on Social Climate Fund in Employment and Social Affairs Committee
SYRIA: EU sanctions four new ministers
TERRORISM: five Member States targeted for infringement proceedings for failing to transpose new counter-terrorism rules
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