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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12956

20 May 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 40
NEWS BRIEFS / Environment
The six Natura 2000 Award winners are revealed

19/05/2022 (Agence Europe) – European Commissioner for Environment Virginijus Sinkevičius announced the six winners of the 2022 Natura 2000 Awards at a ceremony on the evening of 18 May. The winners are rewarded for excellence in management projects in this pan-European network of protected natural areas covering more than 18% of the EU’s territory and around 9% of its marine areas. Projects were awarded in the following categories and countries: - Greece: Land Conservation Award; -...

Contents

Russian invasion of Ukraine
ENERGY: EU Council and European Parliament reach provisional agreement on gas storage
ENERGY: REPowerEU, European Union faces challenge of reconciling Russian fossil fuel exit with environmental objectives
DEVELOPMENT: G7 Ministers determined to cooperate in ‘Global Alliance for Food Security’
STATE AID: green light for €25 million in French aid for fisheries sector in context of invasion of Ukraine
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
JUSTICE: European Parliament approves proposal to allow Eurojust to store evidence on war crimes
TRADE: European Parliament approves temporary removal of tariffs on imports from Ukraine
ECONOMY: European Parliament calls for new EU funding to cushion economic consequences in EU from Russian invasion of Ukraine
ENLARGEMENT: European Parliament calls again for opening of EU accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania
RULE OF LAW: European Parliament confirmed that it wants annual reports on Rule of law to be more prescriptive
TAXATION: European Parliament urges EU Council to rapidly integrate OECD agreement on minimum taxation of multinationals into EU
BELARUS: European Parliament condemns amendment to Criminal Code introducing death penalty
SECTORAL POLICIES
HOME AFFAIRS: Schengen, French Presidency of EU Council adjusts articles related to modalities of extension of internal border controls
ENERGY: European Commission still wary of reforming EU electricity market
DIGITAL: artificial intelligence, French EU Council Presidency defines requirements for general purpose systems
CLIMATE: revision of LULUCF Regulation, revised draft compromise in EU Council
SEA: launch of EU Blue Economy Observatory to support sustainable ocean-related projects
INDUSTRY: EU ministers to discuss semiconductor initiative on 9 June
SPACE: European Parliament and EU Council continue their work to clarify constellation project for secure connectivity
TRANSPORT: intelligent transport systems, EU Council French Presidency wants to strengthen data protection
JUSTICE: European Commission says digitalisation of justice in EU still needs improvement
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
SOCIAL: Covid-19 recognised at EU level as an occupational disease in health care and home care sectors
HEALTH: EU Member States give green light to amendment of International Health Regulations at World Health Assembly
HEALTH: EMA begins formal evaluation of Valneva’s SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and is considering authorisation of Pfizer-BioNTech booster dose for children
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: digital platforms, Elisabetta Gualmini’s report received with some reservations in European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
EXTERNAL ACTION
GULF: EU High Representative and European Commission call for stronger relations with Gulf countries
ARMENIA: EU calls on Yerevan to continue its reforms
GEORGIA: EU High Representative calls for political unity
DEVELOPMENT: EU ministers to discuss food insecurity after G7 ministerial meeting
WTO: Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver negotiations not progressing as quickly as expected
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: macroeconomic situation, ESM Managing Director, and banking union on agenda of Finance Ministers
BREACHES OF EU LAW
AUDIOVISUAL: five EU countries taken to Court of Justice for failure to transpose Audiovisual Media Services Directive
TAXATION: Malta singled out for its legislation on annual road tax
FISHERIES: Bulgaria and Spain asked to draw up their plans from maritime spatial planning
NEWS BRIEFS
TRADE: inter-institutional negotiations on Generalised Scheme of Preferences will start without a plenary vote on report
DEFENCE: Lieutenant-General Michiel Van Der Laan to be new Director General of EU Military Staff
ECONOMY: euro area inflation at 7.4% in April
ENERGY: four EU Member States commit to achieving at least 150 GW of North Sea wind capacity by 2050
ENVIRONMENT: the six Natura 2000 Award winners are revealed
SPACE: EU Council conclusions on ‘Copernicus Horizon 2035’ stabilised
DIGITAL: European Commission publishes results of its consultation on future review of Web Accessibility Directive