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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13033

1 October 2022
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Industry
France and Germany call for EU to focus its action on 30 critical raw materials
Brussels, 30/09/2022 (Agence Europe)

France and Germany are proposing that the EU focus on 30 critical raw materials, to be identified by the European Commission, in order to concentrate resources and maximise leverage, according to a joint non-paper sent to Member States on Thursday 29 September.

According to the non-paper obtained by EUROPE on Friday 30 September, the two Member States are calling for European action to focus on 30 critical raw materials with the establishment of a strategy to reduce vulnerabilities by...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: EU energy ministers agree on emergency package to tackle rising prices
ENERGY: Member States remain divided on gas price cap
INDUSTRY: France and Germany call for EU to focus its action on 30 critical raw materials
CONSUMERS: ‘sustainable consumption’ and new consumer rights, work progresses to adapt EU legislation
RESEARCH: operationalisation of EIC, European Commission appoints external fund manager
SPACE: Thierry Breton will not accept any “compromise” on participation in European constellation project
AGRICULTURE: proposal on industrial emissions causes outcry in European Parliament agriculture committee
FISHERIES: agreement between EU institutions on a 10-year extension of water access rules
FISHERIES: Oceana calls on EU and UK to end overfishing in 2023 quota negotiations
MIGRATION: new sequence to try to advance debates on solidarity mechanism of Pact on Migration and Asylum
TRANSPORT: trans-European transport network, Czech Presidency of EU Council specifies certain requirements for rail freight
Russian invasion of Ukraine
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission outlines guidelines to address situation of Russians arriving in EU to flee fighting in Ukraine
RUSSIA: fast-track negotiations in EU Council on additional sanctions against Kremlin
STATE AID: approval for €2 billion support for Italy to reinsure credit risk related to natural gas and electricity trade
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: European Parliament’s main political groups converge on more robust ‘anti-coercion’ instrument
ETHIOPIA: Janez Lenarčič reiterates EU’s urgent call for full humanitarian access throughout territory
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECOFIN: European recovery plan, repercussions in EU of Russian invasion of Ukraine, customs on agenda of European Finance Ministers
TAXATION: European Tax Observatory proposes taxing rising stock market capitalisation of energy companies
COMPETITION: European Commission upgrades eLeniency platform for online access to leniency and settlement documents
STATE AID: €390 million Romanian scheme for high-efficiency cogeneration of electricity gets green light
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENTARY PLENARY: MEPs gather in Strasbourg for a plenary session still marked by war in Ukraine and energy crisis
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic calls for respect of human rights of older persons
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: EU condemns attacks on education centre in Kabul
MYANMAR: EU reiterates its call for release of all Burmese political prisoners
COHESION: Silesia in Poland will benefit from €70 million
ECONOMY: euro area inflation estimated at 10.0% in September
INDUSTRY: European Commission opens public consultation on future European Critical Raw Materials Act
REGIONS: 100 regions and local authorities join EU mission to adapt to climate change