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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13193

3 June 2023
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BREACHES OF EU LAW / Environment
Italy faces pecuniary penalties for inadequate wastewater treatment
Brussels, 02/06/2023 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 1 June, the European Commission decided to take Italy to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a second time for inadequate wastewater treatment in five agglomerations, with the risk of pecuniary penalties if Italy does not fully comply with EU law.

This second referral to the Court concerns Italy’s failure to comply with a 2014 judgment of the CJEU, which found Italy in persistent breach of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which requires...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: Since February 2022, the double life of Ukrainians
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Member States’ telecommunications ministers review investment needed to ensure future of connectivity in EU
HOME AFFAIRS: despite doubts of Legal Service of EU Council, Member States maintain objectives of regulation on removal of child sexual abuse material online
TRANSPORT: exchange of information on road traffic offences, European Ministers worry about administrative overload
TRANSPORT: European ministers consider ways to remedy air network saturation
TRANSPORT: European ministers discuss environmental impact of private jet travel
HEALTH: European Parliament stunned by promotion of snus in middle of debate on prevention of non-communicable diseases
ENVIRONMENT: toxic pesticide dimoxystrobin soon to be banned in EU after Member States’ go-ahead
CLIMATE/ENERGY: Virginijus Sinkevičius believes that energy sector is at intersection of European Green Deal’s “problems and solutions”
ENERGY: ENTSO-E confirms generation capacity in Europe will be sufficient to meet energy needs this summer
ENERGY: network congestion in EU gas markets tripled in 2022, according to ACER
ENERGY: electricity market reform, European renewables sector deplores proposal to cap revenues in times of crisis
RESEARCH: €77.5 million in European funding to support 73 staff mobility projects in R&I sector
EXTERNAL ACTION
CENTRAL ASIA: second summit to strengthen cooperation and European Union’s presence in region
CAUCASUS: further meeting between Mr Michel and leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on 21 July in Brussels
SERBIA/KOSOVO: after a week of violence in north of country, Albin Kurti, announces organisation of new elections
MERCOSUR: French Trade Minister Olivier Becht to visit Latin America from 5 to 9 June
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2024: European environmentalists intend to run resolutely pan-European campaign
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: European Commission publishes new report on support for Member States under SURE instrument
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: initial recommendations on sustainable finance from European supervisory authorities
BREACHES OF EU LAW
ENVIRONMENT: Italy faces pecuniary penalties for inadequate wastewater treatment
MONEY LAUNDERING: European Commission criticises Bulgaria for incorrectly transposing 5th ‘Anti-Money Laundering Directive’
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
DEMOCRACY: Dunja Mijatović condemns crackdown on climate activists
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Commission protects two new French and Turkish geographical indications
COHESION: coherent regional development is essential for EU growth, says European Commission
COMPETITIVENESS: Spanish Presidency of EU Council should reduce regulatory burdens for businesses, according to BusinessEurope
ECONOMY: Denmark unveils ‘REPowerEU’ chapter of its recovery plan
ENERGY: ACER approves amendments to methodology for calculating scheduled exchanges resulting from single ‘day-ahead’ coupling
DIGITAL: Věra Jourová and Thierry Breton prepare to meet signatories of Code of Practice on Disinformation to take stock of challenges ahead
POLAND: Polish president backs down on legislation to set up a special committee on Russian interference
HEALTH: first ‘European Myasthenia Gravis Day’ held on 2 June
HEALTH: European Parliament recognises role of bacteriophages in fight against antimicrobial resistance
FOOD SAFETY: EFSA publishes scientific opinion on UV-treated powder of yellow mealworm as novel food