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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13194

6 June 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 30
NEWS BRIEFS / Court of justice
Vittorio Di Bucci, new Registrar of EU General Court

05/06/2023 (Agence Europe) – Vittorio Di Bucci officially took up his duties as Registrar of the General Court of the European Union on Monday 5 June, for a six-year term running until Monday 4 June 2029. He is the third Registrar since the creation of this court, succeeding Hans Jung (1989-2005) and Emmanuel Coulon (October 2005-April 2023). (MB)

Contents

SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL interview: Nicolas Schmit believes that Member States “must no longer delay entering into negotiations” with European Parliament on digital platform workers
SOCIAL: Swedish Presidency of EU Council is convinced that an agreement can be reached on digital platform workers directive
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: European Commission wants a label to be introduced immediately to identify content generated by artificial intelligence
DIGITAL: Věra Jourová believes Twitter made a mistake by leaving EU Code of Practice on Disinformation
JUSTICE/CLIMATE: draft Council of Europe convention against environmental crime, Member States to examine framework for negotiations
CLIMATE: at a hearing of European Parliament Environment Committee, Samantha Burgess reiterates urgent need for ambitious action to combat climate change in Europe
TRANSPORT: negotiations between EU Council and European Parliament on ‘Single European Sky’ are moving forward
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU Council conclusions on future disasters expected on 8 June regarding EU’s resilience objectives and preparedness for chemical and nuclear incidents
HEALTH: EU Council is due to adopt its position on fees and charges payable to EMA on 13 June
HEALTH: European Commission and WHO launch landmark digital health initiative for global health security
AGRICULTURE: EU-Australia agreement, several EU ministers concerned about offers for sensitive products
ENERGY: new renewable energy capacity has saved EU consumers €100 billion over 2021-2023 period, according to IEA
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
POLAND: Polish law on independence and private life of judges infringes EU law, says Court of Justice
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: EU High Representative proposes to strengthen EUBAM Libya missions
DEFENCE: Josep Borrell calls for greater security cooperation between EU and Asia
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: MEPs debate inflation and greening of monetary institute’s balance sheet with Christine Lagarde
STATE AID: European Commission is working on a “simpler, faster and more predictable” regulatory framework, says Margrethe Vestager
TAXATION: European ministers to discuss VAT, energy tax and shell companies at next ‘Economic and Financial Affairs’ Council
MONEY LAUNDERING: Germany creates a Federal Agency to combat financial crime
STATE AID: European Commission authorises €346 million Polish aid scheme to meet farmers’ liquidity needs
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: an additional €86 million for EU’s civil protection mechanism and food chain strand of single market programme
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: directive to combat violence against women, despite prospect of a political agreement, legal basis is being debated
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: Bonn Climate Change Conference, from 5 to 15 June, prepares ground for COP28
COURT OF JUSTICE: Vittorio Di Bucci, new Registrar of EU General Court
DEVELOPMENT: Tomas Tobé calls on EU to take action against Uganda’s anti-homosexuality act
ENERGY: ACER to consult on revision of grid connection network codes
ENVIRONMENT: Virginijus Sinkevičius welcomes progress towards a first draft of a future UN treaty on plastic pollution before November
EU2023ES: Pedro Sánchez plays down risk of general elections interfering with future Spanish Presidency of EU Council
SENEGAL: EU expresses concern at political and social violence and deplores deaths
SUDAN: EU welcomes extension of UNITAMS mandate until December