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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13224

18 July 2023
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NEWS BRIEFS / Fundamental rights
European Commission opens nominations for 2024 Access City Award

17/07/23 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 17 July, the European Commission and the European Disability Forum opened the call for entries for the 2024 Access City Award. This prize is awarded to European cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants that have made significant efforts to become accessible for people with disabilities. This year, a special ‘New European Bauhaus’ award (see EUROPE B13101A19) will also be presented to a city of which the accessibility efforts are consistent with the...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
LATIN AMERICA: Europeans and Latin Americans begin a rapprochement by focusing on their common interests
HAITI: EU mobilises €10 million in emergency aid in response to worsening major humanitarian crisis
TUNISIA: EU and Tunisia seal a partnership to deepen their relations and prevent migrants arriving in EU
IRAQ: EU welcomes progress in human rights and democracy
CAUCASUS: Charles Michel calls for courageous steps to normalise relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan 
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: all proposals to improve European Parliament’s ethics rules on point of being approved, says Roberta Metsola 
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: appointment of Fiona Scott Morton, MEPs to hear Margrethe Vestager on 18 July
Russian invasion of Ukraine
AGRICULTURE: EU condemns Russia’s decision to terminate agreement on Ukrainian cereal exports
SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: uncertainty over future of fisheries agreement between EU and Morocco
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca calls on European Commission to take measures to help cereal producers
ENVIRONMENT: PAN Europe accuses European Commission of speeding up glyphosate renewal procedure by violating EU transparency rules
HEALTH: EU steps up action to prevent antibiotic shortages next winter
MIGRATION: crisis and force majeure management, work continues at EU Council despite concerns of many NGOs about ‘instrumentalisation’ aspect
MIGRATION: European Parliament’s rapporteur on ‘migrant screening’ regulation makes a mixed assessment of first negotiation meetings
JUSTICE: International Criminal Justice Day, Josep Borrell reaffirms EU’s commitments
ENERGY: interinstitutional negotiations on ‘gas’ package; initial discussions on points relating to governance and ‘blending’
ENERGY: gas supply for summer 2023, EU on track according to ENTSOG, ACER recommends improvements 
ENERGY: NGOs and industry organisations in heat pump sector are calling for greater political clarity regarding elimination of fossil-fuel boilers
DIGITAL: cybersecurity, European Commission consults to assess whether ENISA is achieving its mandate and objectives
DIGITAL: DSA, CERRE recommends using financial sector as a model for risk assessment by very large online platforms
DIGITAL: according to Commission, Member States’ policies on strengthening social inclusion in digital field have regressed in 2022
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: MEP Kira-Marie Peter-Hansen proposes new taxes to tackle various crises
ECONOMY: Austria and Slovenia submit their revised recovery plans
COMPETITION: European Commission approves an Italian State aid scheme worth €125 million to modernise rail freight transport
NEWS BRIEFS
CHINA: EU renews anti-dumping duties on several Chinese products
NORTH KOREA: EU condemns launch of new intercontinental ballistic missile
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Commission opens nominations for 2024 Access City Award
ENERGY: ACER publishes assessment of emergency measures for electricity in response to energy challenges
FINANCE: European Commission consults on equivalence and compliance of Australia’s financial markets with EU regulated market requirements
MEDIA: European Commission supports Russian media independent of Kremlin
DIGITAL: Norway temporarily bans behaviour-based marketing on Facebook and Instagram
CSDP: Marques Dias’ mandate as head of EUAM CAR mission to be extended