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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13235

25 August 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 8 / 29
SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate
Annual emission allowances, CAN Europe network and GLAN organisation are asking Commission to reconsider its decision and to be more ambitious
Brussels, 24/08/2023 (Agence Europe)

The CAN Europe coalition of NGOs fighting climate change and the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), an organisation specialising in legal action, jointly submitted, on Wednesday 23 August, a request for an internal review to the European Commission. Explained in an article published by CAN Europe on 24 August, the aim of this request is to force the EU to revise its Implementing Decision 2023/1319, which sets the annual national emission allowances (see EUROPE B13212A7) in line with the...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: DSA rules for very large online platforms and search engines now entering into application
RESEARCH: European Commission introduces two new actions to 2023 work programme of European Innovation Council
MIGRATION: Frans Timmermans had mixed feelings about agreement between EU and Tunisia
JUSTICE: protection of vulnerable adults, two United Nations experts contest several elements of the European Commission’s proposal
AGRICULTURE: European Commission imposes compulsory marking of eggs on farms
ANIMAL HEALTH: EU identifies shortcomings in Croatia’s system for transporting animals by sea to third countries
FISHERIES: Commission proposes to extend derogations from rules on landing obligation
CLIMATE: annual emission allowances, CAN Europe network and GLAN organisation are asking Commission to reconsider its decision and to be more ambitious
ENERGY: cross-border cooperation essential for building tomorrow’s interconnected electricity networks, including in Europe, according to IEA analysts
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminium, EU and Washington are still waiting with 2 months to go before deadline
RUSSIA: EU condemns new conviction of Alexei Navalny
JORDAN: EU concerned about revised cybercrime law
GUATEMALA: EU welcomes prospect of orderly transfer of presidential power
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EIB: Nadia Calviño candidate to succeed Werner Hoyer
ECONOMY: 0.3% GDP growth in euro area in second quarter
MONEY LAUNDERING: supervisory cooperation in fight against financial crime is improving, according to EBA
STATE AID: European Commission authorises Spain to step up support for audiovisual production
STATE AID: European Commission green-lights giving Prometheus €1.5 billion in support to research and develop innovative batteries
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
MEDIA: coalition of associations warns against increase in SLAPPs in Europe
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Disability Forum calls for accessible State of Union speech
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EDUCATION: discrimination in education and training, European Commission working group recommends comprehensive whole school and community-based approach
NEWS BRIEFS
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU activates a new air bridge to North Kivu
STATE AID: European Commission approves €45 million Irish aid scheme to support sustainable forest management
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Wopke Hoekstra to replace Frans Timmermans in College
ECUADOR: EU calls for those responsible for Fernando Villavicencio’s murder to be brought to justice
LIBYA: EU welcomes reunification of Central Bank
POLAND: amended law on Russian influence in Poland continues to worry European Commission
NEAR EAST: EU “appalled” by two new attacks
RUSSIA: EU launches investigation into possible circumvention of anti-dumping duties imposed on Russia