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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13241

2 September 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 19
NEWS BRIEFS / Research
European Commission announces 15 finalists in European Social Innovation Awards for 2023

01/09/2023 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 31 August, the European Commission announced the 15 finalists in the European Social Innovation Competition 2023 (EUSIC). EUSIC is supported by Horizon Europe and the European Innovation Council (EIC) and rewards social innovation projects that respond to societal challenges and support European objectives such as the green transition. These finalists have social innovation projects that offer solutions to this year’s challenge: ‘Fighting...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: NextGenerationEU recovery plan, EU countries waive almost €100 billion in loans
ECONOMY: Poland, Hungary and Croatia submit their revised recovery plan including a ‘REPowerEU’ chapter
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: EU ministers to discuss new genomic techniques in Cordoba from 3 to 5 September
AGRICULTURE: European Commission refuses to extend derogations from CAP measures
ANIMAL HEALTH: European Commission adopts emergency measures following new cases of African swine fever in Italy
ENERGY: energy performance of buildings, little progress noted at end of second meeting of interinstitutional negotiations
ENERGY: EU Building Stock Observatory, European Commission updates online tool to boost energy efficiency of buildings
HOME AFFAIRS: withdrawal of child sexual abuse material online, draft regulation still raises differences of opinion within Member States
COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE HEARINGS IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
EYCS/RESEARCH: MEPs to hear Bulgarian Iliana Ivanova on 5 September
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: reform of EU’s institutional architecture, as put forward by European Parliament task force
EXTERNAL ACTION
CAUCASUS: EU calls for opening of Lachin corridor
GEORGIA: Charles Michel calls for continued reforms
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: EU authorises BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine suitable for autumn vaccination campaigns
NEWS BRIEFS
COMPETITION: entry into force of simplified EU rules for certain company mergers that do not raise competition concerns
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European Parliament/EU Council negotiations launched on ‘Ecodesign for Sustainable Products’ regulation
MOLDOVA: European Commission proposes putting an end to roaming charges between EU and Moldova
DIGITAL: European Commission and Ankara sign an agreement to give Turkish businesses access to Digital Europe programme
RESEARCH: European Commission announces 15 finalists in European Social Innovation Awards for 2023
RUSSIA: trade with Moscow now accounts for less than 2% of EU’s total external trade