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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13241

2 September 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 19
SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy
EU Building Stock Observatory, European Commission updates online tool to boost energy efficiency of buildings
Brussels, 01/09/2023 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 31 August, the European Commission announced the launch of an enhanced version of the ‘EU Building Stock Observatory’ (EU BSO), an online tool designed to monitor the energy performance of buildings in all EU countries.

While inter-institutional negotiations on the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (see EUROPE B12854A13) continue (see other news), this update aims to increase transparency on energy efficiency in line with the Energy Performance of...

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