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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13264

5 October 2023
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Cohesion
Pompeii site restored thanks to €78 million from ERDF
Brussels, 04/10/2023 (Agence Europe)

The ‘Grande Progetto Pompei’, a major project to restore the archaeological site of Pompeii, one of Italy’s most popular tourist attractions, came to an end on Wednesday 4 October, according to the European Commission.

The project lasted 10 years and received over €78 million from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), one of the EU’s cohesion policy instruments (see EUROPE B11767A22).

Thanks to total funding of €105 million (€78 million from the ERDF), 70...

Contents

GRANADA SUMMIT
FUTURE OF EUROPE: European leaders to meet in Granada to discuss future of continent
COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE HEARINGS IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
CLIMATE: Maroš Šefčovič and Wopke Hoekstra win support of European Parliament Environment Committee
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
MIGRATION: MEPs call on EU Council to not waste anymore time in advancing ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament adopts its position on revision of ‘Classification and Labelling of Dangerous Chemicals’ regulation
ENVIRONMENT: glyphosate, European Parliament divided over 10-year authorisation renewal
ENERGY: MEPs deplore absence of EU Council from debate on withdrawal from Energy Charter Treaty
WESTERN BALKANS: MEPs call for tougher stance on Belgrade following latest developments in northern Kosovo
FUTURE OF EU: if Ukraine collapses, EU will suffer same fate, warns Petr Pavel
UZBEKISTAN: European Parliament makes recommendations for future development of EU-Uzbekistan relations
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Parliament calls for “desegregation strategies” to include Roma children in schools
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Parliament wants to harmonise rights of people with autism in EU
BANKS: European Parliament supports appointment of Claudia Buch as head of Single Supervisory Mechanism
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Member States finally have their mandate on regulation on crisis situations and instrumentalisation in field of migration
HEALTH: Pernille Weiss wants to encourage innovation to address unmet medical needs
TRANSPORT: European Commission wants to boost cycling
ANIMAL HEALTH: European Commission could propose a revision of rules on animal transport in December
FISHERIES: European Commission soon to be authorised to negotiate an EU/Iceland memorandum of understanding on enhanced cooperation
COMPETITIVENESS: green technology producers call on EU Council not to widen list of technologies in Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA)
COMPETITIVENESS: green transition, calls to limit regulatory burden on industry continue to multiply
COHESION: Pompeii site restored thanks to €78 million from ERDF
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHINA: European Commission officially launches anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: retail investment strategy, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin’s report opposes partial ban on commissions proposed by European Commission
TAXATION: OECD countries adopt multilateral convention on corporate minimum tax
ECONOMY: European Fiscal Board warns of excessive growth in net public spending in 2022
COMPANIES: verification of sustainable reporting will be decisive, say international experts
COMPETITION: European Commission updates rules for small amounts of aid in fisheries sector
STATE AID: European Commission approves Italian measure worth €910 million to support development of agro-industrial sector
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: directive aimed at combating violence against women, European Parliament and EU Council remain divided on issue of rape
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: legal presumption of salaried status for workers on digital platforms, Elisabetta Gualmini takes an important step closer to EU Council
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ENVIRONMENT: General Court upholds EU ban on chlorpyrifos-methyl
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Council of Europe sets out 12 recommendations to combat hate crimes against LGBTI people
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Janusz Wojciechowski visits Greek regions hit by flooding
STATE AID: European Commission authorises a Lithuanian measure worth €193 million to develop offshore wind turbines
ARMENIA: EU welcomes Yerevan’s ratification of Rome Statute of ICC
EDUCATION: €189 million under Erasmus+ to develop European university alliances