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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13274

19 October 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 38
SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy
ACER wants to review market rules regulating gas transmission capacity allocation in Europe
Brussels, 18/10/2023 (Agence Europe)

The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) announced, on Tuesday 17 October, that it will launch a public consultation as part of the review of the Capacity Allocation Mechanisms Network Code (‘CAM NC’), which regulates the gas transmission capacity allocation.

Following the global pandemic of 2020 and the European energy crisis of 2022, the European gas market is re-evaluating its market rules, or ‘network codes’, to make them more resilient and align them with the...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
HOME AFFAIRS: drugs, drones, visa-free regimes – European Commission presents a new package of measures to strengthen internal security in EU
HOME AFFAIRS/MIGRATION: EU home affairs ministers to examine implications for internal security of conflict between Israel and Hamas
DIGITAL: Commission calls on Member States to fast-track implementation of DSA to curb dissemination of disinformation and illegal content online
AGRICULTURE: twelve EU countries call for strategic discussion on organic production
ENERGY: ACER wants to review market rules regulating gas transmission capacity allocation in Europe
ENERGY: according to ENTSOG, Europe is ready to face winter with enhanced gas security
CLIMATE: climate financing, CAN Europe expects more concrete measures from Member States
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
MIDDLE EAST: European Parliament calls for protection of civilians
MONTENEGRO: political instability and crime – MEPs deplore Podgorica’s lack of progress towards EU membership
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: EU27 will discuss EU support for Ukraine, economic competitiveness, migration and review of European budget at end of October
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: MEPs call for establishment of genuine geopolitical Europe
UN/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: follow-up to SDG summit will mobilise European Parliament, despite divisions in hemicycle
BUDGET: European Parliament adopts its position on EU budget for 2024
HOME AFFAIRS: spyware in EU, MEPs criticise Commission’s decision to rely on non-legislative tools
HOME AFFAIRS: European Parliament approves new rules on digitisation of visa procedures
HOME AFFAIRS: human trafficking, European Parliament ready to negotiate with Council of EU
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: MEPs call for better access to sexual and reproductive health for female Ukrainian refugees
ENVIRONMENT: Virginijus Sinkevičius unveils to European Parliament overview of water resilience initiative announced for 2024
FINANCE/CLIMATE: European Parliament rejects objection to extension of EU taxonomy
COMPANIES: European Parliament rejects objection to corporate sustainability reporting standards
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Martin Hojsík elected European Parliament Vice-President in place of Michal Šimečka
EXTERNAL ACTION
MIDDLE EAST: Europeans condemn strike against a hospital in Gaza
UNITED STATES: an EU-US summit to reaffirm importance of transatlantic ties
VENEZUELA: EU, United States, Canada and United Kingdom welcome agreement between Maduro regime and political opposition
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: ASAP, European Commission publishes calls for proposals
Russian invasion of Ukraine
AGRICULTURE: Austria suggests ‘bilateral safeguard clause’ to facilitate Ukrainian cereal exports
STATE AID: European Commission approves an Austrian measure worth €100 million to help SMEs cope with energy costs
TRANSPORT: European Commission welcomes Memorandum of Understanding on Solidarity Lanes between Romania and Ukraine
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Governing Council decides to activate digital euro preparation phase
FINANCE: six Member States reiterate their call for European Commission to include mining in EU taxonomy
FINANCE: ‘MiCA’, ESMA calls on Member States to prepare for implementation of Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation
STATE AID: European Commission authorises measures to compensate for certain losses caused by Brexit in Irish and Belgian fishing industries
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
TRADE: General Court annuls additional customs duties imposed on Zippo lighters imported into EU
NEWS BRIEFS
ECONOMY: euro area inflation at 4.3% in September
NIGER: EU sets up humanitarian airlift to deliver medicines
RESEARCH: Middle East conflict, European Commission is extending certain calls financed by Horizon Europe
RESEARCH: EU Council decides on list of new members of Scientific and Technical Committee
TRANSPORT: European Commission refers Spain to court for its failings regarding single European railway area