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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13273

18 October 2023
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EUROPEAN COUNCIL
MIDDLE EAST: European leaders stress importance of respecting international law
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: EU Council adopts its position on reform of electricity market
ENERGY: ENTSOG publishes its final guidelines for TYNDP 2024
ENERGY: according to EERA, technological advances and energy efficiency alone cannot reduce greenhouse gas emissions
CLIMATE: with a view to COP28, EU Member states agree to phase out “unabated” fossil fuels
CONSUMERS: European Commission proposes to modernise Alternative Dispute Resolution Directive to speed up procedures
CONSUMERS: European Commission to look into commercial practices of influencers
INTERNAL MARKET: MEPs vote to ban products made with forced labour from European Union
AGRICULTURE: Luis Planas to chair negotiations with European Parliament on geographical indications on 24 October
ENVIRONMENT: Greece calls for EU Flood Directive to be made more effective for disaster prevention
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission microplastics proposal welcome but flawed, say NGOs
HOME AFFAIRS: European leaders condemn terrorist attack in Brussels which claimed lives of two Swedish nationals
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: reform of Stability Pact, discussions at EU Council remain focused on extent of public debt reduction
ECONOMY: Europeans continuing efforts to mobilise frozen Russian public assets in support of Ukraine
TAXATION: EU adds Antigua and Barbuda, Belize and Seychelles to list of non-cooperative jurisdictions
FINANCE/CLIMATE: EU Council calls on development financial institutions to stop financing fossil fuel projects
COMPETITION: European Commission has carried out unannounced antitrust inspections of companies in construction chemical additives sector
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : MEPs call on Olivér Várhelyi to resign
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : Work Programme 2024 – MEPs divided over European Commission’s priorities
ECONOMY: European Parliament ready to negotiate with EU Council on EU macro-financial assistance to Ukraine for period 2024-2027
ARMENIA: Nikol Pachinian highlights his country’s desire to draw closer to EU
RUSSIA: EU Council and Commission stress effectiveness of sanctions, but European Parliament says they are insufficient
COMPETITIVENESS: European Parliament makes substantial amendments to ‘STEP’ text before launching negotiations with EU Council
FISHERIES: MEPs endorse compromise text improving control procedures
FISHERIES: European Parliament calls on China to take action to better combat illegal fishing
ECB: European Parliament gives its very broad support to appointment of Piero Cipollone as a member of Executive Board
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament endorses text on new Farm Sustainability Data Network
CIVIL PROTECTION: European Parliament approves extension until end of 2027 of RescEU transitional period for reserve firefighting assets
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
MEDIA: joint investigation by Solomon, Forensis, The Guardian and ARD wins the Daphné Caruana Galizia Prize 2023
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: nuclear programme, EU maintains its restrictive measures
CHINA: EU renews two definitive anti-dumping duties on Chinese and Thai products
WESTERN BALKANS: Emmanuel Macron calls on Aleksandar Vučić to show “responsibility” in de-escalating tensions between Belgrade and Pristina
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: European armed forces carry out their first joint exercise under aegis of EU
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Commission approves three new geographical indications for German and Portuguese wines
ECONOMY: EU Council adopts revised plans of five Member States
FINANCE/CLIMATE: Platform on Sustainable Finance and European Commission launch stakeholder request mechanism on taxonomy
TAXATION: European ministers adopt a revision of Directive on exchange of information
DIGITAL: European Commission launches series of calls for proposals with budget of €240 million to boost rollout of 5G
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: S&D suspends its members attached to SMER
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