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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12460

3 April 2020
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EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Cohesion
European Commission introduces important flexibilities in structural and investment funds to deal with COVID-19
Brussels, 02/04/2020 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 2 April, the European Commission presented a second set of amendments to Regulation 1303/2013 laying down common provisions to introduce a series of flexibilities and make the best use of unspent funds under the current multiannual financial framework to unblock up to €60 billion.

The Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative (CRII) introduces “exceptional additional flexibility”, welcomed Cohesion and Reform Commissioner Elisa Ferreira on her Twitter account,...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
EMPLOYMENT: European Commission presents SURE financial assistance instrument for national part-time work schemes
SOCIAL: Commission relaxes rules for European Fund for the most impoverished persons
COHESION: European Commission introduces important flexibilities in structural and investment funds to deal with COVID-19
BUDGET: Commission “empties its pockets” for 2020 to find an additional €3 billion to fight COVID-19
BUDGET: Ursula von der Leyen wants to turn next MFF into a new “Marshall Plan”
EMU: Bruno Le Maire sets out European instruments of solidarity needed to get out of pandemic crisis
STATE AID: Commission approves extension of German subsidised loan scheme in context of pandemic
AGRICULTURE: Commission announces new measures to support agri-food sector in COVID-19 crisis
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca asks to postpone presentation of Farm to Fork strategy because of COVID-19
FISHERIES: COVID-19, Commission proposes a package of measures for fisheries and aquaculture
INTERNAL MARKET: Thierry Breton calls for creation of a European industrial recovery fund
INSURANCE: EIOPA calls on insurers for fair treatment of consumers during COVID-19 pandemic
TRADE: restrictions on exports of medical protective equipment, MEPs urge caution
CIVIL PROTECTION: COVID-19, repatriation flights for European citizens and RescEU equipment reserve in progress
DEMOCRACY: European Parliament in turn warns against disinformation about Covid-19
HEALTH: COVID-19, Ursula von der Leyen says return to normal life will certainly follow different timetable depending on region
HEALTH: demand for certain medicines has increased by 2000%, according to François-Xavier Bellamy
SOCIAL: European Social Partners call for immediate withdrawal of dismissal at will of Social Dialogue Council members in Poland
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: COVID-19, appeal to Parliamentary Assembly for release of political prisoners in Spain and Turkey
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: Ursula von der Leyen and 16 Member States openly criticise Hungarian emergency law
PARLIAMENT: extraordinary mini-plenary session Thursday 16 April
FUTURE OF EU: appeal by Italian and German figures for a European response of solidarity to COVID-19 pandemic
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Athens and Commission ensure everything possible is done to avoid health crisis in migrant camps
CLIMATE: European Commission reaffirms its climate commitments after announcement of postponement of COP26
CLIMATE: legal opinion from European Parliament revokes use of delegated acts provided for in climate law
FOOD SAFETY: multiple pesticide residues in food on the rise, according to latest EFSA report
GENDER EQUALITY: gender equality data still lacking in some Member States
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MIGRATION: Budapest, Warsaw and Prague could not evade their obligations to relocate asylum seekers, Court confirms
SOCIAL: a Member State may not refuse to pay a family allowance for child of spouse of a frontier worker, according to Court
COPYRIGHT: rental of motor vehicles equipped with radio sets does not constitute a public communication subject to payment of copyright, Court states
INTERNAL MARKET: housing shortages may justify imposition of an authorisation to rent property on a short-term basis, according to Advocate General
CITIZENSHIP: region in which child of a cross-border worker is sent to school must bear cost of school transport, according to Court
COURT OF JUSTICE: Commission closes more than 100 infringement proceedings
NEWS BRIEFS
ENVIRONMENT: Commission and Japan highlight need for 'green recovery'
RULE OF LAW: Human rights under Quarantine, Council of Europe to participate in Saint Petersburg International Legal Forum
RESEARCH: EU to fund €13 million in research activities dedicated to aviation safety