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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12533

23 July 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 25
NEWS BRIEFS / Finance
Council of the EU gives go-ahead to Interinstitutional Agreement on resolution framework for PCCs

22/07/2020 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 22 July, Member States' ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) gave the green light to the agreement reached at the end of June(see EUROPE B12513A19) between representatives of the European Parliament and the Croatian Presidency of the EU Council on the proposal for a regulation on the establishment of a single resolution and recovery framework for authorised central counterparty clearing houses (CCPs) in the EU. The agreement broadly maintains the...

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MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK 2021-2027
BUDGET/ECONOMY: European Parliament committed to “improving” the agreement on the 2021-2027 MFF and post-Covid-19 Recovery Plan
AGRICULTURE: 2021-2027 CAP budget maintained at the same level of €344 billion in constant euros
COHESION: European Parliament rapporteur on Just Transition Fund is bitter in light of European Council outcome
CLIMATE: MFF agreement and post-Covid-19 Recovery Plan criticised for weakening EU’s climate ambition
HEALTH: EU4Health programme's main objectives are being scrapped
SPACE: Massimiliano Salini regrets budget cuts in EU 2021-2027 Space Programme
DEFENCE: MEPs regret Member States’ lack of ambition in the post-2020 EU budget
EYCS: MEPs condemn lack of ambition on Erasmus
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
COHESION: EU Council introduces “retroactivity” into REACT-EU regulation
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency says it is equipped to monitor future Covid-19 treatments and vaccines
SOUTH SUDAN: EU charters two humanitarian flights as part of airlift deployed during pandemic
SECTORAL POLICIES
RESEARCH: “It is not a question of asking for more money, but of doing more with the money that we have”, insists German Minister Anja Karliczek
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Council agrees to continue automatic exchange of DNA and dactyloscopic data with London during post-Brexit transition period
ENERGY: Commission publishes roadmap for its future strategy for offshore renewable energy
ENERGY: for first time ever, renewable electricity generation in EU exceeded fossil fuel generation, according to Ember
TRANSPORT: BEUC calls for broad investigation into unfair commercial practices by airlines during pandemic
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: renewed commitment of G20 Finance Ministers to international tax reform reassuring, says Pascal Saint-Amans
EXTERNAL ACTION
TAJIKISTAN: aid of €112.2 million to strengthen health, education and social services
NEWS BRIEFS
TRADE: seasoned meat, agreement on Swiss list of commitments to WTO
TAXATION: Council of the EU postpones application of VAT package to e-commerce in response to Covid-19
FINANCE: Council of the EU gives go-ahead to Interinstitutional Agreement on resolution framework for PCCs
JUSTICE: Member States allow Eurojust to take decisions by videoconference in cases of force majeure
JUSTICE: EU Member States validate Interinstitutional Agreement on digitisation of judicial cooperation
MIGRATION: Commission consults on possible additional measures to facilitate integration of migrants
RESEARCH: Commission to invest a further 100 million euros to support development of a vaccine against Covid-19