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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12538

30 July 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 26
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Health
European Ombudsman opens inquiry into ECDC’s capacity to collect and assess Covid-19-related information
Brussels, 29/07/2020 (Agence Europe)

On Friday 24 July, the European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, opened an inquiry into the methods used by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) to gather and assess information during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The same day, O’Reilly also sent a letter (https://bit.ly/336zblS) to Andrea Ammon, the Executive Director of the ECDC, requesting the ECDC to provide her office with a set of documents by 30 August.

The Ombudsman would particularly like to inspect the requests for...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: In support of an EU ‘Zero Racism’ pact (3/4)
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: Member States’ Ambassadors to EU remove Algeria from list of non-Member States whose residents may return to EU
ECONOMY/BUDGET: EU Member States pave way for talks on Recovery Fund and next MFF with European Parliament
ECONOMY/BUDGET: €1.824 trillion agreement on Recovery Plan and 2021-2027 MFF translated into amounts per programme
COHESION: Commission is satisfied with way Member States are using flexibilities introduced in Structural and Investment Funds
HEALTH: EU guarantees supply of 30,000 treatments of Remdesivir
HEALTH: European Ombudsman opens inquiry into ECDC’s capacity to collect and assess Covid-19-related information
FISHERIES: Bulgaria reallocates €6.6 million of EU funds for companies affected by Covid-19
CIVIL PROTECTION: Covid-19, South Sudan to benefit from EU humanitarian airlift
EXTERNAL ACTION
HONG KONG: EU adopts measures in favour of people of Hong Kong
CHINA: EU discusses Uighur situation with Beijing
UKRAINE: EU condemns latest Russian “efforts” at forcible integration of Crimea and Sevastopol
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Commission publishes initial impact assessment on artificial intelligence
ENERGY: Nord Stream 2 takes case to EU Court of Justice after its appeal against revision of EU Gas Directive was rejected
TRANSPORT: changing national political priorities jeopardise completion of TEN-T core network by 2030, warns EESC
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Commission rejects applications for EU twinning programme from six Polish localities that have been source of discriminatory resolutions
BIODIVERSITY: EFSA publishes its report on review of evidence on bee background mortality
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: taxonomy on sustainable finance, Commission is preparing its delegated act for entities subject to Non-Financial Reporting Directive
ECB: monetary institute reviews organisational structure of its supervisory arm
TAXATION: EESC calls for a European standard for data collection by digital platforms
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
AUDIOVISUAL: fewer than one in four film directors in Europe are women, according to report by European Audiovisual Observatory
NEWS BRIEFS
MONEY LAUNDERING: Insurance Europe calls for anti-money laundering rules designed for banks not to be extended to insurers
GREECE: further extension of post-programme Enhanced Surveillance framework
INDUSTRY: EIB provides new financing for construction of Sweden’s first lithium-ion battery giga-plant
MIGRATION: linked by Schengen and Dublin, Switzerland can take part in discussions on Pact on Asylum and Migration
SERBIA: civil society is a crucial component of any democratic system, said Ana Pisonero