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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12552

4 September 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 35
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Companies
European Commission outlines contours of its future initiatives on corporate governance
Brussels, 03/09/2020 (Agence Europe)

EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders outlined future Commission initiatives on corporate governance on Wednesday 2 September in the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI).

Following the publication of a first study confirming the need for legislation at EU level in February (see EUROPE B12432A9), the Commission committed to presenting a legislative proposal in 2021 on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence obligations for EU companies (see EUROPE

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY: European Commission presents its strategy for securing EU’s supply of “critical” raw materials
SPACE: German EU Council Presidency proposals for EU Space Programme rejected
TRANSPORT: in European Parliament, Member States called upon to work harder to make TEN-T reality
TRANSPORT: Eurocontrol and MEPs expect States to increase coordination to bring aviation sector out of “utter chaos”
ENERGY: EU Council plans to call on Commission to present a legislative proposal for integration of electricity market
CLIMATE: Commission would consider sharply reducing free allowances for majority of industries through ETS
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European Commission invited to provide sufficient funding for implementation of Action Plan 2.0, according to draft EU Council conclusions
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs expect concrete responses from European Commission and EU Council to improve implementation of Water Framework Directive
BIODIVERSITY: Member States call for lead shot to be banned in wetlands within 2 years
FISHERIES: “It would be very important” to reach an EU/UK fisheries agreement, says Julia Klöckner
JUSTICE: personal data protection, MEPs discuss post-’Safe Harbour’ review
JUSTICE: digitalisation will be high priority for German EU Council presidency, says Christine Lambrecht
MIGRATION: persistent political divisions in European Parliament on ‘Returns’ Directive
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: member states are not complying fully enough with country-specific recommendations, says European Court of Auditors
COMPANIES: European Commission outlines contours of its future initiatives on corporate governance
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
CIVIL PROTECTION: RescEU, strong support from MEPs for strengthening EU’s rapid response to be negotiated urgently with EU Council
HEALTH: vaccines, European Commission approaches Pfizer/BioNTech
STATE AID: Covid-19, green light for €24 million Danish schemes to support aviation sector
CIVIL PROTECTION: Covid-19, EU delivers Slovenian equipment to Montenegro and Kosovo
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: EU draws first lessons from Covid-19 for its missions
EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: EU condemns poisoning of Alexei Navalny in strongest possible terms
EGYPT: Messrs Borrell and Shoukry call for a strengthening of bilateral relations
TRADE: solution to trade difficulties and tensions is not to turn back the clock on globalisation, says Peter Altmaier
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CONSUMERS: air passengers' rights, payment of compensation may be demanded in national currency of place of residence
COMPETITION: Italian law restricting acquisitions in electronic communications sector is contrary to EU law, Court confirms
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Commissioner for Human Rights denounces conditions in Melilla bullring accommodations and calls on Spain to find other solutions
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: significant decrease in fraudulent irregularities reported and amounts involved in 2019
NEWS BRIEFS
ENERGY: German EU Council Presidency wants uniform payment system for electricity and hydrogen recharging
SPACE: finally successful launch of small Vega launcher, after 2019 failure
RULE OF LAW: Justice Council to discuss rule of law in EU in December
FINANCE: Luxembourg launches reference framework for sustainable bonds
FINANCE: MEPs approve Interinstitutional Agreement on CCP resolution framework
MIGRATION: EASO report on Venezuela to address rising asylum claims
MIGRATION: Oxfam calls for “immediate and radical” changes in Greek and European asylum policy
FISHERIES: several EU countries exceeded their fishing quotas in 2019