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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12554

8 September 2020
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Industry
Construction sector calls for urgent and pragmatic action on harmonised products
Brussels, 07/09/2020 (Agence Europe)

The European construction industry associations European Builders Confederation (EBC), European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC), Construction Products Europe and Small Business Standards (SBS) call, in a joint offensive document published on Monday 7 September, for "pragmatic" and urgent measures to make the Construction Products Regulation (305/2011) operational and to relax the European regulatory framework.

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Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
COHESION: European Parliament increases REACT-EU’s budget to €55 billion
BUDGET/ECONOMY: European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on MFF 2021-2027 and EU Recovery Plan will continue on Friday 11 September
ECONOMY: German EU Council Presidency adapts Recovery and Resilience Facility to agreement on post-2020 budget
HEALTH: vaccines, MEPs concerned about opacity of negotiations with pharmaceutical industry
SECTORAL POLICIES
RESEARCH: German EU Council Presidency presents draft conclusions for a more sustainable and open European Research Area
ENERGY: European Commission publishes positive assessment of ‘European Energy Programme for Recovery’
ENERGY: Navalny case, Berlin does not rule out measures for Nord Stream 2 pipeline
MIGRATION: after several postponements, Commission could finally present its Pact on Asylum and Migration on 30 September
MIGRATION: European Commission and European trade unions reiterate commitment to promoting professional integration of migrants and refugees
AGRICULTURE: Janusz Wojciechowski advocates for use of recovery fund “as quickly as possible”
GMO: first-ever scientific method published for detecting new GMOs
DIGITAL: European consumers not very reassured about artificial intelligence
INDUSTRY: construction sector calls for urgent and pragmatic action on harmonised products
EXTERNAL ACTION
SERBIA/KOSOVO: Mr Lajčák announces progress in bilateral dialogue
BELARUS: Belarusian civil society calls on EU to do more
TURKEY: all measures will be discussed at EU summit on 24 and 25 September, warns a European source
MYANMAR: European Parliament Conference of Presidents to discuss Aung San Suu Kyi’s Sakharov prize
AFGHANISTAN: Europeans and Canada support peace process
UNITED KINGDOM: tensions reignited between UK government and EU at start of new round of negotiations
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: European Parliament prepares to adopt position on sustainable corporate governance
FINANCE: European non-financial reporting standards, EFRAG working group is operational
COMPETITION: EU needs strict competition rules to deal with Chinese competition, says Peter Altmaier
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Commission launches public consultation on future of rural areas
BIODIVERSITY: restricting use of lead shot in wetlands “unworkable proposal”, fear hunters
CLIMATE: Ursula von der Leyen will announce EU’s new 2030 climate target on 16 September
CULTURE: Lux film prize gets a makeover
TAXATION: MEP Stéphanie Yon-Courtin proposes inviting GAFA bosses to appear before parliamentary committee
DIGITAL: public consultation on digital services comes to end
FISHERIES: proposal to authorise United Kingdom to ratify five international conventions
CSDP: Simões das Neves de Abreu is new Force Commander for EUTM RCA mission
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