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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12556

10 September 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 34
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Agriculture
Slovenia fails to get annulment of regulation allowing designation Teran to be used on Croatian wines
Brussels, 09/09/2020 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 9 September, the General Court of the EU dismissed Slovenia's application for annulment of delegated regulation 2017/1353, which allows the designation Teran to be used, under strict conditions, to refer to a wine grape variety on the label of wines produced in Croatia (judgment T-626/17).

The European Commission attempted, unsuccessfully, to find a negotiated solution between Croatia and Slovenia (see EUROPE B11832A5).

Finally, the Commission used its powers to adopt a...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: Europeans demand explanations from London on its bill amending certain aspects of withdrawal agreement
RUSSIA: G7 foreign ministers strongly condemn poisoning of Alexei Navalny
ANGOLA: EU and Angola want to strengthen their cooperation bilaterally and in multilateral fora
SAUDI ARABIA: European Parliament condemns conduct of trial of those responsible in Khashoggi affair
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ECONOMY: European Court of Auditors criticises distribution of national allocations under European Recovery Plan
ECONOMY: digital, internal market and industry will be focus at upcoming European Council
HEALTH: European Commission to reserve at least 200 million doses of vaccine from BioNTech-Pfizer
REGIONS: Coronavirus, European Commission approves reprogramming for Poland and Spain
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: Commission intends to take better into account long-term trends in its daily action
BUDGET: EU Council adopts its position on 2021 budget before negotiations with European Parliament
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: decision to keep plenary session in Brussels criticised by French elected representatives
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: Warsaw supports goal of a climate-neutral European Union by 2050, says Polish undersecretary of state at ministry of climate
CLIMATE: European Parliament Committee on Environment should support a 2030 target of -60%
CLIMATE: Jutta Paulus confident in an ambitious European Parliament vote calling for inclusion of maritime sector in ETS by 2022 or 2023
CLIMATE: in 2019, EU fossil CO2 emissions fell while global emissions continued to rise, according to JRC
ENERGY: Just Transition Fund risks not supporting genuine energy transition, say Ember and CAN Europe
TRANSPORT: EU Council ready to negotiate “as a matter of urgency” with Parliament provisions on operation of Cross-Channel tunnel
TRANSPORT: EU Council adopts its position on temporary support measures for railway sector
TOURISM: MEPs and business organisations speak out to convince EU leaders to support sector
MIGRATION: Member States again called on to help Greece after fire in Moria camp
ECONOMY - FINANCE
ECOFIN: economic recovery, own resources, fair taxation and digital finance on informal meeting agenda
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
AGRICULTURE: Slovenia fails to get annulment of regulation allowing designation Teran to be used on Croatian wines
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: Borrell strongly condemns attack on Afghanistan's First Vice President
CHINA: EU confirms it will hold a videoconference on 14 September
COURT OF JUSTICE: appointment of Athanasios Rantos as Advocate General temporarily suspended
ECONOMY: reintroduction of EU fiscal rules will have to be cautious, stresses Paschal Donohoe
ENERGY: Pascal Canfin wants European Parliament to give its opinion on revision of Energy Charter Treaty
INSTITUTIONAL: question of Fidesz’s membership of EPP once again postponed
LIBYA: EU welcomes Moroccan initiative to host intra-Libyan negotiations
DIGITAL: personal data, shield between Switzerland and United States also criticised
SOCIAL: initiative to introduce European minimum wage announced for 28 October
CSDP: EUCAP Sahel Niger mission extended until 30 September 2022
TRANSPORT: Uber is committed to achieving 50% of its rides in emission-free vehicles in seven European capitals by 2025
CORRIGENDUM
CORRIGENDUM: Competitiveness Council on Internal Market and Industry to be held on 18 September