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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12565

23 September 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 8 / 38
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Home affairs
Member States agree to improve coordination of their measures against Covid-19
Brussels, 22/09/2020 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday, 22 September, the European affairs ministers of the EU Member States took note of a progress report on the coordination of their response measures against Covid-19 and their impact on freedom of movement in the EU and recalled their “commitment” to a functional Schengen area, reported German State Secretary for European Affairs Michael Roth.

“Citizens are very attached to Schengen; we have seen the constraints that all the restrictions have created”, the minister...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Single European Sky, Commission comes back with adjustments on vertical unbundling, navigation charges and UAVs
MIGRATION: Greens/EFA group in European Parliament expects asylum and migration pact to fundamentally change current system
DIGITAL: European Court of Auditors notes uneven progress in digital transformation of industry
FISHERIES: agreement between EU institutions on support to Baltic Sea cod fishers
AGRICULTURE: EU/Mercosur free trade agreement worries EU ministers
AGRICULTURE: Renew Europe group in European Parliament presents its vision of “prosperous and green” farm deal
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: vaccines, MEPs get little information on agreements reached with industry
HOME AFFAIRS: Member States agree to improve coordination of their measures against Covid-19
CIVIL PROTECTION: four additional Member States to host RescEU’s stocks of medical equipment
BUDGET/ECONOMY: German Council Presidency hopes to negotiate an early agreement with European Parliament on MFF and Recovery Plan
SOCIAL: Paolo Gentiloni confirms all national guarantees necessary for SURE instrument roll-out
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: EU ministers for European affairs renew their support for Michel Barnier and Maroš Šefčovič in London
UKRAINE: from Kyiv, Mr Borrell recalls basis of bilateral relationship with EU
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/DEVELOPMENT: financial envelopes for NDICI Instrument as quantified by EU Council risk disappointing European Parliament
CHINA: Ming Zhang calls for peaceful cooperation between China and EU
UN: Lotte Knudsen regrets increasing polarisation of international body
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: ‘article 7’ procedures for Poland and Hungary will continue in form of dialogues in EU Council
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: postponement of extraordinary European summit to early October
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: OECD to publish its blueprints for international tax reform on 12 October
COMPETITION: Vestager's ideas for making competition policy greener
COMPETITION: Commission clears acquisition of Mercator by Fortenova
COMPETITION: in-depth investigation into proposed acquisition of Eaton Hydraulics by Danfoss
FINANCE/BANKING: first joint risk assessment of Covid-19 by European financial supervisory authorities
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Commission updates Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems, interinstitutional negotiations will resume on 30 September
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
INTERNAL MARKET: tackling housing shortage constitutes an overriding reason relating to public interest, in Court’s view
STATE AID: construction of a nuclear power plant is eligible for State Aid approved by Commission, according to Court of Justice of EU
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
BELARUS: Commissioner for Human Rights denounces torture in Belarus and calls for solidarity with victims of repression
MONEY LAUNDERING: finCEN files, Council of Europe calls on States to accede to Warsaw Convention and asks FATF to include new requirements
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: all Member States have transposed Directive on transfer of air passenger data
BELARUS: Washington awaits a sign from EU to align announcement of their respective sanctions against Lukashenko regime
COHESION: European Commission approves further modification to a Polish Operational Programme
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: European Parliament hearings of Commissioners-designate McGuinness and Dombrovskis, scheduled for 2 October
DEVELOPMENT: EU ministers to discuss future EU/Africa partnership on 29 September
EMPLOYMENT: European Labour Authority supports its very first concerted inspection between three Member States
INDUSTRY: Europe still lagging behind Asia in battery innovation, according to EPO
JUSTICE: Katarzyna Janicka-Pawlowska becomes Commission's first Coordinator for Victims' Rights
VENEZUELA: Borrell does not rule out EU observation of parliamentary elections in summer 2021