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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12566
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade

Carbon standards for products may be preferable to a border carbon adjustment tax, says E3G

While the European Commission’s work on the future border carbon adjustment mechanism is ongoing, E3G, a think tank on climate change, published a report on Tuesday 22 September saying that it would be preferable for the mechanism to take the form of carbon standards for products rather than a tax or levy on imports.

According to the organisation, such standards, while imperfect, have a number of advantages over a border carbon tax.

While a tax raises questions about compliance with the...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: between decisiveness and solidarity, Commission is seeking a way forward on reform of asylum and migration policy
MIGRATION: Commission launches its working group to rebuild a new camp co-managed with EU in Lesbos
ENVIRONMENT: Industrial Emissions Directive is effective, but can be improved, according to Commission
CLIMATE: China reinforces and clarifies its objectives, announcement welcomed by Frans Timmermans
ENERGY: CERRE calls on Commission to revise European guidelines on State Aid to energy
HEALTH: EU4Health, Member States very eager to maintain oversight
DIGITAL: MEPs oppose automated content moderation tools
SPACE: EU Council working group on United Kingdom dissatisfied with German proposals on space programme
REGIONS: European Committee of Regions sets up UK Contact Group
INTERNAL MARKET: Member States’ representatives establish remit for ‘Smet Task Force’
RESEARCH: a budget of less than €120 billion for Horizon Europe will not be “in line with the political objectives” of the EU, says the President of the European Research Council
TOURISM: European Parliament’s Tourism Working Group says €300 million budget line “is not too much to ask”
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Roma and Travellers in EU living on average 10 years less than general population, FRA warns
EXTERNAL ACTION
MEDITERRANEAN: Greece and Turkey express readiness to start dialogue
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Raphaël Glucksmann elected chair of European Parliament special committee on foreign interference
TRADE: European Commission launches multi-stakeholder dialogue for more sustainable cocoa along supply chain
TRADE: carbon standards for products may be preferable to a border carbon adjustment tax, says E3G
ECONOMY - FINANCE
FINANCE: European Parliament Committee on Economic Affairs’ written questions to Mairead McGuinness are ready
TAXATION: Sophie in 't Veld questions Commission on compatibility of requirements of US ‘FATCA’ law with GDPR regulation
GERMANY: Berlin suspends its brake on public debt also for 2021
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
HEALTH: reimbursement for cross-border healthcare cannot always be made subject to prior authorisation, according to Court
JUSTICE: Advocate General specifies nature, legal value and effect of reports under Cooperation and Verification Mechanism
NEWS BRIEFS
ASYLUM: asylum applications in free fall due to coronavirus, according to Eurostat
COHESION: Coronavirus, European Commission approves nine reprogrammings in Spain
ENERGY: six countries, including three EU Member States, sign charter of a new Middle East Gas Forum
TAXATION: Paul Tang elected Chairman of European Parliament Taxation Subcommittee
DIGITAL: Dragoș Tudorache elected chairman of European Parliament special committee on artificial intelligence
HEALTH: special committee against cancer is constituted
ANIMAL HEALTH: Tilly Metz elected Chair of European Parliament Animal Transport Inquiry Committee