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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12566

24 September 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 9 / 29
SECTORAL POLICIES / Regions
European Committee of Regions sets up UK Contact Group
Brussels, 23/09/2020 (Agence Europe)

The European Committee of the Regions launched a Contact Group with the United Kingdom on Tuesday 22 September to prepare for the post-Brexit period.

The first meeting was held behind closed doors with European governors, mayors and councillors, in the presence of the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, and Kati Piri (S&D, Netherlands), the European Parliament's co-rapporteur on the negotiations for a new partnership with the UK.

Objective: to discuss which regions will be the first to...

Contents

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