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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12577

9 October 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 29
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Food safety
European Parliament demands that Commission remove E171 from list of approved food additives
Brussels, 08/10/2020 (Agence Europe)

For public health reasons, and in particular to protect children’s health, the European Parliament is calling on the European Commission to apply the precautionary principle and remove titanium dioxide (E171), a probable carcinogen, from the list of products authorised for use as a food additive in the EU.

By a large majority (443 votes in favour, 118 against and 135 abstentions), it objected on Thursday 8 October to the draft Commission regulation amending the definition and...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
BUDGET/ECONOMY: European Parliament rejects EU Council’s insufficient offer on increase in funding for flagship programmes 2021-2027
AFRICA: delivery of Covid-19 tests to Ethiopia coincides with visit of Borrell and Lenarčič to seat of AU
HEALTH: treatment and vaccines, two negotiations led by European Commission have been successfully concluded
SECTORAL POLICIES
HOME AFFAIRS: after ‘ promising’ first round of discussions on ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’, Berlin wants political agreement at EU Council in December
TRANSPORT: EU ministers in favour of German proposal to draw up a pandemic contingency plan
FISHERIES: Commission ready to negotiate fisheries agreement with United Kingdom and Norway on North Sea stocks
DIGITAL: neighbouring rights, French court rules in favour of newspaper publishers in their dispute with Google
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
BULGARIA: European Parliament supports demonstrations against corruption and denounces deterioration of fundamental rights
MONEY LAUNDERING: after FinCEN files scandal, European Parliament calls on Commission to step up its response to white collar crime
FINANCE: European Parliament calls for establishment of European supervisory authority for crypto-assets
FINANCE: European Parliament calls for ambitious proposals to speed up Capital Markets Union
CLIMATE: European Parliament adopts ‘climate law’ report and officially supports 60% reduction in emissions by 2030
FOOD SAFETY: European Parliament demands that Commission remove E171 from list of approved food additives
FOOD SAFETY: European Parliament opposes overly lax levels proposed for acrylamide in baby food
AGRICULTURE: MEPs call for an ambitious and independent post-2020 Forest Strategy
TRANSPORT: European Parliament adopts proposals for post-Brexit operation of Channel Tunnel
SOCIAL: European Parliament calls for establishment of an instrument to make ‘Youth Guarantee’ binding
SAUDI ARABIA: European Parliament calls on EU to limit its presence at G20 in Riyadh
IRAN: High Representative of the Union advocates comprehensive approach in relations with Tehran
NICARAGUA: European Parliament calls for more EU sanctions against Ortega regime
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: talks on future post-Brexit bilateral relationship are approaching ‘moment of truth’, according to Charles Michel
CULTURE
CULTURE: EU Council validates calendar changes for European capitals
INSTITUTIONAL
HUNGARY: European Commission expects Budapest to implement latest Court of Justice ruling on foreign universities
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ENVIRONMENT: France has complied with EU law when adopting measures to protect bees
ENERGY: customer may submit complaint against operator of national electricity system even if they are not directly connected to that system, according to Court of Justice
CATALONIA: European Parliament does not have jurisdiction to assess whether vacancy of Oriol Junqueras’ seat is lawful, according to General Court
NEWS BRIEFS
EBRD: Odile Renaud-Basso elected bank president
PALESTINE: MEPs call on Commission to act on antisemitic textbooks
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: David Sassoli is quarantining himself for ten days as a precaution