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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12603
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Animal health

European Commission updates legislation on control of African swine fever

On Monday 16 November, during the videoconference meeting of EU agriculture ministers, Stella Kyriakides, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, stated that the European Commission “is currently updating the legislation on African swine fever and the relevant control measures”.

The Czech Republic and Poland asked the Commission to support continuation of Member States’ coordinated efforts to tackle this outbreak and to reduce the administrative costs linked to both the...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
BUDGET: Hungary and Poland continue to block a final agreement on MFF 2021-2027 and EU Recovery Plan
DEVELOPMENT: EU Council to express its satisfaction with “Team Europe” for EU’s global response to Covid-19
EDUCATION: Commissioner Mariya Gabriel calls for common guidelines during pandemic
HEALTH: Commission gives green light to early purchase of vaccine developed by CureVac
SOCIAL: Under SURE instrument, European Commission is paying €14 billion to nine Member States
NICARAGUA: Commission clarifies conditions for provision of humanitarian aid in relation to Covid-19
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: first five Member States scrutinised by their European partners
SECTORAL POLICIES
TERRORISM: European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties expresses concerns about future intensification of data exchange between EU law enforcement agencies
TERRORISM: uncertainties about next negotiation meeting on removal of terrorist content within the hour
DIGITAL: Věra Jourová details future initiatives on online platforms, including DMA and DSA postponed until 9 December 
AGRICULTURE: European Commission will be vigilant in ensuring that European Green Deal is taken into account in new CAP 
FISHERIES: UK fishing industry urges Boris Johnson to stand firm in negotiations with EU
ANIMAL HEALTH: European Commission updates legislation on control of African swine fever
INDUSTRY: European Commission consults on draft regulation on monitoring of CO2 emissions data from certain vehicles
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: LIFE programme receives €5.432 billion in future 2021-2027 EU budget
CLIMATE: Commission to consult extensively on national impact of increase in 2030 climate target
ENERGY: parliament’s Committee on Environment stresses need for a clear definition of different forms of hydrogen
ENERGY: Commission launches public consultation on revision of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Directives
ENERGY: European Directive on safety of offshore oil and gas operations has achieved its objectives, according to Commission
TRANSPORT: European aviation industry says it is ready to aim for carbon neutrality by 2050 if “appropriate policies” are adopted
DEMOGRAPHY: Commission launches a consultation in view of publication of its Green Paper on Ageing
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coordination of EU social security systems, co-legislators close to reaching an agreement
SOCIAL: MEPs call for binding targets for social rights
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: EFRAG is making progress with its preparatory work on European standards for non-financial reporting
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: no agreement in EU Council on frameworks for accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia
NIGERIA: towards strengthened and balanced EU/Nigeria strategic political partnership
TRADE: 18 MEPs call for fair trade to be taken into account in trade policy review 
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
RULE OF LAW: Council of Europe anti-corruption group welcomes judicial code of ethics in Cyprus, but urgently calls for code of conduct for members of parliament
NEWS BRIEFS
CENTRAL ASIA: EU and Central Asian countries reaffirm their commitment to forge a strong, ambitious and forward-looking partnership
COHESION: European Commission gives go-ahead for €1.1 billion reprogramming of funds in Spain
SPACE: New failure of small European launcher Vega
DIGITAL: Brexit to have impact on European television market
WTO: 42 organisations call on WTO to respect consumers’ private data