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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12607
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy

EU must avoid further investment in fossil gas infrastructure, Artelys report says

Aligning the European Union with a scenario to limit global warming to +1.5 degrees does not require additional investment in the EU's fossil gas infrastructure, argues a report byArtelys, an energy consultancy firm, published on Friday 20 November.

As part of the upcoming revision of the EU Trans-European Energy Network (TEN-E) Regulation (347/2013), Artelys’ analysis is based on a modelling of the evolution of the European energy system up to 2050 inspired by the European Commission's...

Contents

BEACONS
LANDMARKS: outrageous blackmail
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: ECDC warns against lifting restrictions before Christmas
HEALTH: European Commission announces imminent delivery of 200 disinfection robots
DEVELOPMENT: G20 leaders commit to do everything possible to ensure universal access to affordable vaccines against Covid-19
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: negotiations on future post-Brexit relationship are continuing virtually
TRADE: United Kingdom signs interim free trade agreement with Canada
UNITED STATES: Mrs von der Leyen and Mr Michel speak to Joe Biden
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: 25 years after Dayton Agreements, Borrell calls on country to implement necessary reforms
CHINA: EU Council validates agreement with China on geographical indications 
DEVELOPMENT: EU announces €183 million in debt relief for 29 of low-income countries
G20: G20 reiterates its support for WTO reform
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: still no agreement in sight in EU Council on confidentiality of online communications
ENVIRONMENT: gap too large between WHO standards and EU legislation to improve air quality, according to EEA and Mr Sinkevičius
ENERGY: major oil and gas companies commit to greater transparency on their methane emissions
ENERGY: European solar and wind energy industries launch ‘Renewable Hydrogen Coalition’
ENERGY: EU must avoid further investment in fossil gas infrastructure, Artelys report says
TRANSPORT: European Commission publishes its inception impact assessment on revision of Regulation on development of TEN-T
ECONOMY - FINANCE
TAXATION: agreement in EU Council on revision of Administrative Cooperation Directive
TAXATION: EU Member States set their priorities for fairer and more effective taxation in Covid-19 era
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN: European Parliament, political groups divided over motion for resolution on right to abortion in Poland
WOMEN: European Commission reiterates its call on EU States to ratify Istanbul Convention on Violence against Women
BREACHES OF EU LAW
CULTURE: European Commission singles out 23 EU Member States for late transposition of Audiovisual Directive
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
RULE OF LAW: Bulgaria: Venice Commission calls for clarifications on several elements of draft constitutional reform
WOMEN: Istanbul Convention, Council of Europe experts welcome Malta’s progress, but identify “several issues where urgent improvement” is needed
NEWS BRIEFS
EGYPT: EU denounces arrest of members of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
SPACE: constellation of European Earth observation programme Copernicus is acquiring an additional satellite
UNITED STATES: EU concerned about federal level executions taking place during transition period
TAXATION: French economist Gabriel Zucman to set up EU Tax Observatory
INDUSTRY: Raw Materials Alliance starts to pay off
INDUSTRY: T&E denounces much higher emissions for plug-in hybrids than those claimed by manufacturers