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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12623
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

Three countries block adoption of conclusions on front-of-pack nutrition labelling

On Tuesday 15 December, Italy, Greece and the Czech Republic blocked the adoption of the Agriculture Council conclusions on front-of-pack nutrition labelling for food. The text will therefore take the form of the conclusions of the German Presidency of the EU Council, which was supported by a majority of EU agriculture ministers.

For its part, the European Commission has indicated that after an impact assessment and referral, it will present a proposal for a harmonised front-of-pack...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: DSA/DMA, European Commission is taking a step-by-step approach to online platforms
DIGITAL: agreement between EU institutions on Creative Europe programme
ENERGY: European Commission presents its proposal to revise TEN-E Regulation
HEALTH: agreement between EU institutions on EU4Health programme
ENVIRONMENT: political agreements expected at EU Council on ‘Climate Law’ and on ‘Aarhus Regulation’ on 17 December
AGRICULTURE: three countries block adoption of conclusions on front-of-pack nutrition labelling
FISHERIES: uncertainty in EU Council over 2021 quotas for stocks that EU shares with UK 
FISHERIES: NGOs sound alarm ahead of decisions on 2021 quotas
CUSTOMS: European Parliament/EU Council agreement on Customs programme for 2021-2027
SPACE: co-legislators resume negotiations on EU space programme
MIGRATION: European Parliament gets to heart of matter on Pact on Migration and Asylum
CONSUMERS: BEUC denounces persistence of illegal practices concerning travel refunds
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
NEIGHBOURHOOD: MEPs call for spirit of Barcelona to be revived
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament gives green light to update Drinking Water Directive
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament ensures that EU Council and Commission will do everything possible to ensure compliance with Water legislation by 2027
COHESION: Interinstitutional Agreement on React-EU initiative widely welcomed in European Parliament
TRANSPORT: European Parliament approves decision to make 2021 European Year of Rail
TRADE: MEPs call for more effective instruments to combat extraterritorial sanctions from non-Member States
AGRICULTURE: MEPs relieved for farmers that CAP uncertainty has been lifted
FISHERIES: European Parliament endorses one-year extension of EU/Mauritania Agreement
FISHERIES: European Parliament endorses its position on new rules of Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
COURT OF AUDITORS: European Parliament rejects Polish candidate to Court of Auditors Marek Opioła
INSTITUTIONAL
TRANSPARENCY: agreement between EU institutions on a mandatory European Transparency Register for EU Council
FUTURE OF EU: Strasbourg is ‘European capital’ more than ever
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: von der Leyen and Stoltenberg want to make climate change an area of cooperation
EXTERNAL ACTION
HUMAN RIGHTS: Belarusian 2020 Sakharov Prize laureates plead for freedom
LATIN AMERICA: support for LAGREEN sustainable finance initiative
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: economic situation and draft budget plan 2021 on ministerial agenda
COMPANIES: shareholders’ meetings held by videoconference during pandemic infringe on shareholders’ rights, according to BETTER FINANCE
FINANCE: more than one hundred NGOs call for EU Sustainable Taxonomy rooted in science
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: EU co-legislators close to agreement on Globalisation Adjustment Fund
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission invited to take action against trafficking of cultural goods
TRADE: European Commission updates its counterfeiting and piracy watch list
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: adoption by Hungarian Parliament of measures further restricting LGBTI rights condemned in European Parliament
SPACE: European Galileo programme suffers “minor” technical incident
RUSSIA: Yevgeny Prigozhin challenges EU sanctions before General Court
VIETNAM: EU and Hanoi agree to strengthen partnership