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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12627

22 December 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 36
SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice
More than 4 million pieces of information exchanged via European Criminal Records Information System in 2019
Brussels, 21/12/2020 (Agence Europe)

The number of pieces of information exchanged via the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) reached 4.2 million in 2019, with an average of 348,000 messages per month, according to a new statistical report published by the European Commission on Monday 21 December.

Indeed, the report notes a surge in requests for information since 2017, reaching 1 million in 2019 alone. This increase is mainly due to the fact that ECRIS is no longer used exclusively for criminal...

Contents

Christmas: We wish our subscribers and loyal readers a merry Christmas and a very happy 2021! We are closed from December 22 to January 3 inclusive. EUROPE 12628 will be dated 5 January 2021
BEACONS
Beacons: A devastating year with a mixed bag of governance
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: EU paves way for Covid-19 vaccination campaigns
HOME AFFAIRS: variant of Covid-19, Member States invited to coordinate travel restrictions from United Kingdom
REGIONS: coronavirus, European Commission approves reprogramming package for Croatia and Poland
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: European Parliament is no longer in a position to ratify a possible post-Brexit agreement which would enter into force at the beginning of 2021
IRAN: JCPOA participants reaffirm that full implementation of agreement by all is crucial
AFRICA: EU mobilises €82.5 million to strengthen Euro-African cooperation in digital and space technologies
ETHIOPIA: EU mobilises more than €23.5 million in emergency aid for victims of crisis in Tigray 
CHINA: EU close to an investment agreement with Beijing
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: European Commission to issue €62.9 billion worth bonds in 2021, under existing programmes
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: conditional green light for merger between Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot
FINANCE: European Commission completes rules on pan-European Personal Pension Product
TAXATION: European Commission proposes to transform VAT Committee into comitology committee
SECTORAL POLICIES
RESEARCH: EU Member States agree on new Euratom programme and financing of ITER
RESEARCH: EU Member States endorse provisional agreement on Horizon Europe Framework Programme
DIGITAL: European Commission publishes delegated act setting European termination rates
JUSTICE: more than 4 million pieces of information exchanged via European Criminal Records Information System in 2019
JUSTICE: EU Council gives green light to EU Agenda on Drugs 2021-2025
ENERGY: most of current national plans for development of gas network do not include hydrogen, ACER points out
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission awaits comments on its roadmap for revision of air quality standards 
COHESION: MEPs give go-ahead for interinstitutional agreements on Interreg and Just Transition Fund
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COURT OF AUDITORS: Advocate General proposes that Mr Pinxten be deprived of two thirds of his pension rights
ECB: Court dismisses appeal by Mr De Masi and Mr Varoufakis seeking publication of internal documents relating to Greek crisis
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission grants €23 million to enhance protection of places of worship and public spaces in EU
CLIMATE: second round of negotiations between Parliament and EU Council on ‘Climate Law’
TRADE: tighter controls on foreign investment in France extended until December 2021
ECONOMY: eurozone inflation stable at -0.3% in November 
ENERGY: EU very close to its 2020 renewable energy target, according to Eurostat
SPACE: Member States give green light to interinstitutional agreement on EU Space Programme
GUINEA: EU urges authorities to launch investigation into death of opposition spokesperson Roger Bamba
MIGRATION: European Commission urges Bosnian authorities to address “alarming” migration situation
TRANSPORT: International Road Transport Union calls on France to lift driving restrictions for transport trucks arriving from UK
YEMEN: EU welcomes announcement of government of national unity as positive step
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: until 15 January 2021
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other events: until 15 January 2021