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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12630
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Circular economy

Commission consults on EU strategy for sustainable textiles

On Tuesday 5 January, the European Commission published the roadmap for the future EU strategy for sustainable textiles, launching the first phase of public consultation.

Announced at the presentation on 11 March of the new European Action Plan for the Circular Economy (see EUROPE B12444A1), this strategy will aim to “create conditions and incentives to boost the competitiveness, sustainability and resilience of the EU textile sector [...] and addressing its environmental and social...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: green light for Moderna, EU gets second messenger RNA vaccine against Covid-19
NEIGHBOURHOOD: thirteen EU Member States call for easier access to vaccines for Eastern Partnership countries
TRANSPORT: EU Member States are concerned about Commission’s delay in ensuring extension of certain certificates and authorisations
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: France, Germany and United Kingdom urge Tehran to stop enriching uranium
HONG KONG: EU calls for immediate release of more than fifty pro-democracy activists
VIETNAM: EU condemns conviction of three journalists
VENEZUELA: EU does not recognise new National Assembly now controlled by Maduro regime
WESTERN BALKANS: European Court of Auditors assesses EU support in region for Rule of law
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: EU must not let United Kingdom become a “Singapore on Thames”, according to Philippe Lamberts and Sven Giegold
BANKS: EU/UK cooperation on bank resolution
COMPETITION: European Commission consults on collective agreements applied to self-employed workers
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Portuguese Presidency of EU Council is relying on further processing to unblock negotiations on confidentiality of communications
BIODIVERSITY: EFSA announces two scientific reports for protection of bees
CLIMATE: weaknesses in benchmarks used for free allocation of allowances under ETS according to Sandbag
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Commission consults on EU strategy for sustainable textiles
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: ETS, carbon emission allowances reach a record price
GULF: EU welcomes agreement on full normalisation of relations between GCC members