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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12632

9 January 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 26
CALENDAR / Main activities of european institutions
Until 15 January 2021

Monday 11 January

  • Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Budget Committee, Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (CivCom), Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA).
  • Brussels. European Parliament.
  • Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities. – BUDG-ECON: votes on the interim agreement reached in trilogue on the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the InvestEU programme and the Technical Support Instrument (agenda https://bit.ly/3ns1NMX). – IMCO:...

Contents

DEAL EU/UK
UNITED KINGDOM: after agreement with EU, London regains “a very theoretical sovereignty”, says Denis MacShane
UNITED KINGDOM: structure and content of agreement between EU and London is more in line with European mandate, says Nicolas Véron
FISHERIES: Pierre Karleskind expresses concern at reductions in quotas under the agreement with the United Kingdom
FISHERIES: European fishing industry ‘dismayed’ at post-Brexit arrangements
TRANSPORT: despite announced blockades to cross Channel, “a catastrophe has been avoided” for road transport, assures Raluca Marian
INTERNAL MARKET/INDUSTRY: risks of British dumping to remain limited
HEALTH: EU and UK commit to regulatory cooperation
TRADE: EU-United Kingdom dispute settlement mechanism under scrutiny
FINANCE: Brexit saga in financial services is far from over
CLIMATE/ENERGY: what does the future hold for EU/UK climate and energy relations?
DIGITAL: transfer of data to United Kingdom is subject to an interim solution pending an adequacy decision regarding data protection
HOME AFFAIRS: potentially less effective EU/UK cooperation on internal security, but which preserves essentials 
RESEARCH: UK ensures access to European funds and networks for research and innovation
EDUCATION: United Kingdom withdraws from Erasmus+ programme
SPACE: United Kingdom will no longer participate in European Galileo and EGNOS programmes, but will use their “open” signals
REGIONS: lack of regional dimension in agreement with London worries EU regions
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: European Commission secures delivery of 300 million additional doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Portuguese Presidency of EU Council envisages European Parliament/EU Council agreement in April on CAP reform
FOOD: draft European Parliament report on EU’s ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy under scrutiny
ENVIRONMENT: more needs to be done for air quality in EU, according to second report on implementation of NEC directive
HOME AFFAIRS: on migration, Portugal hopes to at least succeed in defining concept of flexible compulsory solidarity
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY/TAXATION: discussions on continuing freeze of EU fiscal rules will take place in 2nd quarter of 2021, according to João Leão 
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
GENDER EQUALITY: Portuguese Presidency of EU Council wants to make gender equality basic principle of European social model
NEWS BRIEFS
JUSTICE: Not. Ádám Tóth, new President of Notaries of Europe
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: until 15 January 2021
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other events: until 16 January 2021