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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12635

14 January 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 25
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Finance
Slovenia ordered to pay €750,000 for transposing MiFID II Directive after deadline

13/01/2021 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 13 January, the Court of Justice of the European Union ordered Slovenia to pay a lump sum of €750,000 for failing to transpose the MiFID II Directive (2014/65) within the deadline (see EUROPE B12066A9), even though the European Commission had requested a fine of more than €1 million (Case C-631/18). The European Union judges rejected the Slovenian authorities’ argument that holding parliamentary elections early had disrupted the legislative...

Contents

DEAL EU/UK
UNITED KINGDOM: reality is that Brexit “weakens us all”, says Michel Barnier
COHESION: Ireland, the Netherlands and Germany, main beneficiaries of post-Brexit adjustment reserve
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: Stella Kyriakides reminds Member States of their commitments under EU Vaccine Strategy
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: appointment of Portuguese Prosecutor to European Public Prosecutor’s Office, António Costa answers MEPs
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: EU Member States validate European Parliament/EU Council agreement on LIFE 2021-2027 programme
ENVIRONMENT: sustainable chemicals strategy, work is progressing with a view to adoption of EU Council conclusions in March
ENERGY: electric vehicle sales in EU reached a record high in third quarter of 2020, according to Commission
TRANSPORT: airlines and environmental NGOs join forces to call for more ambitious EU framework on sustainable aviation fuels
HEALTH: referral on European Health Data Space ends on 3 February
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Italian government adopts its draft national recovery plan
FINANCE: ESMA warns UK companies attempting to circumvent MiFID II Directive after Brexit
COMPETITION: conditional approval of acquisition of Refinitiv by London Stock Exchange Group
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SPACE: without strategic autonomy in space, there can be no strategic autonomy on Earth, warns Borrell
EXTERNAL ACTION
WESTERN BALKANS: it is time to conclude Serbia/Kosovo Dialogue, says Mr Lajčák
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
GENDER EQUALITY: Commission again postpones presentation of its proposal on wage transparency
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: cross-border transfer of data, Advocate General specifies cases in which authorities other than ‘lead’ national authority can take legal action
HOME AFFAIRS: European arrest warrant is invalid if it is not based on national arrest warrant, according to Court
FINANCE: Slovenia ordered to pay €750,000 for transposing MiFID II Directive after deadline
NEWS BRIEFS
FOOD SAFETY: EFSA publishes its first scientific opinion on insects as novel food
BIODIVERSITY: European bison no longer vulnerable species thanks to EU-funded efforts
ENERGY: Commission opens a new call for applications for fifth list of ‘projects of common interest’
ENERGY: raising EU’s 2030 climate target will not change Poland’s coal exit plan, says PGG
SPACE:  new €300 million investment to support innovation
UNITED STATES: EU calls on Trump administration to abandon federal executions
MIGRATION: EASO will focus on five Member States on EU’s southern borders in 2021