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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12681

19 March 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 32
EXTERNAL ACTION / United kingdom
Sharp fall in cross-Channel trade in goods in January 
Brussels, 18/03/2021 (Agence Europe)

The Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) reported that UK exports of goods to the EU fell by 59.5% in January 2021 compared to December 2020, in a report that was published on 18 March.

The British National Institute of Statistics had announced on 12 March that there had been a 40.7% fall (see EUROPE B12677A16).

A difference in methodology is behind this discrepancy. For Eurostat, trade between Member States and EU trade with non-Member States is not calculated using the...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: Gibraltar – a study of an anachronism (1)
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency judges AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine to be “safe and effective”
TRADE: criticism of EU’s export licensing regime for Covid-19 vaccines is growing
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: ‘Climate Law’, Portuguese Presidency of EU Council assures Member States of its determination to respect mandate of European Council
ENVIRONMENT: ‘sustainable batteries’ regulation, EU ministers want an ‘environment’ and ‘internal market’ legal basis
ENVIRONMENT: EU Environment Ministers see recovery and resilience plans as just one step towards a green transition
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs adopt Antonius Manders’ draft report on company environmental liability
FISHERIES: European Parliament’s ‘Fisheries’ Committee complains about implementation of trade agreement with UK
FISHERIES: European Commission determined to conclude new EU/Mauritania fisheries agreement
AGRICULTURE: 14 EU countries call for simplification elements in the post-2020 CAP agreement
AGRICULTURE: Austria and other countries concerned about ‘European Green Deal’ forest initiatives
SPACE: agreement between EU and ESA on Financial Framework Partnership Agreement is within reach
HOME AFFAIRS: European Parliament-EU Council political agreement on interoperability of ETIAS with other European information systems
ENERGY: MEPs want to regulate low-carbon hydrogen production
ENERGY: MEPs adopt compromise amendments to Christophe Grudler’s report on energy system integration
INSTITUTIONAL
EPP: after European Parliament’s EPP Group, Fidesz leaves European People’s Party
BUDGET: European Parliament gives European Commission until 1 June to fulfil its ‘Rule of law conditionality’ obligations
FUTURE OF EU: list of MEPs appointed to Executive Committee of the Conference on the Future of Europe remains unchanged
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Christine Lagarde fears EU and US recovery plans will have divergent effects
TAXATION: next revision of Directive on Administrative Cooperation must be ambitious and close loopholes, says Sven Giegold
COMPETITION: acquisition of Eaton Hydraulics by Danfoss is approved, subject to certain conditions
EXTERNAL ACTION
TURKEY: European Union deeply concerned about request to ban HDP party
RUSSIA: Mr Borrell calls for implementation of five guiding principles
UNITED KINGDOM: sharp fall in cross-Channel trade in goods in January 
HONDURAS: report on voluntary partnership agreement on forest management adopted in European Parliament’s Trade Committee 
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOCRACY: European Commission and MEPs tackle covert funding of political activities by foreign donors
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ENERGY: principle of energy solidarity has legal effects for EU and Member States, says Advocate General
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: health crisis has reinforced racism and discrimination, shows a Council of Europe report
MIGRATION: Dunja Mijatović calls on Cyprus to investigate allegations of pushback of migrants
NEWS BRIEFS
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Commission to hold its first virtual “European Anti-Racism Summit”
UNITED KINGDOM: London wants a “constructive and productive” relationship with EU member states in field of CFSP
UKRAINE: G7 reiterates its non-recognition of Russian annexation of Crimea