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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12696

13 April 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 29
CORRIGENDUM / Corrigendum
EU approves additional funds to continue work on PLF 

12/04/2021 (Agence Europe) –

An error occurred in the English translation of the Budget article in Bulletin 12695 dated 10 April. It should have read the Passenger Locator Form (PLF) exchange platform and not the Passenger Name Record (PNR). (LC)

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: EU Member States support 26 March compromises on reformed CAP
AGRICULTURE: European Commission registers Χαλλούμι/Halloumi/Hellim as Protected Designation of Origin
FISHERIES: European Parliament committee divided on changes to initial ‘Brexit adjustment reserve’ proposal
HOME AFFAIRS: according to Europol, threat from organised crime in EU, boosted by pandemic, has never been higher
RESEARCH: Corporate Europe Observatory concerned about announced private sector takeover of new Joint Undertakings
ENERGY: European Commission invites Clean Hydrogen Alliance members to submit investment projects
CLIMATE/FINANCE: EU taxonomy, more than 70 civil society organisations call on Commission to review criteria for forestry and bioenergy
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
TAXATION: European Commission proposes to exempt essential goods and services distributed by EU in times of crisis from VAT
EXTERNAL ACTION
SOMALIA: EU, AU, IGAD and UN call for immediate resumption of dialogue to allow elections to take place
IRAN: human rights violations, EU sanctions eight security officials and three prisons
MYANMAR: geopolitical competition prevents a coordinated response to crisis, according to Mr Borrell
UNITED KINGDOM: Commission and UK government make progress on implementation of Ireland and Northern Ireland Protocol
UNITED STATES: European Commission proposes six-month suspension of all tariffs imposed between US and EU
CHINA: EU applies new provisional tariffs on Chinese aluminium
UZBEKISTAN: EU extends its Generalised Scheme of Preferences on sustainable development and good governance
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Mr Sannino says multilateralism should be a topic of discussion at conference on future of Europe
INSTITUTIONAL
INFRACTIONS: European Commission modifies formula for calculating sanctions to take into account departure of United Kingdom
ECONOMY - FINANCE
COMPETITION: European Commission’s in-depth investigation into Kingspan’s proposed acquisition of Trimo
NEWS BRIEFS
CARIBBEAN: La Soufriere eruption, EU offers assistance to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
CLIMATE: surplus of emission allowances in ETS increased by 14.2% in 2020, says Sandbag
ENERGY: eight civil society organisations call on European Commission to introduce a binding target for sustainable heating
ENVIRONMENT: EU Observatory for Nanomaterials invites ideas for study topics until 19 April
SPACE: GSA wants to accelerate adoption of EGNOS in transport sector
IRAN: EU rejects any attempt to derail negotiations on nuclear programme
RUSSIA: EU denounces harassment of independent media iStories
SYRIA: EU welcomes publication of OPCW report on Saraqib attack
CITIES: two out of three city dwellers support ending sale of internal combustion cars after 2030
CORRIGENDUM
CORRIGENDUM: EU approves additional funds to continue work on PLF 
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