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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12730

1 June 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 26
NEWS BRIEFS / Cohesion
REACT-EU, European Commission gives green light for seven million euros for Austria and Belgium

31/05/2021 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 31 May, the European Commission approved new modifications to operational programmes for Austria and Belgium for a total of seven million euros. Austria is expected to receive an additional six million euros under the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) within the REACT-EU framework. In Belgium, an additional one million euros should be allocated to the German-speaking community under the European Social Fund (ESF). A website to...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: Commission proposes that lifting restrictions on intra-EU travel be harmonised
HEALTH: WHO to convene special assembly in November to negotiate international treaty on pandemic prevention and preparedness
HEALTH: European Commission’s turn to approve use of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for young people aged 12 to 15 years
HEALTH: Commission still counting on the delivery of the Covid-19 vaccine doses agreed with J&J
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT: new EU rules for environmental and energy State aid take shape
CLIMATE: EU reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 3.8% in 2019, confirms EEA
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European Commission publishes guidelines for proper implementation of Directive on Single-Use Plastics
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European Commission consults on possible new measures for ecodesign and labelling of phones
DIGITAL: European Parliament points to lack of knowledge about 5G risks
SPACE: EU states support deployment of progressive and flexible European framework on space traffic management
AGRICULTURE: thirteen EU trade organisations call for caution on reducing pesticide use
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: country-by-country reporting, Ibán García del Blanco believes that a European Parliament/EU Council agreement is possible Tuesday 1 June
COMPANIES: European Parliament seeks clarification on new EU SME Envoy
ECONOMY/TAXATION: OECD revises economic forecast upwards for euro area in 2021 and 2022
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: Afghanistan, developments in Belarus and Ukraine and future of Alliance on agenda of defence ministers’ video conference
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Kiev wants to attract foreign investors to Donbas
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: Matteo Salvini wants to bring together “the best” of the EPP, ECR, and Identity and Democracy groups in European Parliament
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems: EFBWW and FIEC are against exemptions from prior notification
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: US spying on EU leaders, European Commission stresses importance of privacy
CLIMATE/FINANCE: EU taxonomy, NGOs back on ‘Sustainable Finance Platform’
COHESION: REACT-EU, European Commission gives green light for seven million euros for Austria and Belgium
CONSUMERS: European Commission and national authorities enter into dialogue with TikTok on its unfair commercial practices
SPACE: Arianespace deploys 36 new satellites in OneWeb constellation, a direct competitor to European constellation project
FISHERIES: mixed EU report on compliance with landing obligation in Baltic
DRC: EU allocates €2 million in humanitarian aid for people displaced by eruption of Mount Nyiragongo
ANIMAL HEALTH: MEPs to discuss draft report of animal transport board of inquiry on 16 June