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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12732

3 June 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 34
EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade
EU Member States agree on International Procurement Instrument
Brussels, 02/06/2021 (Agence Europe)

Member States’ representatives to the EU agreed on a text on the International Procurement Instrument (IPI) on Wednesday 2 June. They thus re-launched the negotiations with the European Parliament. 

This text had been blocked in the EU Council since 2016, when the European Commission proposed a revision. The Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council put the dossier back on the table and submitted a proposal which was approved by the representatives of the Member States. 

“The EU will...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMIC/SOCIAL: return to normal application of EU fiscal rules will not take place before 2023
TAXATION: EU co-legislators seal deal on country-by-country reporting
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: Japanese nationals again allowed to travel to EU without restrictions
HEALTH: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control publishes its recommendations on adolescent vaccination
ECONOMY: European recovery plan could contribute to ‘greenwashing’ according to Greens/EFA group in European Parliament 
COHESION: REACT-EU, European Commission approves €310 million for Poland
SECTORAL POLICIES
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission wants to see Schengen internal border controls become a real measure of last resort
MIGRATION: EU Interior Ministers urged to adopt progress report on ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’ due to lack of breakthrough
JUSTICE: EU Council hoping for agreement on law applicable to effects of assignments of claims on 7 June
JUSTICE: EU Council will decide on 7 June on management transfer of e-CODEX system
JUSTICE: work of European Data Protection Board was marked in 2020 by health crisis
DIGITAL: DSA, Christel Schaldemose wants to go further in fight against illegal services and illegal content online
FISHERIES: EU-UK agreement on fish catch limits for 2021
FISHERIES: EU issues Ghana yellow card for lax approach to fight against illegal fishing
ENVIRONMENT: Portuguese Presidency of the Council has mandate to negotiate with European Parliament on amendment of ‘Aarhus’ Regulation
ENERGY: EU Member States postpone agreement on revision of TEN-E Regulation
ENERGY/CLIMATE: Commission launches partnership to mobilise €820 million of investments in emission-reducing technologies
CLIMATE: average new car emissions continued to rise in 2019, according to final EEA data
CONSUMERS: European Commission consults on revision of ‘Distance Marketing of Financial Services’ Directive
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: creation of a technology accelerator could be decided at Summit
AFGHANISTAN: Allies will still have a civilian presence in country
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: EU Member States agree on International Procurement Instrument
MOLDOVA: European Commission announces €600 million recovery plan
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: EU Council approves timid conclusions on telework
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Member States’ ambassadors to EU support new strategy on disability rights
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: lifting of parliamentary immunity of Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín, and Clara Ponsatí temporarily suspended
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: General Court of EU annuls two notices of competition
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Renew Europe group in European Parliament takes initiative for appeal against EC on ‘Rule of law conditionality’
NEWS BRIEFS
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Ramona Iulia Chiriac appointed Head of Representation in Bucharest
ENERGY: EU Member States approve draft conclusions on ‘Renovation Wave’ strategy
ENERGY: European Commission confirms intention not to include low-carbon energy in revised ‘RED II’ directive
ENERGY: IEA warns of lack of investment in “clean energy”
SPACE: Eurospace calls for better consideration of space sector needs in revision of REACH regulation
RUSSIA: EU denounces arrest of former Executive Director of Open Russia