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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12734

5 June 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 35
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Competition
European Commission opens investigation into possible anticompetitive conduct of Facebook
Brussels, 04/06/2021 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission decided, on Friday 4 June, to open a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Facebook violated EU competition rules by using advertising data gathered in particular from advertisers in order to compete with them in markets where Facebook is active such as classified ads. This procedure will also assess whether Facebookties its online classified ads service Facebook Marketplace to its social network in breach of EU competition rules.

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Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
TRADE: European Commission proposes to use flexibilities of TRIPS agreement to facilitate access to Covid-19 vaccines for vulnerable countries
COHESION: REACT-EU and CRII+, European Commission approves amendments for France, Portugal and Poland
EXTERNAL ACTION
BELARUS: EU bans Belarusian airlines from its airspace
MONTENEGRO: co-chairs of Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee call for political dialogue
TUNISIA: EU and Tunis reaffirm their strategic partnership priorities
MALI: EU makes its continued engagement conditional on strict compliance with Transitional Charter
DRC:  EU strongly condemns massacres of civilians in East of Democratic Republic of the Congo
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: EU and NATO continue to strengthen their partnership
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: EU Member States seek further clarification on certain aspects of Data Governance Act
DIGITAL: Member States want to focus on risk and SMEs in cybersecurity
DIGITAL: member States support ‘Digital Compass’ for 2030 while noting their priorities
DIGITAL: European Commission copyright guidelines on filtering measures
TRANSPORT: EU and ASEAN reach groundbreaking agreement to strengthen air transport
HOME AFFAIRS/MIGRATION: progress on a range of issues, but no decisions expected at EU Home Affairs Ministers’ meeting on 8 June
JUSTICE: assignment of claims, e-CODEX, fundamental rights and illegal content online on EU Justice Ministers’ agenda
ENVIRONMENT: amendment of Aarhus Regulation, European Parliament/EU Council negotiations to continue at end of June
ENERGY: Member States’ interconnection capacities for cross-border electricity trade remain insufficient, according to ACER
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENTARY PLENARY: digital Covid certificate, lifting patents, Belarus, biodiversity, and rule of law on agenda upon resumption of plenary, partly in Strasbourg, 7-10 June
EU2021SI: ambitions of Slovenian EU Council Presidency summed up in three words: “Together. Resilient. Europe.”
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: European Commission opens investigation into possible anticompetitive conduct of Facebook
STATE AID: European Commission approves German aid for cogenerated electricity
TAXATION: ‘G7 Finance’ meeting close to agreement on international tax reform
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: adequate minimum wage, MEPs face a task of difficult negotiations
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOCRACY: Commission extends monitoring of anti-disinformation measures by online platforms until end of 2021
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Commission study shows rise in online antisemitism amid health crisis
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
RULE OF LAW: freedom of expression and media under serious threat in Slovenia, warns Dunja Mijatović
NEWS BRIEFS
BANKS: European Parliament/EU Council agreement on an EU framework for secondary markets in non-performing loans
ENERGY: Commission reiterates its call for implementation of all experts’ recommendations concerning Ostrovets nuclear power plant
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission and European Committee of Regions launch stakeholder platform for ‘zero pollution’ ambition
JUSTICE: European Public Prosecutor’s Office and Finland reach agreement regarding European Delegated Prosecutors
MIGRATION: withdrawing from a country when risks of fundamental rights violations emerge is “not the solution” says Frontex official
UN: Antonio Guterres invited to attend European Council on 24 June
CSDP: UN Security Council renews inspection authorisation for Operation EUNAVFORMed Irini
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: until 11 June 2021
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other events: until 11 June 2021