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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12738
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NEWS BRIEFS / Energy

Member States urge European Commission to establish a biofuels database

10/06/2021 (Agence Europe) – Environment Ministers from several EU Member States (France, Austria, Latvia and Italy) called on the European Commission to rapidly establish a European database to ensure the traceability of biofuels during a discussion on Thursday 10 June about biofuel fraud initiated by the Netherlands (see EUROPE 12736/12). Poland believes this database should also cover cases where the supply chain is located outside the EU in order to be effective. Responding to their request, the European Commission’s Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans, said: “The Union database is foreseen to be launched next year. It will improve the traceability of feedstock and fuels and thus mitigate the irregularities and frauds”. (DG)

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
TRADE: European Parliament votes to temporarily lift patents on anti-Covid-19 medical products
BUDGET: European Parliament calls for an end to conflict of interest case involving Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš
BUDGET: European Parliament ready to take European Commission to Court of Justice on ‘rule of law’ conditionality
ECONOMY: European Parliament calls on European Commission to take a hard look at national recovery plans
BELARUS: European Parliament calls for swift adoption of new sanctions against regime
RUSSIA: European Parliament calls on Moscow to end its attacks on civil society
SOCIAL: European Parliament gives a mixed reception to outcome of Porto Summit
GENDER EQUALITY: European Parliament calls for more women in science education and careers
WOMEN: unanimous condemnation in European Parliament of cyber-violence against female politicians
MIGRATION: European Parliament denounces Morocco’s use of migration as a means of pressure on Spain
ANIMAL HEALTH: cage farming could be phased out in Europe by 2027, says European Parliament
UN: European Parliament calls for continued support for effective multilateralism
DIGITAL: MEPs want tougher cybersecurity legislation by 2023
ENVIRONMENT: pesticides – European Parliament opposes extending authorisation of flumioxazin and other toxic active substances in EU
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament opposes setting of acceptable residue level for imidacloprid in fish
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
COHESION: The European Commission must be flexible to take into account the extension of the pandemic, says Elisa Ferreira
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: ‘sustainable batteries’ regulation, Portuguese Presidency of EU Council to hand over to Slovenian Presidency
ENVIRONMENT: EU Environment Ministers want synergies between ‘zero pollution’ action plan and other ‘Green Deal’ strategies
CLIMATE: EU Council adopts conclusions on Adaptation to Climate Change
CLIMATE/TRANSPORT: Member States divided on setting deadline for sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans
ANIMAL HEALTH: outdoor pig farms carry a substantial risk of introducing African swine fever, says EFSA
JUSTICE: e-evidence, Portuguese Presidency of EU Council seeks compromise on notification
HOME AFFAIRS: Covid-19 pandemic has led to increased digitalisation of drug markets, notes EMCDDA
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: status quo on monetary policy
STATE AID: Spain must recover incompatible aid from certain digital terrestrial operators
EXTERNAL ACTION
WESTERN BALKANS: Várhelyi and Rama push for Western Balkans Schengen Area to be established
RUSSIA: EU denounces labelling Mr Navalny’s organisations ‘extremist groups’
UNITED KINGDOM: EU leaders to discuss Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland at G7
INSTITUTIONAL
EU2021SI: Slovenian Presidency of EU Council prepares for a demanding agenda
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
BANKS: Court rules that a limitation period for recovery of sums paid on basis of an unfair term in a loan agreement is incompatible with EU law
MIGRATION: CJEU says number of civilian casualties not sufficient to determine intensity of an armed conflict in context of an application for subsidiary protection
INDUSTRY: Dieselgate - Court Advocate General confirms that European Commission “illegally” modified emission limits in context of conformity factors
NEWS BRIEFS
FUTURE OF THE EU: Conference on the Future of Europe – composition of European Parliament delegation to plenary assembly finalised
ENERGY: Portuguese EU Council Presidency maintains its proposal for a transitional period for natural gas/hydrogen blending in revision of TEN-E Regulation
ENERGY: Member States urge European Commission to establish a biofuels database
ENERGY: ten NGOs call on European Commission to increase EU’s 2030 renewable energy target
MIGRATION: forty-seven MEPs are concerned about use of acoustic cannons against migrants in Greece
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: European Parliament Legal Service considers that ‘Employment and Social Affairs’ Committee should elect a new chair