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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12742
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries

Portuguese EU Council Presidency has submitted a compromise on revision of control system

Ricardo Serrão Santos, the Portuguese Minister for the Sea, said on Tuesday 15 June, after an informal meeting in Lisbon of EU fisheries ministers, that he hoped that the Member States would be able to reach a common position on the controls regulation by the end of June.

The European Parliament adopted its position on this text in March (see EUROPE B12676A11). After the adoption of the EU Council’s general approach at the EU Council of 28-29 June, negotiations between the three...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: EU High Representative proposes to strengthen strategy towards country based on three lines of action: ‘push back, contain and engage’
BELARUS: Member States’ ambassadors agree to impose EU sanctions on 78 individuals and seven entities
SWITZERLAND: MEPs concerned about future trade relations with Bern
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: residents of eight new countries and territories, including US, allowed to return to EU for non-essential travel
HEALTH: EU will have a new European system for collecting information on pandemics and a “chief epidemiologist”
COHESION: REACT-EU, European Commission approves more than €2 billion for five Member States
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: uncertainty about ability of euro area countries to agree a work plan to finalise the banking union
ECONOMY: Eurozone’s expansionary fiscal stance is “appropriate”, says European Fiscal Board
TAXATION: European Parliament must be a “force of proposal” on rewriting Code of Conduct on business taxation, according to Aurore Lalucq
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: member States give mandate to Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council to relaunch negotiations with European Parliament on new European Asylum Agency
MIGRATION: MEPs want to know how aid for voluntary returns of migrants will work in practice
ENERGY: revision of ‘RED II’ directive, a draft document confirms European Commission’s intention to target between 38 and 40% renewable energy by 2030
TRANSPORT: European Parliament and Council agree on ‘Eurovignette’ directive
RESEARCH: European Commission adopts Horizon Europe’s main work programme for 2021-2022
FISHERIES: EU/UK specialised committee on fisheries soon to be established
FISHERIES: Portuguese EU Council Presidency has submitted a compromise on revision of control system
AGRICULTURE: European Commission makes suggestions on integrating European Green Deal into future CAP
DIGITAL: EU Council adopts its position on future of mobile roaming charges in EU
ENVIRONMENT: interinstitutional negotiations on amending EU’s ‘Aarhus’ Regulation will resume on 22 June
FOOD SAFETY: European Commission publishes roadmap to revise plant breeding material legislation
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: adoption of anti-LGBTI amendments in Hungarian Parliament sparks outrage in European Parliament
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Commission sets out its vision for system that will replace European social security number
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: despite coup d’état, EUTM Mali continues its mission normally
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COURT OF JUSTICE: dismissal of Eleanor Sharpston’s appeals against early termination of her mandate as Advocate General
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Committee of Ministers adopts a revised Statute for Co-operation Group on Drugs and Addictions, allowing EU to become a member
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee validates changes to Visa Information System
ENERGY: European Commission gives green light to a European Citizens’ Initiative calling for a ban on fossil fuel advertising
ENVIRONMENT: Czech Republic wants to make Poland pay for not stopping lignite extraction in Turów mine
COMPANIES: EISMEA launches a call for proposals for establishment of Enterprise Europe Network in 2022
WOMEN: MEPs question implementation of measures to prevent harassment in EU institutions
JUSTICE: European Commission initiates process of determining adequacy of standards between EU and South Korea on transfer of personal data
FISHERIES: ClientEarth and Low Impact Fishers of Europe launch legal action against Netherlands for misreporting fish catches and overfishing
UNITED KINGDOM: European Commission reminds London of its obligations following its request to extend the grace periods of the Northern Ireland Protocol
FOOD SAFETY: titanium dioxide can no longer be considered safe as feed additive, says EFSA