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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12746

23 June 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 28
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Foreign affairs
A third country can bring an action against EU sanctions affecting it, Court of Justice confirms
Brussels, 22/06/2021 (Agence Europe)

Venezuela has standing to challenge the provisions of EU law (Regulation 2017/2063 and Decisions 2018/1653 and 2018/1656) imposing restrictive measures on it, the EU Court of Justice confirmed in a judgment delivered on Tuesday 22 June (Case C-872/19). It referred the case to the EU General Court for a decision on the merits of the action for annulment.

Since 2017, the EU has prohibited the sale or supply to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Venezuela of military equipment which...

Contents

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
RULE OF LAW: thirteen Member States condemn Hungary’s new law stigmatising LGBTIQ people
DEMOCRACY: European Parliament vote on EU Ethics Body postponed to 14 July
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: situation is “dangerous”, warns Council of Europe Special Representative on antisemitic and anti-Muslim hate crimes
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: ongoing deadlock in EU Council on opening of EU accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania
ARMENIA: early elections were competitive and generally well-managed, says EU
LATIN AMERICA: EU considering how to further help Latin America fight Covid-19 pandemic
ANGOLA: start of negotiations on investment facilitation agreement
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
TRADE: Commission to extend export authorisation mechanism for Covid-19 vaccines
HEALTH/HOME AFFAIRS: EU must do more to harmonise travel rules, says Merkel
HEALTH: European Union will receive an additional 150 million doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine in 2022
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: EU Council continues its work to adopt negotiating mandate on strengthening ECDC mandate
HEALTH: EU Council and European Parliament agree on modalities of future European health technology assessments
GMO: MEPs oppose authorisation in EU of products containing herbicide-tolerant maize and soybeans
ENVIRONMENT: protection of bees, MEPs pleased that agriculture ministers will soon be dealing with issue
FISHERIES: European Commission identifies weaknesses in application of Control Regulation
ENERGY: TEN-E regulation revision, European Parliament Environment Committee votes to exclude natural gas
SPACE: European Commission and European Space Agency officially sign Financial Framework Partnership Agreement
DIGITAL: European Council on Foreign Relations warns of geopolitical risks of artificial intelligence
HOME AFFAIRS: EU and US re-launch their cooperation on migration
MIGRATION: illegal crossings of EU’s external borders have risen again in 2021 as pandemic ebbs
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: investigation into possible anticompetitive conduct by Google in online advertising technology sector
INSURANCE: European Parliament/EU Council agreement on revision of Motor Insurance Directive
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems, Portuguese Presidency of EU Council is about to hand over baton to Slovenia
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
DIGITAL: EU Court of Justice clarifies platform operators’ liability when protected works are illegally uploaded
MIGRATION: Court clarifies conditions for enforcement of a removal order of EU citizens on grounds of public order and security
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: a third country can bring an action against EU sanctions affecting it, Court of Justice confirms
NEWS BRIEFS
IRAQ: EU to observe October parliamentary elections
DIGITAL: European Commission launches consultation on future of ‘Digital Compass 2030’