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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12759

10 July 2021
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Wto
World Trade Organization annual report highlights role of multilateral system in times of a health crisis
Brussels, 09/07/2021 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday, 8 July, the World Trade Organization (WTO) presented its annual report on its activities in 2020.

The Director General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, introduced it by recalling the link between trade and the fight against Covid-19: “Trade’s resilience represented a lifeline for millions, enabling access to food and other essential supplies”, she said. 

In 2020, four major events guided the WTO’s activities. 

The selection process for the new Director General and the...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
Interview JUSTICE: EPPO should be granted the possibility to select the European Delegated Prosecutors itself, says Laura Kövesi
CLIMATE: ‘Fit for 55’, package of twelve legislative proposals to put EU on track to meet its 2030 climate target
TRANSPORT/INDUSTRY: alternative fuels, European Commission intends to put pressure on Member States
INTERNAL MARKET: updated European Commission recommendations to boost competition in seven regulated professions
AGRICULTURE: debates between EU Member States on how to reach targets for organic areas in 2030
ANIMAL HEALTH: Germany and France call for a prohibition on “systematic killing” of male chicks in EU
SEAS: MEPs call for swift agreement on creation of two Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica
MIGRATION: European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties expected to discuss reports on asylum and migration management and asylum procedures on 30 September
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECOFIN: EU Council will approve 12 national recovery plans
EUROGROUP: macroeconomic situation, fiscal stance and digital euro on ministerial agenda
COMPANIES: EFRAG is ready to start developing European non-financial reporting standards
COMPETITION: European Commission submits a draft of a new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation on agreements
COMPETITION: European Commission clears acquisition of Willis Towers Watson by Aon, subject to conditions
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: Commission confirms that London must pay €47.5 billion to EU budget
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Ethiopia, Israel, mission to Mozambique, Lebanon, ‘Strategic Compass’ and new technologies on agenda of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting on Monday
ETHIOPIA: EU critical of Ethiopia’s unilateral decision on 2nd filling of Grand Renaissance Dam
DEVELOPMENT: ‘hunger virus’ has increased sixfold worldwide since Covid-19 crisis, warns Oxfam
WTO: World Trade Organization annual report highlights role of multilateral system in times of a health crisis
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
SOCIAL: Slovenian Presidency of EU Council presents a new compromise on minimum wages
EDUCATION: European Commission enlists experts to promote ethical use of artificial intelligence in education
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
DEVELOPMENT: EU commits to production of Covid-19 vaccines in Senegal
STATE AID: Covid-19, green light for EUR 750 million German support for Travel Insolvency Fund
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency identifies new side effects of messenger RNA vaccines
HEALTH: decision to close schools to control Covid-19 pandemic should be taken “only as a last resort”, ECDC insists
HEALTH: Stella Kyriakides provides assurances that EU has means to ensure administration of possible third dose of Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU sends 200,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine to Albania and North Macedonia
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: migrants have right to effective remedies for violations of their rights at European borders, say Council of Europe and EU’s Agency for Fundamental Rights
NEWS BRIEFS
TRADE/CLIMATE: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns against Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
HAITI: EU condemns assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in strongest possible terms  
MIGRATION: Lithuania to build barrier to prevent arrival of migrants from Belarus
SOUTH SUDAN: EU reiterates its support for people of South Sudan on occasion of country’s 10th anniversary
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: until 16 July 2021
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other events: until 16 July 2021