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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12773

31 July 2021
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ECONOMY - FINANCE / State aid
European Commission approves 2022-2027 regional aid map for Czech Republic
Brussels, 30/07/2021 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission approved on Friday 30 July, under EU state aid rules, the Czech Republic’s regional aid map for the period from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2027.

The Czech map is the first map approved by the Commission under the revised regional aid guidelines (see EUROPE B12701A11).

The revised guidelines, adopted by the Commission on 19 April 2021 and which will enter into force on 1 January 2022, will enable Member States to help Europe’s least favoured regions...

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BEACONS
Beacons: When the bits that work mask the things that don’t…
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: EMA approves increase in production capacity of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine and predicts “significant impact” for EU
TRANSPORT: European Commission announces additional support of €14 million for transport of vaccination-related materials
SOCIAL: Recovery Plan, European Commission looks at how to calculate social expenditure
STATE AID: green light for €2.5 billion German Covid-19 support for rail transport services
COHESION: REACT-EU, Spain gets €3.7 billion
ECONOMY - FINANCE
BANKS: European banks show good resilience despite pandemic
TAXATION: going through WTO is only acceptable route to challenge EU digital levy, says Valdis Dombrovskis
ECONOMY: EU returned to strong GDP growth in spring
STATE AID: European Commission approves 2022-2027 regional aid map for Czech Republic
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: ETS, European Commission publishes national allocation tables for free emission allowances for 2021-2025
CLIMATE: EESC calls for urgent strengthening of efforts to adapt to climate change
DIGITAL: Amazon fined a record €746 million
EXTERNAL ACTION
LEBANON: infringements of democracy or Rule of law, EU adopts a framework of sanctions
BELARUS: EU condemns regime’s use of migrants and refugees and threatens further sanctions
WTO: markets must remain open and predictable to help global trade recover, says WTO
DEVELOPMENT: European Commission and EU27 will contribute €1.7 billion to Global Partnership for Education
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CATALONIA: rejection of request for suspension of waiver of parliamentary immunity of Mrs Ponsatí, Mr Puigdemont and Mr Comín
NEWS BRIEFS
WESTERN BALKANS: North Macedonia, Albania and Serbia sign agreements to establish their own ‘mini-Schengen area’
BHUTAN: EU sends over 430,000 doses of vaccine
COMPETITION: consultation on revision of State aid guidelines for broadband networks
ECONOMY: European Commission starts its assessment of Joint Harmonised EU Programme of Business and Consumer Surveys
HONG KONG: EU denounces Tong Ying-kit’s conviction
INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission consults on a draft delegated act to strengthen cyber security of connected objects
MIGRATION: Frontex deploys additional staff to Lithuania
POLAND: first president of Supreme Court calls on government to bring law on disciplinary regime of judges into line with EU law
SOCIAL: euro area and EU unemployment down in June
SOCIAL: European Commission consults on collection of data on income and living conditions
TRANSPORT: European Commission to look into revision of rules on river information services