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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12774

24 August 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 27
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Cohesion
More than half of REACT-EU initiative’s resources have already been mobilised
Brussels, 23/08/2021 (Agence Europe)

Some €24.8 billion has been mobilised under the REACT-EU investment initiative in response to the coronavirus, according to figures released by the European Commission on Thursday 19 August.

Among the primary beneficiaries, the European Commission has approved: - approximately €7.2 billion for Spain (out of €10.8 billion allocated); - €5.2 billion for Italy (€11.3); - €2.4 billion for France (€3); - €1.5 billion for Germany (€1.9); - €1.7 billion for Greece (€1.7); -...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: Afghanistan – a cruel new challenge for the West
EXTERNAL ACTION
AFGHANISTAN: after fall of Kabul, EU and international community mobilise
UKRAINE: despite annexation by Russia, “Crimea is Ukrainian”, says EU
NICARAGUA: EU sanctions eight more Nicaraguan officials
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ECONOMY: eight EU countries’ recovery plans receive pre-financing
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission adopts equivalence decisions for five third countries with digital Covid-19 certificate
HEALTH: EU will be able to purchase up to 200 million doses of Covid-19 candidate vaccine developed by Novavax
HEALTH: seven potential treatments for Covid-19 are now under review by EMA
NEIGHBOURHOOD: EU to spend an additional €35 million on Covid-19 vaccination in Eastern Partnership countries
COHESION: more than half of REACT-EU initiative’s resources have already been mobilised
STATE AID: green light for new synthetic securitisation product for 22 Member States
STATE AID: green light for €550 million German aid to compensate Deutsche Bahn for damages suffered by DB Fernverkehr
STATE AID: European Commission approves €108 million in Danish aid for Bavarian Nordic’s research and development activities
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: four Member States call on UN to engage with influx of migrants from Belarus
ENERGY: Berlin struggles to reassure Kiev over Nord Stream 2 pipeline
GMO: European Commission gives green light to ten GMO food and feed crops
AGRICULTURE: European Commission acts to boost farmers’ cash flow
AGRICULTURE: rules for labelling origin of meat remain relevant, according to consumers
TRANSPORT: European Commission launches initiative to boost combined transport
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: investigation into a possible breach of standstill obligation in Illumina/GRAIL transaction
NEWS BRIEFS
CITIZENSHIP: European Commission registers citizens’ initiative for deposit system for plastic bottle recycling
COMPETITION: in-depth investigation into Facebook’s proposed acquisition of Kustomer
ECONOMY: euro area inflation at 2.2% in July
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission consults on revision of labelling rules for chemical substances
FINANCE: European Commission consults on its draft statutory replacement rate for Swiss Franc LIBOR
TAXATION: Barbados joins agreement on international corporate tax reform
JUSTICE: European Public Prosecutor’s Office investigates VAT fraud of over €14 million