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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12776
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy

EU rules revising Gas Directive must apply to Nord Stream 2, says German court

On Wednesday 25 August, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf (Germany) rejected the complaint filed by Nord Stream 2 AG against the German network regulator (BNA) after the latter refused to grant it an exemption from EU competition rules. 

Nord Stream 2 AG - the company established for the planning, construction and subsequent operation of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea - sought an exemption from the EU Directive (2019/692) amending the EU...

Contents

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Commission’s plan on mutual recognition of parenthood in EU raises interest and controversy
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: EU rules revising Gas Directive must apply to Nord Stream 2, says German court
ENERGY: global CO2 emissions from power sector have increased by 5% compared to pre-Covid levels, according to Ember
HOME AFFAIRS: more than 20,000 European Arrest Warrants were issued in EU in 2019
EXTERNAL ACTION
AFGHANISTAN: some 60 MEPs call on EU to set up humanitarian corridors
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Paulo Rangel calls for a direct right of initiative for European Parliament
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Commission supports Latvia in deposit guarantee schemes case between Riga and Sweden
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Poland must guarantee human rights of people blocked at its border with Belarus, warns Dunja Mijatović
HEALTH: European Court of Human Rights rejects application by French firefighters opposed to compulsory Covid-19 vaccination
NEWS BRIEFS
SPACE: last step before adoption of updated environmental geospatial data sharing rules
TAXATION: Emmanuel Macron and Bruno Le Maire in Dublin to discuss global corporate tax reform
CSDP: Jacques Langlade de Montgros, new Force Commander of EUTM RCA
UNITED KINGDOM: France calls for EU-UK migration agreement
HEALTH: European Commission officially launches European Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS)
HEALTH: EMA gives green light to increase production capacity of Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines
TRANSPORT: air passenger traffic in EU down 76.9% in first half of 2021 compared to 2019