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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12777

27 August 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 19
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Economy
German recovery plan receives €2.25 billion in pre-financing
Brussels, 26/08/2021 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission announced on Thursday 26 August that it had paid €2.25 billion to Germany in order to pre-finance its national recovery plan under the Next Generation EU Recovery Plan.

This is 9% of the total German plan, which will receive €25.6 billion in EU aid in the form of grants only(see EUROPE B12707A17). According to the European Commission, this threshold is the result of a German request: each country is entitled to pre-financing that is equivalent to 13% of the...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
AFGHANISTAN: extraordinary meeting of EU interior ministers, Tuesday 31 August
LEBANON: EU ambassador to Beirut calls for government formation and reforms
BANGLADESH: signing of new international agreement on protection of workers in textile industry
SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: European Commission proposes to limit cod and herring catches in Baltic in 2022
DIGITAL: European Commission warns UK about personal data protection
PATENTS: establishment of Unified Patent Court becomes clearer
TRANSPORT: for European Year of Rail, a special train will visit 100 cities across Europe
ENVIRONMENT: EEA highlights Member States’ progress and shortcomings on air pollutants
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Emmanuel Macron confident that a satisfactory solution for Ireland can be found on international tax reform
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: states recommending inoculation with further dose of vaccine without advice from EMA to face increased legal liability
ECONOMY: German recovery plan receives €2.25 billion in pre-financing
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: green light for EUR 37.4 million support for construction of high-efficiency cogeneration plant on island of Réunion
CLIMATE: Glasgow to limit presence of large polluting companies at COP26
ENERGY: synchronisation of Baltic countries with European electricity grid is progressing
COMPANIES: European sustainability reporting standards, EFRAG is looking for new experts
SPACE: ESA and NASA to strengthen cooperation on fighting space debris
MAGHREB: EU calls on Morocco and Algeria for a diplomatic solution
SOCIAL: European Commission presents ‘toolkit’ to make most of new ESF+
TUNISIA: Josep Borrell expected in Tunis in next few weeks to work to preserve parliamentary democracy