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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12787

10 September 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 27
SECTORAL POLICIES / Food safety
European Commission’s annual report says fight against food fraud in EU intensified in 2020
Brussels, 09/09/2021 (Agence Europe)

Voluntary exchanges on suspected cross-border food fraud increased again last year, according to the EU Agri-Food Fraud Network (EU FFN) and the Administrative Assistance and Cooperation System (AAC-FF) annual report, published Wednesday, 8 September, by the European Commission.

The number of requests for assistance made by Member States rose to 349 (from 292 in 2019) and has more than doubled in 5 years (157 in 2016), confirming a steady increase in the use of the system and the...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: monetary institute recalibrates PEPP downwards
ECOFIN: integration of climate risk, EU fiscal rules and international tax reforms on ministerial agenda
INSTITUTIONAL
STATE OF THE UNION: progress on economic priorities, but much remains to be done on environmental, digital, and democratic issues
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
AGRICULTURE: ‘Champagne’, EU Court of Justice strengthens guarantees for protected designations of origin (PDOs)
MIGRATION: consideration of a new application for protection cannot be rejected on sole ground that not all elements were initially provided
SECURITY - DEFENCE
AFGHANISTAN: according to Charles Fries, several hundred Afghans who have collaborated with EU are still to be evacuated
EXTERNAL ACTION
AFGHANISTAN: EU is concerned about composition of interim government
TRADE/CLIMATE: MEPs divided over scope of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: Commission struggles to convince MEPs of benefits of a new carbon market for road transport and buildings
CLIMATE: IPCC calls on MEPs to listen to science
REGIONS: Younous Omarjee suggests creation of a European fund to help EU regions adapt to climate change
DIGITAL: Digital Services Act, EU Council Presidency wants to focus on online retailers
AGRICULTURE: CAP reform endorsed by European Parliament Committee on Agriculture
FOOD SAFETY: Stella Kyriakides calls on European Parliament not to reject Delegated Act on antimicrobials
FOOD SAFETY: European Commission’s annual report says fight against food fraud in EU intensified in 2020
FOOD: EU Farm to Fork strategy, MEPs agree to reconcile environmental requirements with economic sustainability
FISHERIES: NGO Bloom denounces change in technical measures favouring industrial fishing
HEALTH: European Ombudsman welcomes ECDC’s steps to improve transparency
NEWS BRIEFS
FOOD: EU consumers remain loyal to fish and seafood, says EU survey
TRADE: regulation amending export controls on dual-use goods enters into force
ECONOMY: European Commission contributes €157 million to Cypriot recovery plan
SPACE: Eutelsat completes its investment in OneWeb constellation
UNITED STATES: EU-US Trade and Technology Council to be launched 29 September in Pittsburgh
JUSTICE: searches and hearings in four Member States as part of investigation coordinated by Eurojust
MIGRATION: some 30 NGOs are concerned about future EURODAC database on asylum seekers
MIGRATION: UK plans to send migrant boats back to France
SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE: EU welcomes successful completion of second round of presidential election