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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12793

18 September 2021
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Food safety
European Parliament approves proposals on human-only antimicrobial list
Brussels, 17/09/2021 (Agence Europe)

In the end the European Parliament did not oppose the European Commission’s delegated act on the criteria for the designation of antimicrobials to be reserved for the treatment of certain infections in humans, on Thursday 16 September.

MEPs did not support the resolution (204 votes for rejection, 450 against and 32 abstentions) objecting to the delegated Regulation.

The motion to reject was tabled by Martin Häusling (Greens/EFA, Germany), which was supported by the Parliament Committee...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: DSA, Slovenian Presidency of EU Council clarifies its position on exemption of hosting services from liability
CLIMATE: EU prepares to sign declaration for global commitment to reduce methane emissions
CLIMATE: with nearly $80 billion in 2019, climate finance is still short of $100 billion target
CLIMATE: current climate plans would lead to a level of global emissions in 2030 that is 16.3% higher than in 2010, according to United Nations
CLIMATE: Council of EU seeks to finalise its position ahead of COP26
ENVIRONMENT: Delara Burkhardt fears lack of ambition in future European law against global deforestation imported into EU
FISHERIES: European Commission proposes 2022 fishing opportunities for certain stocks in Mediterranean and Black Sea
HEALTH: HERA, European Commission details its plan for a network of “ever-warm”production capacities for vaccine and medicine manufacturing
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: EU Member States prepare to further relax content of Minimum Wage Directive
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: report on recognition of gender violence adopted in European Parliament despite new blockages on abortion
HEALTH: MEPs denounce opacity of European procurement and distribution process for Covid-19 vaccines
FOOD SAFETY: European Parliament approves proposals on human-only antimicrobial list
TAXATION: European Parliament criticises European Commission’s slowness in enforcing EU rules on tax information exchange
CUBA: European Parliament calls for sanctions against Cubans responsible for human rights violations
KENYA: European Parliament calls for respect for rights of refugees in Kakuma camp
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: European Parliament calls for release of human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ECONOMY: Slovenian recovery plan pre-financed with 231 million euros
COHESION: REACT-EU, Italy receives €4.7 billion
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: confirmation of concerns of several EU countries regarding forest strategy
CULTURE: 20 winners awarded in 2021 edition of competitions launched in framework of new European Bauhaus
DEFENCE: EU denies Dutch proposal for EU-UK security agreement
DEMOCRACY: Transparency International deplores shortcomings of European ethics committee as envisaged by MEPs
ECONOMY: euro area inflation confirmed at 3.0% in August
SOCIAL: SMEunited maintains its position against directive on digital platforms
TRANSPORT: passenger traffic still down in European airport network
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: until 24 September 2021
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other events: until 24 September 2021