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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12797
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration

EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson to visit Poland to see situation on border with Belarus

EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson will soon visit Poland to assess the situation at the border with Belarus, spokesperson Adalbert Jahnz said on Thursday 23 September, after reports of migrant deaths. She will also meet Mariusz Kamiński, the Polish Minister of the Interior, on 24 September.

The bodies of four people, presumably migrants, were found on Sunday 19 September on the Polish-Belarusian border, casting doubt on the border management activities of the Polish government,...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission wants to simplify charging systems for a number of electronic devices
INTERNAL MARKET: industrial policy to be discussed by ministers at next Competitiveness Council in light of new EU ‘Fit for 55’ package
TRANSPORT: alternative fuel infrastructure in EU, Member States expect more flexibility from European Commission
CLIMATE: Slovenian Presidency of EU Council puts forward new draft conclusions in light of COP26
CLIMATE/FINANCE: more than 150 NGOs urge European Commission not to include fossil gas in EU taxonomy
AGRICULTURE: EU institutions launch first ‘European Organic Day’
AGRICULTURE: Renew Europe MEPs mobilise to defend French lavender production
FISHERIES: European Commission identifies “shortcomings” in Technical Measures Regulation implementation
ENVIRONMENT: revision of EU air quality standards will take account of new WHO recommendations, says Commission
BIODIVERSITY: at UN, Ursula von der Leyen announces binding European nature restoration targets for November
MIGRATION: EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson to visit Poland to see situation on border with Belarus
ENERGY: thirty organisations call for gradual ban on sale of fossil fuel boilers
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: EU support for reforms ineffective in fighting major corruption, says European Court of Auditors
SERBIA/KOSOVO: EU calls for immediate de-escalation in north of Kosovo
UNITED STATES: Mr Borrell and Mr Blinken commit to working on practical steps to deepen transatlantic dialogue
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: monetary institute stress test shows cost of unpreparedness for climate change
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: EU and US launch new partnership to help vaccinate 70% of world’s population by 2022
HEALTH: first inter-institutional meeting on ‘ECDC’ dossier and second meeting concerning EMA scheduled for 27 and 30 September
INSTITUTIONAL
TRANSPARENCY: EU-27 call for more transparency in EU legislative process
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
INDUSTRY: Dieselgate, owner of a rigged car is entitled to ask for cancellation of contract of sale, says Advocate General
BREACHES OF EU LAW
TELECOMMUNICATIONS: European Commission refers Polish regulatory authority for telecommunications to EU Court of Justice over independence concerns
HOME AFFAIRS: Firearms Directive—European Commission asks for financial penalties against Luxembourg
FISHERIES: France and Spain in European Commission’s crosshairs over compliance with landing obligation
NEWS BRIEFS
BUDGET: rule of law, European Commission waiting for EU countries’ feedback to guidelines before sending first notifications
TRADE: European Commission recommendation to support implementation of export controls on dual-use items
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Renew Europe group in European Parliament welcomes fact that Polish region of Swietokrzyskie has given up its status as an ‘LGBTI-free zone’
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Council of Europe—Dunja Mijatović opposes British proposals for handling past “Troubles” in Northern Ireland
COMPANIES: country-by-country reporting, Cyprus and Sweden vote against European Parliament/EU Council agreement 
HONDURAS: EU to deploy an Observation Mission for legislative elections at end of November
WTO: global services trade picks up slowly in Q3
SOCIAL: next EPSCO Council to be dedicated to ‘European Semester’ budget process
TRANSPORT: coalition of transport stakeholders calls on EU to focus on Urban Mobility