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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12814
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EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Home affairs

Almost 600 million digital Covid certificates have been issued in EU

The European Commission said on Monday 18 October in a progress report on the EU’s Covid-19 digital certificate that 591 million certificates have been issued since the Regulation came into force in June, including 437 million vaccination certificates, 144 million Covid-19 test certificates and 10 million certificates of recovery from Covid-19.

A total of 43 countries are connected to the system, which recognises certificates from other third countries as equivalent so that their...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
BELARUS: Latvian and Lithuanian foreign affairs ministers call for additional sanctions
GULF: European Foreign Affairs ministers call for strengthening of relations
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: EU ready to continue EUFOR Althea mission
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: work programme 2022, for first time European Commission applies ‘one in, one out’ principle
RULE OF LAW: Mateusz Morawiecki asks EU26 to take into account Poland’s arguments regarding primacy of European law
SECTORAL POLICIES
FOOD: several MEPs criticise European Commission for hiding existence of impact assessment on ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy
AGRICULTURE: ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy, studies on effects on agriculture “must be treated with caution”, says European Commission
FISHERIES: Annick Girardin does not rule out retaliatory measures over fishing licences in British waters
DIGITAL: DMA, EU Council Presidency continues work on gatekeepers’ obligations
COHESION: EU Commissioner Ferreira wants to update Partnership Code of Conduct
ENERGY: European Commission to renew political declaration on North Seas Energy Cooperation
ENERGY: vast majority of EU Member States do not support renewable heating installations enough, says Cool Products
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
GENDER EQUALITY: EU Council finalises chapters I and II of draft directive on pay transparency
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: minimum wage, Member States make text more flexible
SOCIAL: pilot project on European social security “pass” makes slow progress
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
TRADE: EU has exceeded one billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine exported
HOME AFFAIRS: almost 600 million digital Covid certificates have been issued in EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: imminent relaunch of review of European fiscal rules reform
BANKS: ECB unveils its 2022 climate stress test methodology for banking sector
NEWS BRIEFS
CHINA: new round of provisional anti-dumping duties on Chinese products
EMPLOYMENT: asbestos, EFBWW urges European Parliament to vote for ‘Villumsen’ report
DEFENCE: new EU-Japan joint naval exercise
ETHIOPIA: Urpilainen in Addis Ababa next week
IRAN: Borrell denies meeting with Iranian negotiator on Thursday in Brussels
JUSTICE: Cyprus revokes citizenship of 45 people who were issued ‘golden passports’
NATO: Russia suspends activities of its missions with Alliance and NATO’s mission in Moscow
FISHERIES: details of EU Council’s political agreement on 2022 Baltic quotas
TERRORISM: EU extends autonomous sanctions against ISIL and Al Qaeda for another 12 months
TRANSPORT: European Investment Bank to provide €1.5 billion to support infrastructure projects for alternative fuels
TRANSPORT: EU and Qatar sign agreement upgrading air transport rules and standards
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