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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12814

19 October 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 31
NEWS BRIEFS / Employment
Asbestos, EFBWW urges European Parliament to vote for ‘Villumsen’ report

18/10/2021 (Agence Europe) – The European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) issued a press release, on Monday 18 October, urging MEPs to vote in favour of the report by Nikolaj Villumsen (The Left, Denmark) on the protection of workers from asbestos (see EUROPE B12799A22) on Tuesday 19 October in plenary session. In particular, the text introduces an occupational exposure limit of 1,000 fibres/m3, despite warnings from the European Commission (see EUROPE B12796A17). “We...

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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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