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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12821

28 October 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 34
SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries
NGOs call for a more transparent and sustainable system for allocating fishing quotas
Brussels, 27/10/2021 (Agence Europe)

According to a report published on Wednesday 27 October by the NGOs Our Fish and Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE), the EU and Member States should change the criteria for allocating fishing quotas in order to achieve a just transition towards a low-carbon, low-impact fishing fleet.

The report calls for the use of Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) to allocate fishing quotas based on transparent and objective criteria of an environmental, social and economic nature.

It...

Contents

COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
POLAND: daily fine of one million euros imposed on Warsaw for failing to stop activities of disciplinary chamber of Supreme Court
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Commission submits reform faithful to ‘Basel III’ agreement and adapted to specificities of European banking sector
ECONOMY: EESC in favour of introducing a golden rule for investment in EU budget rules
COMPETITION: European Commission opens in-depth investigation into NVIDIA’s proposed acquisition of Arm
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: EU Council and European Parliament reach interim agreement on vehicles hired without drivers
INTERNAL MARKET: European Chips Act should be a legislative act
INTERNAL MARKET: firearms directive, transposition and implementation can still be improved
DIGITAL: DSA/DMA, MEPs need more time to work out their compromises
HEALTH: MEPs angered by proposal on in vitro diagnostic devices urge EU-27 and Commission to take responsibility
FISHERIES: France to announce retaliatory measures in response to insufficient fishing licences in UK waters
FISHERIES: NGOs call for a more transparent and sustainable system for allocating fishing quotas
AGRICULTURE: MEPs disagree on registration of ‘Prošek’ wine as a traditional term
MIGRATION: Manfred Weber says EU budget should fund anti-migrant fences
ENERGY: Spain calls for flexibilities to allow Member States to decouple electricity market prices
ENERGY: fossil fuel subsidies have increased in eleven Member States since 2015, according to European Commission
CLIMATE: emissions from sectors covered by ETS have fallen by around 43% since its introduction according to European Commission
CLIMATE: new commitments by states remain largely insufficient to meet Paris Agreement targets, United Nations warns
ENVIRONMENT: EEA report calls for reduced water consumption in EU
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: inter-institutional negotiations on role of ECDC are continuing on basis of revised mandate from EU Council
HOME AFFAIRS: European Parliament will require a Digital COVID Certificate for access to its premises starting 3 November
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: Margrethe Vestager and Valdis Dombrovskis reassure European Parliament on work of EU-US Trade and Technology Council
TRADE: Commission applauds its actions to promote trade
TRADE: MEPs want a readable and enforceable instrument on international public procurement
SECURITY - DEFENCE
AFGHANISTAN: no one expected Afghan government to fall so quickly, confesses John Manza
DEFENCE: EU wants to develop its partnerships
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: S&D group in European Parliament presents Social Democracy's proposals for building fairer and more sustainable societies
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European strategy for safety and health at work, ‘Vind’ report receives unanimous support from European Parliament shadow rapporteurs
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: sixteen EU Member States have transposed Unfair Trading Practices Directive
FOOD: Stella Kyriakides visits Cyprus to support implementation of EU's ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy
CHINA: Emmanuel Macron calls on Xi Jinping to “rebalance the Euro-China relationship”
CITIZENSHIP: registration of a European Citizens’ Initiative to integrate environment into all EU27 policies
MOLDOVA: European Commission makes €60 million available to Chișinău to tackle energy crisis
SOCIAL: European long-term residential care sector has lost over 400,000 workers in two years
TRANSPORT: Greenpeace calls for ban on short-haul flights within EU