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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12823

30 October 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 24
SECTORAL POLICIES / Digital
DSA, EU Council Presidency clarifies position on Digital Services Coordinators
Brussels, 29/10/2021 (Agence Europe)

The Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU presented, on Thursday 28 October, its compromise text on chapters four and five of the proposed Digital Services Regulation (Digital Service Act or DSA) to the members of the Working Party on Competitiveness and Growth (see EUROPE B12821A8).

The compromise text states that Member States have 15 months from the date of entry into force of the Regulation to appoint a Digital Service Coordinator.

The Commission’s original proposal was for a...

Contents

All Saints: please note that our offices will be closed for the Belgian public holiday on Monday. Issue 12824 will be dated Wednesday 3 November 2021
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: positions remain far apart between London and EU on Protocol on Northern Ireland
ISRAEL: EU and 11 Member States denounce new settlement announcements
SERBIA: Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee calls for implementation of measures to improve conduct of elections
TRADE: EU is world’s largest provider of Aid for Trade
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET/RULE OF LAW: European Parliament takes European Commission to court for non-application of Rule of law regulation
BUDGET: EU agencies got their accounts right in 2020, says European Court of Auditors
ECONOMY - FINANCE
TAXATION: more developed countries will be winners of international corporate tax reform, says European Tax Observatory
G20: A summit with modest ambitions, except for worldwide Covid-19 vaccination
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: DSA, EU Council Presidency clarifies position on Digital Services Coordinators
DIGITAL: high level of cyber security, EU Council Presidency clarifies Member States’ competences
INDUSTRY: EU must do more to protect its industry, sector insists to MEPs
ENVIRONMENT: 2021 already second worst year for forest fires in EU, according to European Commission
FOOD SAFETY: European Commission consults on a draft regulation on evaluation and authorisation of biological pesticides
ENERGY: European Commission consults on establishing method for calculating amount of renewable energy used for cooling
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
GENDER EQUALITY: integrating gender perspective in terms of health is “crucial for effective health care services and policies”, says Helena Dalli
WOMEN: MEP Evelyn Regner looks to French Presidency of EU Council to break deadlock on Women on Boards Directive
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COMPETITION: Court Advocate General interprets directive on compensation to victims of anti-competitive practices
EMPLOYMENT: Court of Justice clarifies concept of working time
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS : public consultation to list ethyl alpha-phenylacetoacetate as category 1 drug precursor
ECONOMY: Eurozone third quarter 2021 GDP growth estimated at 2.2%
ECONOMY: eurozone inflation estimated at 4.1% in October
ENERGY: dozen organisations call on European Commission to set binding annual building renovation rate of at least 3%
CORRIGENDUM
MIGRATION: legal labour migration: an own-initiative report to European Parliament