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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12836
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NEWS BRIEFS / Internal market

Apple strongly criticises EU plan to simplify chargers for electronic devices and mobile phones

19/11/2021 (Agence Europe) – US multinational company Apple has strongly criticised the European Commission’s plan to simplify chargers for electronic devices and mobile phones in particular (see EUROPE B12797A1), in a response to the European consultation published on Thursday 18 November. In essence, Apple believes that this initiative will slow down innovation in both security and energy efficiency. The company also says this will produce more waste, accelerating the obsolescence of...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: European Commission’s plan to store 5 million tonnes of CO2 per year by 2030
DIGITAL: complicated inter-institutional negotiations ahead over DMA-DSA
ENERGY: European Commission adopts fifth list of ‘projects of common interest’
BIODIVERSITY: bee-killing neonicotinoids—EFSA decides emergency authorisations granted by 11 EU countries were justified
HEALTH: lack of mobilisation on antimicrobial resistance, concern in European Commission, ECDC and EMA
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: European Commission calls for creation of a European centralised platform for financial data by end of 2024
COMPETITION: Conserve Italia fined €20 million for its involvement in a canned vegetables cartel
STATE AID: European Commission consults on revised Broadband Guidelines
ECONOMY: euro area GDP growth of 2.2% in third quarter
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENTARY PLENARY: Common Agricultural Policy, EU Budget 2022 and health situation to be focus of next European Parliament plenary session
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: European Commission and London make progress on UK trade to Northern Ireland
DEVELOPMENT: EU and US to strengthen cooperation to jointly address global challenges
DEVELOPMENT: EU to strengthen ‘water diplomacy’ for sustainable development and security
SUDAN:  EU raises its voice after ‘senseless killing’ by security forces
INDO-PACIFIC: EU and ASEAN to strengthen cooperation on region
SPACE: EU and NATO call Russian missile test firing irresponsible
WTO: US anti-dumping duties on Spanish olives unfounded, WTO rules 
TRADE: European Commission opens investigation into import duties on nitrogen fertilisers
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: MEPs and EU Council enter final phase of negotiations on regulation on transboundary health threats
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency publishes opinion on emergency use of Merck’s Covid-19 treatment candidate
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
POLAND: restrictions on access to border with Belarus must be lifted, not made permanent, warns Dunja Mijatović
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: European Commission approves regional aid map 2022-2027 for Estonia
DEFENCE: EU adopts €40 million European Peace Facility for Mozambique
COMPANIES: BusinessEurope calls for European SME Envoy to be appointed as soon as possible
JUSTICE: Věra Jourová welcomes appointment of two European Deputy Prosecutors, described as temporary by Ljubljana
INTERNAL MARKET: Apple strongly criticises EU plan to simplify chargers for electronic devices and mobile phones
RESEARCH: EU Council paves way for implementation of ten institutionalised partnerships under Horizon Europe
SOCIAL: European Commission launches High Level Group on future of social protection
SOCIAL: European Commission proposes €3.7 million in aid under European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for French Airbus redundancies
TRANSPORT: FERRMED insists on need to invest in EU railway network
TRANSPORT: European Commission consults on establishing common framework for calculating greenhouse gas emissions