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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12836
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy

European Commission adopts fifth list of ‘projects of common interest’

On Friday 19 November, the European Commission adopted the fifth list of priority cross-border energy infrastructure projects in the European Union, known as ‘projects of common interest’ (PCIs).

Built on the basis of criteria established by the EU Regulation (347/2013) on Trans-European Energy Networks (TEN-E), the list consists of 98 projects: 67 in the field of electricity transmission and storage, 20 in the field of gas, six CO2 network projects, and five smart grid projects.

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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