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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12837
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Finance

European Commission to tackle under-utilisation of European Long-Term Investment Funds

The European Commission is preparing to present a targeted revision of Regulation (2015/760) governing European Long-Term Investment Funds (ELTIFs), in order to facilitate the use of these still underused instruments in the European Union.

The Regulation outlines a prudential framework and a European label allowing professional and retail investors to invest in long-term projects, such as transport or social infrastructure, real estate and SME financing. However, in five years, only 57 ELTIF...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: The Europe of walls and barbed wire fences (1)
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: EU Member States asked to adopt positions on DSA and DMA on 25 November
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament set to validate CAP reform on Tuesday 23 November, despite numerous criticisms
CIVIL PROTECTION: forest fires, Commission finalises contract with Greece to add two Canadair to rescEU reserve
SPACE: Member States give ESA green light to define five key projects to strengthen Europe’s role in space
RESEARCH: EU Council to vote on future governance of European Research Area and new R&I ‘pact’
HEALTH: Commission clarifies EU rules for reference laboratories for in vitro diagnostic devices
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: European Commission to tackle under-utilisation of European Long-Term Investment Funds
FINANCE/ENERGY: ESMA publishes its preliminary assessment of functioning of EU carbon market
BANKS: European banks’ progress in addressing climate risks too slow, warns ECB
STATE AID: European Commission approves changes to Pan-European Guarantee Fund
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: ‘minimum wages’ directive, Slovenian EU Council presidency reaches political level
INSTITUTIONAL
GENERAL AFFAIRS: Rule of law, enlargement and December EU summit on agenda of EU’s European Affairs Ministers
BUDGET: Rule of law conditionality, European Commission sends letters to Poland and Hungary
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: EU and GAVI announce delivery of nearly 100 million additional doses of Covid-19 vaccine to African countries
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency will decide “in a few weeks” on use of a booster dose of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine
EXTERNAL ACTION
BELARUS: EU reiterates its support for people of Belarus
CENTRAL ASIA: countries in the region and EU commit to strengthening their cooperation
CAUCASUS: Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders to meet on margins of Eastern Partnership Summit
SUDAN: EU and Troika welcome reinstatement of Mr Hamdok as transitional Prime Minister
SOUTH CHINA SEA: EU underlines its “strong opposition” to China’s unilateral actions
WTO: No agreement yet at WTO on lifting Covid-19 vaccine patents
NEWS BRIEFS
BIODIVERSITY: European Commission consults on updating EU list of invasive alien species
PATENTS: European Patent Office and Saudi Arabia sign Reinforced Partnership Agreement
CLIMATE/FINANCE: European Commission reportedly planning to present delegated act on fossil gas and nuclear on 1 December as part of EU taxonomy
CLIMATE/FINANCE: taxonomy, Helsinki opposes adoption of Delegated Act regarding climate change
ENERGY: Denmark calls on EU to provide framework for co-existence of renewable energy and biodiversity
Op-Ed
SPACE: The Matosinhos Manifesto - Accelerating the Use of Space in Europe, by Josef Aschbacher