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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12848
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Taxation

Political agreement in EU Council on a new regulatory framework for reduced VAT rates

After almost four years of work, EU Finance Ministers unanimously agreed, on Tuesday 7 December, on a proposal for a directive reforming the European system of reduced rates of value added tax (VAT) (see EUROPE B11940A15).

“I conclude that we all agree with the compromise text”, said the Slovenian Finance Minister, Andrej Šircelj, after the public debate.

He listed the main elements of the agreement: - member States will have “more flexibility” to choose the products or services to...

Contents

SOCIAL - YOUTH
SOCIAL: European Commission is preparing five main criteria to properly determine employment status of workers on digital platforms
SOCIAL: France wants to explore Belgian-Spanish proposal to establish a European social alert mechanism
YOUTH: European Parliament and Council of the EU agree on modalities of European Year of Youth 2022
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: calls for Slovenian Council Presidency to continue work on regulation on emergency management of medical countermeasures
HEALTH: EU ministers take stock of national responses to Covid-19 pandemic
STATE AID: Covid-19, green light for €133 million Swedish support for rail freight and passenger transport
ECONOMY: Hungarian and Polish recovery plans unlikely to be approved in 2021, says Valdis Dombrovskis
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: political agreement in EU Council on a new regulatory framework for reduced VAT rates
TAXATION: Hungary and Estonia block adoption of revised Code of Conduct on business taxation
FINANCE: EU Member States welcome legislative package to boost capital markets
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Poland unhappy with Commission’s proposed solutions to help manage situation on border with Belarus
MIGRATION/HOME AFFAIRS: EU Member States expected to end year without a breakthrough on Pact on Migration and Asylum
TRANSPORT: EU Transport Ministers to discuss alternative vehicle fuels in aviation and maritime sectors on 9 December
CLIMATE: ‘Fit for 55’ package, Slovenian Presidency of EU Council takes stock of discussions between Member States
AGRICULTURE: new Common Agricultural Policy is gradually coming into force
AGRICULTURE: MEPs to debate draft report on organic action plan on 9 December
FOOD SAFETY: public consultation to formalise EU rules on recycled plastic in food packaging
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs no longer oppose raising maximum residue level for flonicamid in food
ENERGY: 20 civil society organisations call on European Commission to review gas package
EXTERNAL ACTION
KOSOVO: Josep Borrell calls for further reforms and Dialogue with Serbia
CHINA: Slovakia in turn defies Beijing by strengthening ties with Taiwan
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Josep Borrell calls on Member States to invest more in defence innovation
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Commission gives POSEI programme positive report
AGRICULTURE: European Commission gives a positive evaluation of information policy on CAP
GERMANY: German Greens, Liberals and Social Democrats sign coalition agreement
ENERGY: EU co-legislators will meet on 14 December for a 4th round of negotiations on revision of TEN-E Regulation
EU2022FR: French Presidency of EU Council to focus on recovery, strength and belonging
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Polish conservative Kosma Złotowski to run for European Parliament presidency
CIVIL PROTECTION: Janez Lenarčič launches EU Knowledge Network to improve disaster preparedness
RUSSIA: Council of Europe, Dunja Mijatović calls for abandonment of procedures to liquidate human rights NGOs
SOCIAL: transition to electric mobility could destroy one million jobs over 20 years, according to CLEPA