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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12874

22 January 2022
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NEWS BRIEFS / Economy
Euro area inflation confirmed at 5.0% in December 2021

21/01/2022 (Agence Europe) – The euro area annual inflation rate was 5.0% in December 2021, up from 4.9% in November, the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) confirmed on Thursday 20 January. In the EU it was 5.3%, compared with 5.2% in November. The lowest annual rates were registered in Malta (2.6%), Portugal (2.8%) and Finland (3.2%). The highest annual rates were recorded in Estonia (12.0%), Lithuania (10.7%) and Poland (8.0%). Price inflation was 3.4% in France, 4.2%...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE/FINANCE: EU taxonomy turns up at informal meeting of Member States’ energy and environment ministers
ENVIRONMENT: broad support from Member States for proposed EU regulation on imported deforestation
ENERGY: ten Member States call on EU to maintain current sustainability criteria for bioenergy
ENERGY: ecodesign, European Commission is launching two calls for evidence
AGRICULTURE: livestock and organic farming are priorities of Italian Strategic Plan
TRANSPORT: European Commission consults to revise directive on maximum weights and dimensions of heavy-duty vehicles
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: Member States give green light to revised recommendation on intra-EU travel
ECONOMY: European Commission pays €271 million to pre-finance Finnish recovery plan
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: ‘Strategic Compass’, second draft text more vague on capabilities
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: European security, Syria, Libya and Mali on agenda of EU ministers’ meeting
RUSSIA: EU requests WTO consultations against Russian export restrictions
TRADE/CLIMATE: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism—Karin Karlsbro submits draft opinion comparable to European Commission’s proposal
INSTITUTIONAL
GENERAL AFFAIRS: European democracy, Covid-19 coordination and EU-UK relations on agenda of EU European Affairs Ministers
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: future European AMLA authority should be resourced and cover broad spectrum to be effective
ECONOMY: government deficit at 4.0% and government debt at 97.7% in euro area in third quarter of 2021
STATE AID: European Commission approves 2022–2027 regional aid map for France
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MONEY LAUNDERING: Court of Justice Advocate General validates EU law on public access to information on beneficial owners of companies
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Rik Daems takes stock of his presidency of Parliamentary Assembly
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Commission publishes study on agri-food imports and their role in EU supply chains
AGRICULTURE: EU recognises first geographical indication from Mongolia
ECONOMY: euro area inflation confirmed at 5.0% in December 2021
COMPANIES: harmonisation of petrol and diesel taxation in transport threatens SME competitiveness, says SMEunited
UNITED STATES: EU and Washington ask WTO to suspend their dispute on steel and aluminium
TRADE: European trade unions call again for lifting of vaccine patents
SOCIAL: European Commission proposes €2.8 million from EGF to support Spanish automotive workers