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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12874

22 January 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 25
SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture
Livestock and organic farming are priorities of Italian Strategic Plan
Brussels, 21/01/2022 (Agence Europe)

On Friday 21 January, the think tank Farm Europe presented an analysis of Italy’s Strategic Plan to implement the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) from 2023.

The organic sector is allocated around €2.5 billion over the five-year period in the framework of rural development.

Furthermore, Farm Europe’s analysis shows that a significant share of the resources for eco-schemes is dedicated to animal welfare and the reduction of the use of antimicrobial in animal husbandry (around €1.8...

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