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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12877

27 January 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 32
EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade
After European Commission, European Parliament wants to strengthen Generalised Scheme of Preferences and make it more effective
Brussels, 26/01/2022 (Agence Europe)

The draft report by Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA, Finland) on the revision of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) was welcomed by the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade on Tuesday 25 January. The GSP is a facility granted to developing countries to help them export to the EU and comprises three schemes: GSP, GSP+, and ‘Everything But Arms’.

Most political groups want to go even further than the proposal made by the European Commission in September (see EUROPE...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: European Commission unveils its proposal for declaration of digital rights and principles
DIGITAL: ‘digital decade’, French Presidency of EU Council wants to give Member States more room for manoeuvre
HOME AFFAIRS: MEPs give Commission’s Schengen Code review proposals mixed reception
MIGRATION: Member States asked to take position on emergency measures for Poland, Lithuania and Latvia
AGRICULTURE: MEPs remain concerned about effects of ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy on agricultural sector
CLIMATE: inclusion of agriculture in LULUCF regulation divides MEPs
CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT: Barbara Pompili insists on need to maintain coherence and ambition of ‘Fit for 55’ package
INDUSTRY: common charger, EU Council improves consumer information
ENERGY: MEPs approve provisional agreement between European Parliament and EU Council on revision of ‘TEN-E’ Regulation
COHESION: Jacqueline Gourault tries to temper consequences of delay in programming Cohesion Fund
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Vice-Admiral Bléjean in favour of extending EUTM Mozambique mission to Cabo Delgado province
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: in Kiev, Mr Várhelyi reiterates EU’s support for country
BURKINA FASO: EU condemns military coup and reiterates its demand for an immediate return to constitutional order
DEVELOPMENT: Beata Kempa’s draft report aims to guide EU in combating hunger and malnutrition in poor countries
TRADE: after European Commission, European Parliament wants to strengthen Generalised Scheme of Preferences and make it more effective
TRADE: MEPs want to toughen up instrument on distortive foreign subsidies
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COMPETITION: General Court annuls €1.06 billion fine imposed on Intel in 2009
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: green light for €2.7 billion support for Romanian power company CE Oltenia
TAXATION: MEPs want European framework for national withholding tax regimes
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: eight parliamentary committees and three sub-committees renew their bureaux
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: Élisabeth Borne insists on need for legal analysis of directive on protection of digital platform workers
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: Robert Spano wants European Court of Human Rights to “matter” in a changing world
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: French Presidency of EU Council submits document on low-carbon agriculture to experts
AGRICULTURE: two more EU Member States submit their CAP strategic plans
FUTURE OF EU: nearly one in two Europeans see climate change as most important global issue for EU’s future
CLIMATE/FINANCE: EU taxonomy, European Commission is planning to adopt complementary delegated act on gas and nuclear on 2 February
TRADE: 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva remains uncertain
TRADE: EU calls for WTO consultations with Egypt
EDUCATION: Member State support for creation of legal status for European universities
COMPANIES: Pascal Canfin advocates linking executive bonuses to sustainability performance of their companies
RULE OF LAW: moving to an EU Council vote on so-called ‘Article 7’ procedures would be “ineffective”, says Clément Beaune
TELECOMMUNICATIONS: MEPs approve Interinstitutional Agreement on free data roaming