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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12878

28 January 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 35
ECONOMY - FINANCE / State aid
European Commission approves regional aid map 2022-2027 for Netherlands and Slovenia
Brussels, 27/01/2022 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 27 January, the European Commission approved the map of the Netherlands for the granting of regional aid, valid from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2027, under the revised regional aid guidelines.

According to the revised guidelines, regions covering 8.98% of the population of the Netherlands will be eligible for regional investment aid under the derogation in Article 107(3)(c) TFEU (“c” areas): in order to address regional disparities, the Netherlands has designated...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: NATO and United States have submitted their responses to Moscow on Russian proposals
SAHEL: Josep Borrell urges Mali and Burkina Faso to act to contain risk of destabilisation of whole region
AFRICA: Josep Borrell visits Kenya and Mozambique ahead of EU-African Union summit
CHINA: European Commission launches WTO dispute settlement case against Beijing
TRADE: French Presidency of EU Council proposed a compromise text on distortive foreign subsidies to Member States
SECURITY - DEFENCE
UNITED STATES: EU working to launch security and defence dialogue
ECONOMY - FINANCE
EIB: EU Bank rethinks its development financing with ‘EIB Global’ initiative
BANKS: climate stress test for banking sector to be launched in March
INSURANCE: EIOPA publishes a methodology for taking into account climate risks in stress tests
STATE AID: €3.8 billion in funding for deployment of gigabit networks in Italy given go-ahead
STATE AID: European Commission approves regional aid map 2022-2027 for Netherlands and Slovenia
COMPETITION: European Commission approves Meta’s conditional acquisition of Kustomer
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: rising energy prices, French Presidency of EU Council is determined to continue debate on need to adapt European market
ENERGY: revision of ‘RED II’ Directive, French Presidency of EU Council consults Member States on biomass
ENVIRONMENT: Barbara Pompili’s ambition for biodiversity and a healthy environment welcomed by MEPs
AGRICULTURE: European Commission considers limited measures for pigmeat sector
TRANSPORT: ‘ReFuelEU Aviation’, EU Member States invited to reflect on impact of measures on aviation sector
DIGITAL: European Commission asks WhatsApp to clarify its privacy policy
COHESION: 62% of cohesion funds planned for 2014-2020 period have been paid out, according to Elisa Ferreira
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOCRACY: coronavirus disinformation, digital giants can do better, says European Commission
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
INTERNAL MARKET: Spanish legislation on declaration of assets and rights abroad found contrary to EU law by CJEU
JUSTICE: Advocate General of European Court of Justice finds EU PNR Directive compatible with fundamental rights and data protection
AGRICULTURE: EU Court of Justice interprets concept of ‘compensation payments’ under ‘Natura 2000’ network
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: Council of Europe commemorates Holocaust victims and calls for action against Holocaust denial
SPORTS: Council of Europe wants to put human rights at heart of football
RUSSIA: Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe validates Russian delegation’s credentials to maintain “political dialogue”
RUSSIA: Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe votes for an independent investigation into poisoning of Alexei Navalny
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: entry into force of new Guidelines for ‘Climate, Environment and Energy’
FUTURE OF EU: Clément Beaune identifies political sequence for EU response to recommendations of Conference on Future of Europe
COMMEMORATION: Shoah, presidents of European institutions warn against rise of revisionist theories
NORTH KOREA: EU reiterates its call for Pyongyang to stop missile tests
DEVELOPMENT: MEPs call for gender equality to be priority in EU external policy
ENERGY: renewable energy accounted for 37% of gross electricity consumption in EU in 2020, according to Eurostat
ENERGY: EU invests over €1 billion in five cross-border energy infrastructure projects under CEF
TRANSPORT: Commission consults to review methods of calculating and collecting fines for infringements of vehicle type-approval rules