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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12884
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice

Recognition of parentage links between EU Member States remains sensitive issue

European justice ministers discussed the recognition of parentage within a family between the different EU Member States on Friday 4 February in Lille. The French Presidency of the Council of the EU (FPEU) wanted to put this discussion on the ministers’ agenda to prepare the ground for the European Commission’s future work on this subject.

The Commission plans to publish an initiative by the end of the year, after carrying out a public consultation on the subject last year. EU Justice...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: digital platforms calling for European framework to regulate e-evidence, says Éric Dupond-Moretti
JUSTICE: recognition of parentage links between EU Member States remains sensitive issue
JUSTICE: EU Member States move closer to decision on inclusion of hate speech in European criminal law
HOME AFFAIRS: ‘Prüm II’ Regulation, several Member States question new objective of automated exchange of information on missing persons
ENVIRONMENT: a draft EU Regulation on Sustainable Use of Pesticides with binding targets and disappointing flexibilities for NGOs
ENVIRONMENT: Virginijus Sinkevičius welcomes shared ambition with UN and US for biodiversity, oceans and fight against plastic pollution
AGRICULTURE: carbon sequestration on agenda of informal EU Council meeting on 6-8 February
AGRICULTURE: final adoption of National Strategic Plans implementing CAP delayed
FISHERIES: European Commission calls for investigation into dead fish discarded by ships in Bay of Biscay
DIGITAL: artificial intelligence, French Presidency of EU Council clarifies rules for high risk service providers
ENERGY: EU gas supply and situation in Ukraine at heart of EU-US Energy Council
TRANSPORT: ‘Toulouse Declaration’, EU and 15 other countries call for carbon neutrality of aviation sector by 2050
SPACE: secure connectivity, Rodrigo da Costa confirms that EUSPA is ready to cover new tasks
CLIMATE/FINANCE: NGO ClientEarth initiates proceedings to challenge EU taxonomy in Court of Justice
SECURITY - DEFENCE
UKRAINE: EU Council Politico-Military Group calls for CSDP mission to help reform professional military education
EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: EU sanctions are ready, warns Mrs von der Leyen
UNITED STATES: transatlantic agreement on resumption of trade in bivalve molluscs
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: ‘platforms’ directive, EU Council’s first analyses are rather positive
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: report commissioned by French Caisse des Dépôts group calls for exclusion of long-term investments from EU fiscal rules
COMPETITION: additional public consultation on EU block exemption rules for vertical agreements
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Commissioner for Human Rights denounces Poland’s pushback practices at Belarusian border
NEWS BRIEFS
CAUCASUS: Macron and Michel hold talks with Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders
TRADE: EU closes tequila dispute with Mexico
MALI: EU adopts targeted sanctions against five military officers preventing Mali’s political transition
RUSSIA: EU denounces measures taken against German media outlet Deutsche Welle
SOCIAL: Henrike Hahn suggests decoupling Social Climate Fund from new ETS2
ADDENDUM
ENVIRONMENT: use of pesticides, clarification of Danish position on transparency of agricultural statistics
CORRIGENDUM
COMPANIES: the draft legislation on corporate sustainability reporting is an EU directive