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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12899

26 February 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 36
NEWS BRIEFS / Trade
EU extends countervailing and anti-dumping duties on fibreglass fabrics

25/02/2022 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission published on Friday 25 February two implementing regulations amending countervailing and anti-dumping duties on certain woven and/or sewn fibreglass fabrics from China and Egypt. After investigation, the Commission decided to extend them to Morocco. It had received a request for an investigation from an association of European producers of fibreglass fabrics indicating that the products concerned were circumventing the regulations by...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: On war
Russian invasion of Ukraine
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU sanctions Russian President and his Foreign Minister
NATO: NATO considers Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to have ended NATO-Russia Founding Act
ECONOMY: Finance Ministers assess whether to exclude Russia from Swift international banking system
ECONOMY: sanctions against Russian invasion of Ukraine are the price to pay for defending freedom, say EU’s major money experts
MIGRATION: French Presidency of the EU Council convenes extraordinary meeting to prepare for possible mass influx of Ukrainian refugees
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU continues to coordinate emergency aid to Kiev and prepares to help refugees from Ukraine’s neighbours
AGRICULTURE: MEPs to debate effects of Russian invasion on agricultural sectors on 28 February
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Council of Europe suspends Russian Federation’s rights of representation
ENERGY: EU caught up in its dependence on Russian gas
ENERGY: Energy Ministers of EU Member States to meet on 28 February
SPACE: Russian-Ukrainian conflict, ESA Director General ensures continued scientific missions in partnership with Russia
EESC: EESC condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine
SOCIAL: social partners call for rapid implementation of sanctions against Russia
COMPANIES: Ukraine crisis, SMEs ready to bear consequences of “direct and indirect” sanctions against Russia
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: EU refines targets for its Rapid Deployment Capacity
EXTERNAL ACTION
KAZAKHSTAN: EU Humanitarian Air Bridge continues to deliver vital medical aid to Kabul
WESTERN BALKANS: €3.2 billion investment programme launched to foster sustainable connectivity
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: compromise EU Council decision on hate speech and hate crime still not attractive to all Member States
CONSUMERS: draft compromise in EU Council on proposed ‘General Product Safety Regulation’
TRANSPORT: Member States stress need for funding to support industrial mobility sector
COHESION: MEPs from Committee on Regional Development call for a Climate Change Adaptation Fund
ENERGY: energy inflation rate rises to 27%, according to Eurostat
FISHERIES: EU adopts measures to protect Baltic harbour porpoises
DIGITAL: EU Member States engage with their Indo-Pacific partners to promote data protection
HEALTH: Covid-19, EMA recommends authorisation of Spikevax vaccine for children and Comirnaty booster dose for adolescents
ECONOMY
GREECE: Eurogroup supports early repayment of IMF loans by Athens
COMPETITION: European Commission seeks comments on Insurance Ireland’s commitments on its data sharing platform
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: MEPs to recommend postponing Court of Auditors’ 2020 budget discharge
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: EU ministers to review implementation of homelessness platform on Monday 28 February
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: green light for €50 million in French support for fisheries and aquaculture sectors
COHESION: REACT-EU, Belgium, Czech Republic, Poland and Romania receive €642 million
TRADE: EU extends countervailing and anti-dumping duties on fibreglass fabrics
EUROGROUP: Tuomas Saarenheimo reappointed as head of Eurogroup working group
TRANSPORT: European Cockpit Association says EU response lacks consistency and clarity
TRANSPORT: infrastructure charges, EU Council approves extension of support measures for rail sector