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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12905

8 March 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 24
SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture
Ukrainian agricultural organisation UNAF to join EU farming community
Brussels, 07/03/2022 (Agence Europe)

The EU’s agricultural cooperatives and organisations (Copa-Cogeca) announced, on Monday 7 March, that “in the coming days” the Ukrainian National Agrarian Forum (UNAF) “will join the European farming community” by becoming a partner of Copa and Cogeca.

Ramon Armengol, President of Cogeca, said that welcoming our Ukrainian colleagues to Copa and Cogeca is “the natural extension of this expression of solidarity that is taking place on the ground by farmers and their...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: The Ukrainians and the arms of the European Union (1/2)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE/RUSSIA: Russian invasion of Ukraine, European Commission responds to emergency and prepares ground for longer-term measures
DEVELOPMENT: EU ministers identify plans for €100 million in immediate aid to Ukraine and Moldova in face of major humanitarian crisis
AGRICULTURE: EU Member States support adoption of market measures related to effects of the war
AGRICULTURE: EU group of experts on ‘European Food Security Crisis Preparedness and Response Mechanism’ to meet on 9 March
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Council of Europe considers excluding Russia
RUSSIA: Russia and Belarus suspended from Council of Baltic Sea States
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine featured in ‘Strategic Compass’
DEFENCE: Denmark considers lifting its reservation on its participation in EU’s CSDP
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: political agreement of Member States to invite Commission to consider membership applications of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova
TRADE/CLIMATE: France submits to Council a compromise text on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism adjustment mechanism at EU’s borders
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: members of European Parliament negotiating group reach a provisional political agreement on ‘Pay Transparency’ Directive
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: discrimination in labour market to occupy ministers on Monday 14 March
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: InvestEU, signing of agreement on use of public guarantee from EU budget
TAXATION: French Presidency of EU Council wants to make progress on ‘VAT in digital age’ initiative
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: Member States agree to extend regulation establishing EU Covid certificate by one year
COHESION: React-EU, European Commission grants €66.5 million to Luxembourg and Sweden
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Ukrainian agricultural organisation UNAF to join EU farming community
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: on occasion of International Women’s Day, Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe creates “The Women’s PACE” group
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Commission approves three new designations from Croatia and Hungary
STATE AID: European Commission approves 2022-2027 regional aid map for Luxembourg
COMPANIES: SMEunited calls for maintenance of temporary framework on State aid
JUSTICE: tool for reporting EU sanction violations
Kiosk
Kiosk: No. 055