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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12911

16 March 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 33
SECTORAL POLICIES / Digital
Data protection, EDPB adopts guidelines to facilitate cooperation between national authorities
Brussels, 15/03/2022 (Agence Europe)

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted on Tuesday 15 March guidelines to facilitate the cooperation of the different national supervisory authorities in the framework of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

These guidelines are intended to facilitate the interpretation and application of national procedures and to ensure that they comply with Article 60 of the GDPR, which establishes a one-stop shop mechanism provided by a lead authority.

In addition, the EDPB has also...

Contents

Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: EU adopts fourth sanctions package
TRADE: EU decides to withdraw Russia’s ‘most-favoured-nation’ status at WTO
ECONOMY: Bruno Le Maire outlines “a common economic strategy” to mitigate impact of Russian invasion of Ukraine on EU
UKRAINE: three European Prime Ministers in Kyiv to demonstrate EU support
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Russia announces its exit from Council of Europe, but it may be expelled
NATO: Stoltenberg concerned about possible Russian chemical attack in Ukraine
CIVIL PROTECTION/HUMANITARIAN AID: EU emergency aid for Ukraine and neighbouring countries being stepped up
MIGRATION: more than three million people have fled Ukraine, according to IOM
HEALTH: EU health ministers agree to better coordinate health care for Ukrainian refugees and strengthen health systems
COHESION: Ukrainian refugees, European Commission cautious on possible new flexibilities
ENERGY: European Commission’s REPowerEU plan fails to convince MEPs
DIGITAL: Angelika Winzig calls on European telephone operators to eliminate roaming charges for Ukrainian refugees
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: EU27 will stress urgency of building up strategic gas stocks
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE/CLIMATE: EU Council adopts its negotiating position with European Parliament on EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
ALBANIA: Mr Rama and Mr Borrell call for EU accession negotiations to begin as soon as possible
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: EU Council will try again in April to find compromise on ‘OECD agreement’s Pillar II’ directive
COMPANIES: MEPs almost unanimous on Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
BANKS: Paschal Donohoe notes “renewed determination” of Member States to complete banking union
COMPETITION: European Commission carries out unannounced inspections in automotive sector
COMPETITION: European Commission approves Amazon’s acquisition of MGM
COMPETITION: MEPs advocate adjustments to competition policy
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE/FINANCE: EU taxonomy, chair of ‘Platform on Sustainable Finance’ calls for creation of an intermediate category
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Council and European Parliament agree on Europol’s role in introducing new alerts in Schengen Information System
TRANSPORT: TEN-T, Barbara Thaler calls for better supervision of implementation of measures by Member States
DIGITAL: data protection, EDPB adopts guidelines to facilitate cooperation between national authorities
AGRICULTURE: first analysis by European Commission of Member States’ priorities in CAP strategic plans
ENVIRONMENT: four European NGOs call on EU Council to be as ambitious as European Parliament on sustainable batteries
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: more than 1.7 billion EU Covid Certificates issued in Member States
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
FINANCE: Court of Justice of EU clarifies conditions justifying disclosure of inside information for journalistic purposes
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: reaching agreement with European Parliament on regulation coordinating social security systems remains objective of French Presidency of EU Council
NEWS BRIEFS
BUDGET: EU Council presents its ‘budget guidelines’ for 2023
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: US President Joe Biden will attend summit on 24 March
GENDER EQUALITY: recommendations to strengthen presence of women in sport in EU