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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12922

31 March 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 29
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Money laundering
EU transfer rules extended to crypto-assets while MEPs decide on negotiating position
Brussels, 30/03/2022 (Agence Europe)

The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and the Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) will vote on Thursday 31 March on their position regarding the revision of the Transfer of Funds Directive to include crypto-assets.

“The idea is to integrate this new economic reality into the ‘anti-money laundering’ package”, explained MEP Aurore Lalucq (S&D, France) to EUROPE on Wednesday 30 March. “Our goal is not to kill off the cryptocurrency market, but...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: proposed regulation on sustainable products paves way for a more resource-efficient EU
INDUSTRY: ‘circular economy’, European Commission wants to put an end to ‘fast fashion’
INDUSTRY: circular economy, European Commission tackles construction products
CONSUMERS: Commission proposes a right for consumers to information on sustainability of products and a ban on ‘greenwashing’
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission fine-tuning its draft revision of Industrial Emissions Directive
TRANSPORT: ‘FuelEU Maritime’, European Parliament rapporteur wants Commission to present compensation measures for compliance costs
AGRICULTURE: MEP Éric Andrieu regrets that European Parliament is not retaining objective of 25% of organic land by 2030
Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: upcoming sanctions could affect military-industrial sector, according to senior US source
MEDIA: RT France’s request to suspend EU Council sanctions rejected
ENERGY: Benelux, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland commit to strengthening gas storage coordination
ENERGY: Warsaw calls for EU tax on Russian hydrocarbons
MIGRATION: European Commission and Canada convene international event on 9 April in Warsaw to collect donations for refugees from Ukraine
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Poland poses last obstacle to EU Council agreement on directive transposing OECD agreement on minimum taxation of multinational groups in EU
MONEY LAUNDERING: EU transfer rules extended to crypto-assets while MEPs decide on negotiating position
BANKS: Sberbank case demonstrates importance of harmonising national insolvency regimes, says Elke König
COMPETITION: European Commission partially refers acquisition of part of McKesson by Phoenix to French competition authority
EXTERNAL ACTION
Interview ACP: the EU/ACP Parliamentary Assembly is a forum for debate on peace in the face of the impact of the war in Ukraine and climate change, says Carlos Zorrinho
TUNISIA: Várhelyi announces additional funds
CUBA: EU says sentences for July 2021 protesters are “disproportionate”
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COMPETITION: airfreight cartel, EU General Court upholds fines against five airlines and reduces fines against five others
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency starts rolling review of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine developed by HIPRA
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Commission study shows positive impact of POSEI programme
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Per Haugaard appointed as new Head of Representation in Denmark
TRADE: Member States’ representatives approve provisional agreement for international procurement instrument
COMPANIES: European Commission consults on sustainable corporate governance
ISRAEL: EU condemns deadly terrorist attack in Tel Aviv
SOCIAL: interinstitutional negotiations on minimum wage directive will resume on Wednesday 6 April
TRANSPORT: Commission consults on conditions of access to, and use of, data generated on board vehicles
UKRAINE: EU denounces shelling of EUAM office in Mariupol