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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12935

21 April 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 23
SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice
Laura Kövesi calls for strengthening European Public Prosecutor’s Office
Brussels, 20/04/2022 (Agence Europe)

The Chief Prosecutor of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), Laura Kövesi, presented, on Wednesday 20 April, the first report of the EPPO for its activities in 2021 to the MEPs of the European Parliament’s Committees on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and on Budgetary Control (CONT).

The investigations conducted by the EPPO have resulted in the confiscation of €147 million of assets in 2021. Damages from the 515 active investigations is estimated at €5.4...

Contents

Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: Michel pledges that EU will do everything possible to help Ukraine
UKRAINE: Ukrainian MPs call on EU to do more in terms of lethal and non-lethal equipment and sanctions
MIGRATION: platform for registering Ukrainian refugee movements in EU will not be ready before end of May
HUMANITARIAN AID: MEPs and Mykita Poturayev call for more support for Ukraine in face of a major humanitarian crisis
AGRICULTURE: MEPs call for measures to counteract rising fertiliser prices in EU
ENERGY: Annalena Baerbock says German oil imports from Russia will stop by end of 2022
SECTORAL POLICIES
INTERNAL MARKET: European Parliament extends and strengthens common chargers directive
DIGITAL: Christel Schaldemose leaves door open to European Parliament/EU Council agreement on 22 April over DSA
ENERGY: European Commission preparing legislative proposal on licensing of renewable energy projects
ENERGY: gas storage regulation, Jerzy Buzek wants to reach a provisional agreement with EU Council by June
TRANSPORT: MEPs take stock of key challenges for sustainable aviation fuels
TRANSPORT: ‘FuelEU Maritime’, rapporteur Jörgen Warborn’s approach does not satisfy all parties in European Parliament committee
JUSTICE: Laura Kövesi calls for strengthening European Public Prosecutor’s Office
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament committee hopes to vote on EU Forest Strategy in mid-July
AGRICULTURE: four EU organisations want to work towards a “reliable food supply”
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
RULE OF LAW: MEPs on European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties want annual reports on Rule of law to be more closely linked to corrective tools with sanctions
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: MEPs begin discussions on legislative package finalising introduction of ‘Basel III’ agreement in EU
TAXATION: MEPs call for swift implementation of OECD agreement on minimum taxation of multinationals
TAXATION: Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation calls on G20 to create global asset register
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission consults on review of legislation combating child sexual abuse
ENERGY: EU’s dependence on fossil gas imports remained high in 2021, according to Eurostat
INDUSTRY: Dan Nica will be rapporteur on European Chips Act and Eva Maydell on ‘semiconductor’ joint venture
MIGRATION: Denmark, in turn, considers an agreement with Rwanda to transfer asylum seekers