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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12942

30 April 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 34
NEWS BRIEFS / Energy
Sofia to host first regional task force for EU joint energy procurement

29/04/2022 (Agence Europe) – On a trip to Brussels following Gazprom’s decision to cut off Russian gas supplies to his country, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Assen Vassilev agreed with the European Commission on Thursday 28 April to set up a first regional task force in Sofia within the framework of the European Union’s joint energy procurement platform (see EUROPE B12929A10). This pilot task force “will look at gas and electricity needs, prices and flows, as well as...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: challenged by OLAF and press investigations into pushback practices, Fabrice Leggeri resigns from direction of Frontex
DIGITAL: artificial intelligence, French Presidency of EU Council specifies obligations of notifying authorities
DIGITAL: digital rights and principles, French Presidency of EU Council emphasises respect for human rights
CLIMATE: revision of ETS, negotiations between political groups in European Parliament are intensifying
HEALTH: ECDC rapid assessment of rare cases of acute hepatitis in young children
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca refutes Frans Timmermans’ claims that fears of food shortages in EU are unfounded
GMO: European Commission consults public on GMOs derived from new genomic techniques
ENERGY: ACER recommends keeping current design of EU electricity market
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: EU-US Trade and Technology Council is crucial in current war context, according to draft statement of 15-16 May
TURKEY: WTO panel partially vindicates Ankara in attacking EU steel safeguards
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU denounces use of chemical weapons anywhere
ARMENIA: EU calls for further reforms
SUDAN: EU, UK, US and Norway call on Khartoum to quickly form transitional civilian government
SECURITY - DEFENCE
GULF OF GUINEA: EU proposes to help Gulf of Guinea countries through European Peace Facility
Russian invasion of Ukraine
ENERGY: EU has imported about €44 billion worth of Russian fossil fuels since war began, according to CREA report
HUMANITARIAN AID: IOM appeals for USD 514 million to meet growing needs in Ukraine and neighbouring countries
REGIONS: regions and cities call for an end to Russian fossil fuel imports
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: ESSPASS, European Commission still cautious about Member States’ “real appetite” for project
SOCIAL/CLIMATE: Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs maintains link between Social Climate Fund and revised ETS
SOCIAL: MEPs hope to conclude negotiations on Minimum Wage Directive by end of May
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: first reactions from EU countries expected on 3 May on proposals to finalise Banking Union
ECOFIN: EU Council to approve Bulgarian and Swedish recovery plans on 3 May
MONEY LAUNDERING: upcoming European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on revision of directive on transfers of funds scheduled for 14 June at political level
FINANCE: ESMA issues recommendations to strengthen retail investor protection
ECONOMY: euro area inflation estimated at 7.5% in April and GDP growth at 0.2% in first quarter
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENTARY PLENARY: Russian invasion of Ukraine, future of EU, rule of law and European democracy on MEPs’ agenda in early May
EU2022CZ: ‘Europe as a task’ - slogan of upcoming Czech Presidency of EU Council
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: 27 Member States give green light to start negotiations on EU-US programme to ‘defeat pandemic’
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
SOCIAL: conversion of a German public limited company into a European company must not call into question specific ballot for election of trade union representatives to supervisory board
NEWS BRIEFS
ENERGY: Sofia to host first regional task force for EU joint energy procurement
MIGRATION: more than 3,000 people died in 2021 trying to reach Europe
MOLDOVA: High Representative calls for calm in Transnistria
WTO: WTO agriculture package negotiations stall as ministerial conference approaches
CITIES: European Commission announces selection of 100 European cities to meet climate neutrality targets