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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12964

3 June 2022
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Russian invasion of Ukraine / Health
ECDC and WHO Europe provide precautionary public health resources in States hosting Ukrainian refugees
Brussels, 02/06/2022 (Agence Europe)

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO European Regional Office (WHO Europe) published a report for public health stakeholders on Thursday 2 June. The document aims to assess and strengthen early warning, alert and response (EWAR) to signals indicating a potential public health emergency in countries hosting people displaced by Russian aggression in Ukraine.

The authors of the report note that people displaced from Ukraine to Europe may be more vulnerable...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: A referendum at EU level? (1)
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: EU Council adopts its position on deployment of alternative fuel infrastructure
TRANSPORT: EU Council adopts its position on renewable and sustainable fuels in aviation and maritime sectors
ENERGY: French Presidency of EU Council proposes step-by-step approach to energy saving in EED revision
SPACE: Secure Connectivity constellation, European Commission expresses concerns on radio frequencies
AGRICULTURE: provisional agreement between European Parliament and EU Council on agricultural statistics
FISHERIES: interinstitutional negotiations on ‘controls’ regulation could continue on 21 June
FOOD SAFETY: European Commission restricts use of monacolins from red yeast rice in food supplements
DIGITAL: MEPs concerned about EU institutions’ lack of preparedness for cyber threats
INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission wants to review conformity factor in type approval of light vehicles
Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: Member States’ ambassadors to EU approve sixth package of sanctions
AGRICULTURE: aid under school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme may be increased for EU countries hosting displaced Ukrainian children
HEALTH: ECDC and WHO Europe provide precautionary public health resources in States hosting Ukrainian refugees
INTERNAL MARKET: Russian invasion of Ukraine, BusinessEurope’s recommendations to forthcoming Czech Presidency of EU Council
STATE AID: green light for €10 billion Spanish scheme to support companies affected by war in Ukraine
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Russian company representatives banned from European Parliament
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: EU welcomes Danish vote to participate in European defence
EXTERNAL ACTION
TAIWAN: EU is strengthening its economic ties with Taiwan without first concluding a trade or investment agreement
TRADE: Trade Ministers to prepare in Luxembourg for 12th WTO Ministerial Conference
JORDAN: EU and Amman agree on their partnership priorities for next 5 years
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: MEPs call on EU to develop a high-level strategy and appoint a ‘special envoy’ for implementation of SDGs
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: minimum wages directives, European Parliament and EU Council enter home straight before possible political agreement on 6 June
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ECONOMY: Ursula von der Leyen conveys European Commission’s positive assessment of Polish recovery plan to Warsaw
HEALTH: Covid-19, European Commission reaches agreement with Moderna to postpone vaccine deliveries planned for second half of 2022 until end of year
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: European Parliament will adopt resolution on 9 June calling for convention to be convened to reform EU
CITIZENSHIP: European Commission registers ‘Good Clothes, Fair Pay’ ECI
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ENVIRONMENT: European Court of Justice clarifies conditions for stakeholder involvement in extension of operation of landfill
CONSUMERS: EU Court of Justice clarifies under which conditions non-food product resembling food can be banned from market
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
CORRUPTION: Council of Europe urges European governments to increase transparency in lobbying
NEWS BRIEFS
COHESION: Cohesion in Europe towards 2050, EU Council approves conclusions
COHESION: signing of partnership agreement with France
ENERGY: MEPs approve provisional European Parliament/EU Council agreement on gas storage regulation
JUSTICE: one year after its launch, European Public Prosecutor’s Office has ordered freezing of €259 million
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU puts firefighters on pre-alert in Greece during forest fire season
TRANSPORT: European Commission adds Russian airline I Fly to its blacklist
TRANSPORT: ‘FuelEU Maritime’, report for opinion by Rasmus Andresen adopted in European Parliament Committee
ADDENDUM
CLIMATE/TRADE: review of ETS, clarification of one-off reduction in number of allowances sought by Renew Europe and EPP