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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12964

3 June 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 37
NEWS BRIEFS / Justice
One year after its launch, European Public Prosecutor’s Office has ordered freezing of €259 million

Brussels, 02/06/2022 (Agence Europe) – The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) celebrated its first anniversary on 1 June. Between June and December 2021 alone, ongoing investigations by the EPPO estimate fraud against the EU budget of around €5.4 billion, according to EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders. “The European Public Prosecutor’s Office is plugging a hole in the European budget”, he said on 1 June. The work of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office has...

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