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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12969
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate

French Presidency of EU Council proposes postponing creation of new carbon market by one year and inclusion of maritime sector

In its new draft compromise on the revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union proposed to Member States on Wednesday 8 June to postpone by one year the entry into force of the new carbon market designed to cover emissions from heating of buildings and road transport (ETS2), as well as the inclusion of emissions from the maritime sector in the current ETS.

Auctioning of ETS2 emission allowances would therefore only start in...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: EU Interior Ministers agree to commit to a voluntary solidarity mechanism and adoption of ‘Eurodac’ and ‘Migrant Screening’ Regulations
HOME AFFAIRS: French Presidency of EU Council reaches agreement on Schengen Borders Code reform
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Council validates three new tools to strengthen police cooperation in EU and joint police patrols
SPACE: Member States insist on the involvement of SMEs and start-ups in resilience and spatial competitiveness
RESEARCH: Council of the EU takes another step towards implementing new European missions under Horizon Europe
RESEARCH: EU Council makes progress on open science
RESEARCH: EU Council specifies values and principles for international cooperation in research and innovation and paves way for multilateral dialogue
AGRICULTURE: reciprocity of standards, pesticides, agricultural markets and geographical indications at EU Council on 13 June
CLIMATE: French Presidency of EU Council proposes postponing creation of new carbon market by one year and inclusion of maritime sector
CLIMATE: ‘Fit for 55’ package, deciphering main votes in European Parliament
ENERGY: Ursula von der Leyen calls for reform of EU electricity market
INTERNAL MARKET: nine EU Member States are concerned about latest developments in proposed Single Market Emergency Instrument
DIGITAL: The French Presidency of the EU Council stresses importance of NIS 2 Directive in context of Digital Identity Wallet
BIODIVERSITY: in front of MEPs, European Commission pledges commitment to fight illegal logging in EU
ENVIRONMENT: pesticide reduction, NGOs and European organic movement call for an alternative indicator to HRI-1
HEALTH: EU and US sign cooperation agreement on preparedness and response to public health threats
EXTERNAL ACTION
WTO: EU insists on need for food security agreement at 12th WTO Ministerial Conference
ENLARGEMENT: European Commission could recommend candidate status for Ukraine under conditions
ALGERIA: EU denounces suspension of Treaty of friendship with Spain
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
NICARAGUA: European Parliament calls for an International Criminal Court investigation and new sanctions against Ortega regime
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: MEPs call for direct right of legislative initiative
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: euro area growth and employment up by 0.6% in first quarter
COMPETITION: Statement of Objections addressed to České dráhy and Österreichische Bundesbahnen concerning a collective boycott
STATE AID: Covid-19, green light for a €400 million Portuguese recapitalisation scheme for companies
STATE AID: Covid-19, European Commission approves €24 million Italian scheme to support workers’ cooperatives
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: Council of Europe is concerned about discrimination against Muslims in Denmark and opposes expulsions of immigrants
NEWS BRIEFS
BANKS: Single Resolution Board provides transparency on resolution of Sberbank
DEFENCE: European Peace Facility, EU Council adopts €6 million support measure for Balkan Medical Task Force (BMTF)
KOSOVO: Pristina to apply for EU membership by end of year, says Mr Kurti
TRANSPORT: European Commission consults to evaluate work of EU Agency for Railways