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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12970

14 June 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 24
NEWS BRIEFS / Digital
European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking inaugurates fifth supercomputer in Finland

13/06/2022 (Agence Europe) – The fifth supercomputer of the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC) was inaugurated on Monday 13 June in Kajaani, Finland. Called ‘Lumi’, this supercomputer will be capable of performing some 550 million billion calculations per second – making it the 3rd fastest in the world – and it will be powered entirely by renewable energy. “Thanks to its massive computing capacity, Lumi will enable scientific breakthroughs to be...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: EU ministers express different views on application of EU standards to imported products
AGRICULTURE: geographical indications, many EU ministers fear delegation of powers to EUIPO
CLIMATE: new compromise text from French Presidency on LULUCF regulation ahead of 28 June Council
CLIMATE: French Presidency of EU Council proposes draft agreement on ETS revision to Member States
CLIMATE: French Presidency of EU Council submits compromise proposal on Effort Sharing Regulation
ENVIRONMENT: chemicals, European Commission clarifies common definition of nanomaterial
HEALTH: vaccine strategy, European Health Data Space, global health and health support for Ukraine on agenda of EU ministers
SPACE: MEPs question how future constellation for secure connectivity will be funded
INDUSTRY: Thierry Breton details his vision for mining in Europe
Russian invasion of Ukraine
WTO: EU reiterates its support for Ukraine alongside 56 other WTO members
FOOD SECURITY: Trade ministers from around world attempt to reach agreement on food security issues at WTO
UKRAINE: President Zelensky calls for positive decision on Ukraine’s EU candidate status
STATE AID: Finnish €500 million support for companies gets green light
HUMANITARIAN AID: MEPs visit Moldova to assess humanitarian impact of war in Ukraine
EXTERNAL ACTION
WTO: Climate coalition of trade ministers takes shape
UNITED KINGDOM: UK government follows through on threat to unilaterally amend Northern Ireland Protocol
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Bosnian leaders pledge to move forward on European path
CIVIL PROTECTION: first step towards Albania’s participation in EU Civil Protection Mechanism
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: discussions between Alliance, Turkey, Sweden and Finland to unblock accession process of two Nordic countries
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: political agreement in sight in EU Council on revision of rules governing alternative investment funds
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission did not sufficiently monitor re-establishment of internal border controls during pandemic, says European Court of Auditors
NEWS BRIEFS
DEFENCE: European Defence Fund, European Commission details its calls for proposals for 2022
DIGITAL: European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking inaugurates fifth supercomputer in Finland
CORRIGENDUM
CLIMATE: correction regarding European Commission’s intermediate CO2 reduction targets for new cars and vans