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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12985

5 July 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 27
NEWS BRIEFS / Research
EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030’ launches Charter to encourage more participation

04/07/2022 (Agence Europe) – Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, announced on 1 July that the EU Horizon Europe mission ‘Restore our Oceans and Waters by 2030’ is launching a Charter. Through this Charter, the mission calls on partners to contribute to its three objectives: the restoration and protection of marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity, the prevention of pollution in these environments and the...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: European Parliament negotiators want to raise EU’s energy efficiency target and binding national contributions
CLIMATE/FINANCE: ten EU energy ministers call on European Parliament to support inclusion of nuclear energy in EU taxonomy
AGRICULTURE: EU must do more to fight fraud in CAP spending, says Court of Auditors
AGRICULTURE: food security, pesticides and geographical indications on agenda of Czech Presidency of EU Council
HEALTH: fight against antimicrobial resistance, first list of banned veterinary medicinal products
MIGRATION/HOME AFFAIRS: Czech Presidency of EU Council taking up gradual approach pursued by Paris on basis of consensus
CONSUMERS: 55% of car rental brokers’ websites examined violate EU law
COHESION: adoption of Partnership Agreement with Poland
DIGITAL: French digital sector in Brussels structures itself by launching ‘Fédération française des technologies’
ENVIRONMENT: Germany is marketing 35 toxic pesticides out of 55 that should already be withdrawn from EU market, denounces PAN Europe
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: reconstruction of country, task will be colossal, acknowledges Ursula von der Leyen
TAXATION: European Commission exempts imports of vital equipment for Ukrainians from customs duties and VAT
STATE AID: green light for €414 million Croatian support for exporters in context of war in Ukraine
COHESION: additional aid to Germany and Belgium, notably for integration of refugees fleeing Ukraine
EXTERNAL ACTION
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: SDGs, EU must now turn words into action to help vulnerable third countries, urges Udo Bullmann
SYRIA: EU condemns country’s ongoing deadly conflict
UNITED KINGDOM: EU closes WTO dispute with London over wind farm subsidies
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
INSURANCE: work on Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive continues in EU Council
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: digital platform workers, asbestos and Social Climate Fund among main projects of Czech Presidency of EU Council
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Commission approves new geographical indication from Spain
WTO: EU needs time to bring its steel safeguards in line with WTO rules
UZBEKISTAN: EU calls for independent investigation into violent crackdown on protests in Karakalpakstan
RESEARCH: EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030’ launches Charter to encourage more participation
HEALTH: Commission consults public on a strengthened EU strategy for global health
HEALTH: ECDC and WHO Europe continue to monitor cases of acute childhood hepatitis
SUDAN: EU condemns further deadly violence by Sudanese security forces
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