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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12993

15 July 2022
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy
Commission fine-tunes plan to prepare EU for full disruption of Russian gas supply
Brussels, 14/07/2022 (Agence Europe)

As Russian gas supplies to some EU Member States have been cut and reduced in recent months, the European Commission is to present a ‘European Gas Demand Reduction Plan’ on 20 July to prepare the EU for a full disruption in the gas supply from Russia.

According to a draft version of the Commission’s communication obtained by EUROPE, this plan will take the form of a set of guidelines to help Member States reduce gas demand in a coordinated, cost-effective and timely manner to a level...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: invasion of Ukraine and global slowdown, European Commission more pessimistic in its growth and inflation forecasts
COMPETITION: European Commission consults on commitments offered by Amazon regarding its marketplace, Buy Box and Prime
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: Commission fine-tunes plan to prepare EU for full disruption of Russian gas supply
ENERGY: regulation on methane emissions from energy sector, Czech Presidency of EU Council submits a new draft compromise
MIGRATION: Margarítis Schinás criticised by MEPs of Committee on Civil Liberties for handling allegations of migrant pushbacks in Greece
SPACE: Czech Presidency of EU Council remains cautious about possibility of reaching interinstitutional agreement on constellation for secure connectivity
TRANSPORT: national supervisors and ‘Single Sky’, Member States take stock of issues to move closer to a compromise with European Parliament
DIGITAL: Council and Parliament reach provisional agreement on Path to Digital Decade
HEALTH: European Commission to update rules on safety and quality of substances of human origin
ENVIRONMENT: public access to justice in state aid cases, European Commission launches online consultation
FISH: text on controls poses problems for French tuna purse seine fleet, reports Europêche
EXTERNAL ACTION
NORTH MACEDONIA: Ursula von der Leyen calls on Macedonian Parliament to vote in favour of compromise on dispute with Bulgaria
MONTENEGRO: Borrell and Várhelyi call on political actors to focus on reforms
TRADE: MEPs welcome European Commission’s new approach to trade and sustainable development
DEVELOPMENT/HUMANITARIAN AID: food security and disaster risk reduction among priorities of Czech Presidency of EU Council
SUDAN: EU and Troika call for rapid formation of civilian-led transitional government
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Member States expected to adopt €25 million aid package for Niger’s armed forces under European Peace Facility
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
INDUSTRY: ‘Dieselgate’, Court of Justice of EU rules Volkswagen’s software update illegal
AGRICULTURE: Denmark has failed to fulfil its obligations by allowing its producers to continue to export cheese under ‘feta’ PDO
JUSTICE: Belgian authorities cannot refuse to execute European arrest warrant issued by Madrid against authors of Catalan referendum without demonstrating that their fundamental rights are at risk
PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY: Court of Justice interprets Brussels IIa Regulation on child custody to determine which court has jurisdiction
INSTITUTIONAL : CJEU rejects appeals challenging decisions to locate EMA’s seat in Amsterdam and ELA’s seat in Bratislava
INSTITUTIONAL
ADMINISTRATION: European Ombudsman confirms criticism of Ursula von der Leyen’s text messages
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE : country’s reconstruction comes before EU accession process, warns Olga Stefanishyna
STATE AID: green light for €5 billion German support for energy and trade intensive companies in context of war in Ukraine
STATE AID: European Commission validates Italian support of €526.5 million for road freight transport
STATE AID: Czech support of €20.2 million for farmers affected by crisis gets green light
SPACE: ESA Council terminates cooperation with Roscosmos for ExoMars mission
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
EMPLOYMENT: after Uber revelations, European Trade Union Confederation calls on European Parliament co-legislators to suspend work on digital platform workers directive
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: Council of Europe study sets out recommendations to counter impact of new technologies on child trafficking
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: Frans Timmermans calls for date to commemorate climate crisis victims to be set
TRADE: European Parliament Committee on International Trade approves provisional agreement between European Parliament and EU Council on foreign subsidies
COMPANIES: MEPs support Patrick de Cambourg as Chair of EFRAG’s Sustainability Reporting Board
INDUSTRY: SMEs in construction sector make a series of recommendations for revision of Construction Products Regulation