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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12994

16 July 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 33
Russian invasion of Ukraine / Health
Ukraine associated with European Health Programme
Brussels, 15/07/2022 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission and the Ukrainian authorities signed an association agreement with the European Union’s health programme, EU4Health, on Friday 15 July. This was announced the same day by Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, who visited a children’s medical centre and a rehabilitation centre in Kyiv, where she met with Ukrainian Health Minister Viktor Liashko.

This signature follows a request from the Ukrainian authorities on 9 September 2021 to be associated with the...

Contents

BREACHES OF EU LAW
HUNGARY: European Commission refers Hungary’s LGBTIQ+ law to the European Court of Justice
MEDIA: Commission refers Hungary’s refusal to renew Klubradio’s frequency to Court of Justice of EU
AGRICULTURE: Hungary urged to remove grain export restrictions
POLAND: European Commission continues its infringement procedure against Constitutional Tribunal with a reasoned opinion
ENVIRONMENT: Greece before Court of Justice for incomplete transposition of EIA Directive on project impact assessment
TRANSPORT: Single European Sky, three Member States before EU Court of Justice for failure to provide data link services
INFRACTIONS: Commission launched 847 new infringement procedures in 2021
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: green light for €5.4 billion in support from 15 Member States for a project relating to hydrogen technology value chain
MONEY LAUNDERING: MEPs want to strengthen respect for fundamental rights in revision of directive on centralised access to bank registers
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: war in Ukraine, Latin America and digital diplomacy on agenda of EU Council on Monday 18 July
Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: European Commission proposes new sanctions package
UKRAINE : EU denounces attack on town of Vinnytsia
ENERGY: Kadri Simson reminds Hungary of its energy solidarity obligations
CUSTOMS: European Commission proposes to invite Ukraine to join Convention on a Common Transit Procedure
HEALTH: Ukraine associated with European Health Programme
MIGRATION: Council of Europe offers its expertise to Czech and Slovak Republics in implementing measures for vulnerable Ukrainian refugees
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: EU and Niger develop cooperation on fight against migrant smuggling
MIGRATION: European Commission relies on Greek government commitments regarding migrant pushbacks
AGRICULTURE: EU ministers to discuss food safety, CAP and pesticides on Monday 18 July
ENERGY: Czech Presidency of EU Council proposes new methodology for energy performance standards of buildings
INDUSTRY: semiconductors, manufacturers stress importance of skills and interconnected ecosystems
JUSTICE: European Parliament in line with European Commission, but not with EU Council on directive on protection of environment through criminal law
ENVIRONMENT: environmental economic accounts, European Commission consults public on proposed expansion of statistics to be provided
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU assists Portugal, France and Albania in tackling forest fires
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: European Court of Auditors notes progress in introducing new own resources
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
GEORGIA: Council of Europe calls on Tbilisi to ensure implementation of anti-discrimination legislation and to improve human rights in labour and environment
CORRIGENDUM
COMPANIES: Patrick de Cambourg was supported with 12 votes in favour, 8 against and 2 abstentions by MEPs
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Council welcomes results of EMPACT platform which has led to more than 31,000 arrests in three years
PATENTS: Court of First Instance of Unified Patent Court will have local divisions
INDUSTRY/HEALTH: first meeting of Joint Industrial Cooperation Forum held
MOROCCO: EU imposes provisional anti-dumping duty on Moroccan aluminium wheels
CAR: EU welcomes abolition of death penalty in Central African Republic
RESEARCH: new European award will recognise education and research organisations promoting gender equality