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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12997

21 July 2022
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Belgian national day
Please note that 21 July is a legal public holiday in Belgium and our offices will be closed on Thursday. EUROPE 12998 will be dated Saturday 23 July

Contents

Belgian National Day: Please note that 21 July is a legal public holiday in Belgium and our offices will be closed on Thursday. EUROPE 12998 will be dated Saturday 23 July
Russian invasion of Ukraine
ENERGY: European Commission presents plan to reduce gas demand by 15% by end of March 2023
RUSSIA: Member States’ ambassadors agree on new sanctions package
STATE AID: European Commission amends Temporary Crisis Framework in context of war in Ukraine
ECONOMY: Ukraine’s creditor countries ready to accept suspension of Ukrainian debt service until end of 2023
COHESION: integration of refugees fleeing Ukraine, EU Council gives green light to FAST-CARE proposal to make use of structural funds more flexible
SECTORAL POLICIES
INTERNAL MARKET: EU Member States intend to build on emerging high value-added sectors to support lagging regions
INTERNAL MARKET: Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques proposes to rebalance 3rd pillar of semiconductor legislation
CONSUMERS: General Product Safety Regulation for digital age, EU Council adopts its position
ENVIRONMENT: access to data on chemical substances, European Commission consults public for EU Regulation
HOME AFFAIRS: Pegasus spyware was sold to 14 Member States, according to lessons learned in Israel by European Parliament's ad hoc committee
CULTURE: EIT selects 18 innovative local projects for New European Bauhaus
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EUROPE : follow-up of Conference on Future of Europe, EU Council will act at its own pace
INFRACTIONS: European Commission sends letters of formal notice to 26 Member States for incomplete transposition of several directives
BUDGET: MEPs critical of disbursement of EU funds to Poland
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : European Commission appoints members of its Independent Ethical Committee
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: EU announces €1.2 billion for 61 projects under European Defence Fund
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: according to Emily O’Reilly, European Commission should create complaints system for human rights violations in trading partners
RUSSIA: EU denounces repression of human rights defenders
AZERBAIJAN: Borrell calls for progress on human rights
AFRICA: Charles Michel calls for major EU/AU clean energy investment projects to become a reality
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: UK to repeal part of EU financial Regulation
NEWS BRIEFS
PATENTS: number of patents in space sector is soaring, according to a new report
ENVIRONMENT: Commission consults public before extending temporary storage of liquid mercury waste in EU by three years
HUNGARY: Hungarian Parliament wants to reduce powers of European Parliament