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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12997

21 July 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 6 / 25
Russian invasion of Ukraine / Cohesion
Integration of refugees fleeing Ukraine, EU Council gives green light to FAST-CARE proposal to make use of structural funds more flexible
Brussels, 20/07/2022 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 20 July Member States’ Ambassadors to the European Union approved unchanged the FAST-CARE proposal to further relax EU law governing structural funds in order to rapidly finance assistance for the reception and integration of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine (see EUROPE B12982A19).

Apart from a pre-financing of €3.5 billion to be paid in 2022 and 2023 for programmes receiving funding from the ERDF, ESF+ and Cohesion Fund, a co-financing rate of up to 100%...

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