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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13019

13 September 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 21
NEWS BRIEFS / Youth
DiscoverEU, call for free rail travel in the EU to be launched on 11 October

12/09/2022 (Agence Europe) – A new DiscoverEU call will be launched on 11 October. This call will allow 35,000 young people born between 1 January and 31 December 2004 from countries participating in the Erasmus+ programme - which also includes Iceland, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia and Turkey - to receive a free rail pass. Participants will be asked to complete a six-question questionnaire. Winners will be able to travel for a period of 30 days between March 2023 and...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: European Commission’s draft regulation to reduce demand for electricity and cap revenues of certain producers
ENERGY: review of ‘RED II’ directive, three largest groups in European Parliament agree on biomass approach
AGRICULTURE: European decisions “must not affect agricultural production potential”, insists Copa President Christine Lambert
COHESION: European Commission adopts Partnership Agreement with Slovenia
ENVIRONMENT: pesticides banned in EU, ‘Article 53’ derogations must be exceptional, says Advocate General
EXTERNAL ACTION
DEVELOPMENT: EU mobilises €50 million to support UN SDGs through renewed partnerships with local authorities in Europe and Africa
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: ‘rule of law’ conditionality, European Commission may propose to suspend part of EU funding granted to Hungary
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Member States’ final demands before relaunch of reform of EU fiscal rules
STATE AID: green light for Romanian aid to compensate energy-intensive companies for indirect emission costs
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ECONOMY: European Commission in favour of “targeted and adequately justified” modification of national recovery plans
HEALTH: European Court of Auditors satisfied with ‘Covid’ vaccine procurement procedures, but wants a better assessment
HEALTH: EMA recommends authorisation of new adapted vaccine to strengthen European portfolio
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission consults on digitalising travel documents
CLIMATE: draft EU regulation on certification of carbon removals scheduled for end of November
NORTH KOREA: EU implements UN decision to sanction additional 20 persons and 25 entities from North Korea
ECONOMY: Portugal wants to implement its national recovery plan beyond 2026
TAXATION: Member States want to go beyond soft law on direct taxation in EU
YOUTH: DiscoverEU, call for free rail travel in the EU to be launched on 11 October
DIGITAL: Digital Identity Wallet, Andrus Ansip’s report approved in European Parliament committee
UNITED KINGDOM: Maroš Šefčovič reiterates EU’s readiness to minimise controls on goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland
RUSSIA: EU does not recognise recent local elections in Crimea