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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13067

22 November 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 31
NEWS BRIEFS / Finance
ESMA seeks input on guidelines for use of sustainability-related terms in funds’ names

21/11/2022 (Agence Europe) – The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) launched, on Friday 18 November, a call for input on draft guidelines on the use in funds’ names of environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability-related terms. As funds’ names are a powerful marketing tool, ESMA wants to ensure that this does not mislead investors. It considered that these terms must be supported in a material way by evidence of sustainability characteristics or...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: Social Europe: could do better… (1/2)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
AGRICULTURE: EU ministers call for more measures to alleviate fertiliser crisis
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU mobilises €14 million for school buses for Ukrainian children in 2023
SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: European Commission is preparing an initiative on energy transition in EU fisheries and aquaculture sector
FISHERIES: discussion continues with European Commission on control of tuna vessels, says Hervé Berville
AGRICULTURE: European Commission endorses ‘CAP strategic plans’ of Germany, Greece and Lithuania
MIGRATION: European Commission proposes 20 actions to Member States to better manage migrant arrivals in Central Mediterranean
ENERGY: divided EU wants to postpone agreement in principle on modernising Energy Charter Treaty
CLIMATE: EU co-legislators close to agreement on inclusion of maritime sector in ETS review
CLIMATE: despite creation of loss and damage fund, Frans Timmermans expresses disappointment at end of COP27
DIGITAL: artificial intelligence, EU Council adopts its position for future interinstitutional negotiations
DIGITAL: European Commission adopts a proposal for a Regulation to facilitate cross-border data exchange within public administrations
RESEARCH: European Court of Auditors believes that synergies between different European R&I funding can be improved
SPACE: launchers and constellation to be focus of European Space Agency ministerial meeting
COHESION: future of cohesion policy on agenda of General Affairs Council
COHESION: Spain signs €37.3 billion Partnership Agreement
HEALTH: a European Commission report on vaccine confidence in EU offers a mixed picture
FOOD: two NGOs survey Member States’ varying ambitions regarding future food waste reduction targets in EU
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET/RULE OF LAW: any decision to apply ‘Rule of Law Conditionality’ regulation is a matter for EU Council, Didier Reynders stresses
EXTERNAL ACTION
SERBIA/KOSOVO: emergency meeting with EU ends in failure
MAURITANIA: EU and Mauritania want to strengthen their strategic partnership, particularly in field of renewable energy and infrastructure
EAST AFRICA: EU and Kenya inaugurate first section of Northern Corridor highway
UNITED STATES: EU expects tangible results after third EU-US Trade and Technology Council meeting
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: suggested reform of EU fiscal rules could be very burdensome for highly indebted countries, according to Jacques Delors Institute
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: EU Council validates 2022 guidelines for employment policies in Member States
NEWS BRIEFS
INSURANCE: EIOPA affirms its support in fight against climate change
BUDGET: EU Council approves increased humanitarian aid in 2022 and 2023
COHESION: €148 million from Just Transition Fund for Bouches-du-Rhône
NORTH KOREA: EU and G7 urge Pyongyang to stop missile launches
FINANCE: ESMA seeks input on guidelines for use of sustainability-related terms in funds’ names
MIGRATION: European Commission has submitted list of candidates to European Parliament for leadership of Frontex