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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13072

29 November 2022
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Finance
Taxonomy, ‘Platform on Sustainable Finance’ completes its recommendations
Brussels, 28/11/2022 (Agence Europe)

The ‘Platform on Sustainable Finance’, a stakeholder group advising the European Commission on the EU taxonomy, delivered a report on Monday 28 November, completing initial recommendations presented in March (see EUROPE B12923A24).

In particular, the report provides a methodological framework for describing ‘enabling activities’ that contribute substantially to the environmental objectives described in the Regulation establishing the EU taxonomy.

The report focused in particular on...

Contents

SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
SOCIAL: digital platform workers, EU Council Presidency aims to reconcile still very divided Member States
SOCIAL: Social Climate Fund; extension of ‘ETS 2’ to households back on agenda of EU co-legislators
SOCIAL: new European Commission recommendation recognising Covid-19 as an occupational disease
SOCIAL: occupational exposure to asbestos, Member States have their mandate
EDUCATION: ‘pathways to school success’ recommendation adopted in EU Council
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: gas package, Czech Presidency of EU Council proposes to count low-carbon hydrogen towards renewable energy targets
ENERGY: ACER notes progress in integration of EU short-term electricity market
INTERNAL MARKET: speed of development of ‘transition pathways’ depends on ecosystem, says European Commission
DIGITAL: cybersecurity, AI and mobile networks, EU and South Korea launch new partnership to strengthen cooperation
FISHERIES: European Commission endorsed Dutch and Maltese programmes implementing EMFAF 2021-2027
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca calls for “short-term” measures to overcome fertiliser crisis
EXTERNAL ACTION
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Mr Várhelyi urges Bosnians to make progress before European Council decision
AFRICA: European and African Union Commissions determined to advance EU/Africa Partnership investments
DEVELOPMENT: EU Council intends to make young people from third countries allies in UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
HUMANITARIAN AID/DEVELOPMENT: EU Council calls for more proactive EU approach to disaster risk reduction
VENEZUELA: EU ready to ease European sanctions if there is tangible progress towards restoration of democracy
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: support for Ukraine and relations with China at heart of Bucharest ministerial meeting
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: inflationary peak has not been reached, warns Christine Lagarde
TAXATION: Europe’s tax system needs to be modified to adapt to change, say experts
TAXATION: European stakeholders optimistic about implementation of ‘minimum taxation of multinationals’ directive
FINANCE: taxonomy, ‘Platform on Sustainable Finance’ completes its recommendations
STATE AID: Covid-19, green light for €557 million German support to compensate Deutsche Bahn
Russian invasion of Ukraine
AGRICULTURE: European Commission supports ‘Grain from Ukraine’ initiative
JUSTICE: EU Member States give green light to criminalise violation of EU sanctions
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
SOCIAL: Council of Europe Development Bank supported by social and environmental strand of European Union’s InvestEU programme
NEWS BRIEFS
TRADE: EU Council adopts regulation to combat unfair foreign subsidies
ENERGY: Czech Presidency of EU Council calls another extraordinary meeting of EU ministers for 13 December
INTERNAL MARKET: EU Member States seek opinion from EU Council’s Legal Service on SMEI
DIGITAL: Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta Group €265 million for leaking user data
DIGITAL: ‘NIS 2’, EU Council formally adopts directive on high level of cybersecurity across EU
WTO: merchandise trade growth is expected to slow in late 2022 and early 2023, according to WTO
CSDP: Santiago Fernandez Ortiz-Repiso is expected to be next Force Commander of EUTM Mali
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