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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13079
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries

European Commission adopts Danish and Latvian national programmes implementing EMFAF 2021-2027

On Tuesday 6 December, the European Commission adopted the Danish and Latvian programmes implementing the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) covering the period 2021-2027.

The total financial envelope for the Danish 2021-2027 programme is €287 million, with an EU contribution of almost €201 million. Denmark has chosen to devote 86% of the programme’s allocation to sustainable fisheries and resource conservation. The remaining 8% will be invested in sustainable aquaculture, processing and marketing.

The total financial envelope of the Latvian programme for the period 2021-2027 is €192.7 million (EU budget contribution: €134.8 million).

The Commission has adopted the EMFAF programmes of 20 EU countries (https://aeur.eu/f/4je ). 

Market for fishery products. Elsewhere, the European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products (EUMOFA) has published the EU Fish Market 2022 report, which analyses the global and European fishery and aquaculture market. The report shows that the year 2021 saw an overall growth in the total value of trade flows of fishery and aquaculture products in the EU.

More info: https://aeur.eu/f/4jf (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)

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BIODIVERSITY: at COP15, EU continues to show its ambition for adoption of robust post-2020 global framework in Montreal
FOOD SAFETY: European Commission sets individual and total maximum levels for four PFAS in food
AGRICULTURE: MEP Sarah Wiener calls on EU Member States not to block negotiations on pesticides proposal
AGRICULTURE: European Commission adopts Bulgaria and Romania’s ‘CAP strategic plans’
FISHERIES: European Commission adopts Danish and Latvian national programmes implementing EMFAF 2021-2027
ENVIRONMENT: EU Sustainable Batteries Regulation, Czech Presidency of EU Council and European Parliament meet on 9 December to reach agreement
INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission will celebrate 30th anniversary of Single Market in 2023
RESEARCH: calls of €1,758 million in European funding to support doctoral and postdoctoral researchers
COHESION: European Commission gives green light to Luxembourg’s 2021-2027 partnership agreement
TRANSPORT: several organisations call on Commission to propose a system to protect consumers against airline insolvency
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Commission wants strong equality bodies in all Member States
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Digital Platform Workers Directive, Czech Presidency of EU Council launches final attempts to win over a majority of countries
EXTERNAL ACTION
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INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Poland finds first basket of new own resources for EU budget unacceptable
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: EMA says that bivalent vaccines adapted to BA.4 and BA.5 can be used for primary vaccination
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: EU General Court rules WhatsApp’s appeal against EDPB decision inadmissible
NEWS BRIEFS
BELARUS: European Commission announces €25 million in aid to population
PATENTS: Unified Patent Court announces postponement of transition period
EU COUNCIL: updated population figures of EU Member States for calculation of qualified majority
DEFENCE: ministers may approve an increase in ‘European Peace Facility’ on 12 December
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Frans van Daele appointed EU Special Envoy for protection and promotion of religious freedom
ENERGY: 45% renewable energy target by 2030 would halve EU’s gas imports, according to Ember
ENERGY: thirty business leaders call on MEPs to boost ambition of energy performance of buildings directive
WTO: negotiations on intellectual property for Covid-19 treatments and diagnostics not expected to be concluded by 17 December
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: industrial design, European Commission is launching a feedback period into draft legislative act
RESEARCH: European Investment Fund mobilises €50 million for climate technologies
FOOD SAFETY: European Commission consults on banning use of certain antimicrobials in animals or animal products imported into EU
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TRANSPORT: European Commission consults on updating list of sustainable biofuels