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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13083
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EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Home affairs

Covid-19 — EU Council updates its recommendations on free movement in EU

A press release indicates that, on 13 December, the Council of the EU updated [its] travel recommendations so as to lift all Covid-19-related travel restrictions.

For travel from non-EU countries, “[w]here necessary to address a severe worsening of the epidemiological situation, Member States should decide in a coordinated manner to reintroduce appropriate requirements for travellers prior to departure. These could include vaccination, proof of recovery or testing. Member States could...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
CORRUPTION: MEPs terminate Eva Kaili’s mandate as Vice-President of European Parliament
CORRUPTION: harmonisation, new legislation and an ethics body - European Commission is considering several ways to fight corruption
FUTURE OF EU: we must make energy transition success for our children, says Robert Golob
ENERGY: Frans Timmermans expresses concern about some MEPs’ REPowerEU amendments
TAXATION: European Parliament adopts its position on administrative cooperation in field of excise duties
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Parliament calls for concrete measures to promote inclusion of people with disabilities
GMO: European Parliament says ‘no’ to renewal of EU authorisation of transgenic soybean grown in Latin America
DIGITAL: MEPs call on European Commission to fight digital divide
TRANSPORT: MEPs approve ‘Tardino’ report on action plan to boost long-distance and cross-border passenger rail transport
TRANSPORT: MEPs approve repeal of obsolete directive on limitation of noise emissions from civil subsonic jet aeroplanes
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: ministers of EU Member States fail to agree on gas price cap
ENERGY: Czech Presidency of the EU Council sounding out Member States in preparation for negotiations with European Parliament on revision of Energy Efficiency Directive
HOME AFFAIRS: API data collection, Commission extends air carriers’ obligations to intra-EU flights to strengthen terrorism and crime prevention
HOME AFFAIRS: trafficking in cultural goods, European Commission presents an action plan involving Member States, art dealers, private owners and international organisations
FISHERIES: political agreement in EU Council on fishing opportunities for 2023 in Atlantic and Mediterranean
ANIMAL HEALTH: EU ministers divided on scope of 2023 review of animal welfare legislation
AGRICULTURE: negotiations in EU Council on pesticides will continue in first half of 2023
AGRICULTURE: European Commission approves €4 billion CAP strategy plan presented by the Netherlands
JUSTICE: provisional agreement between Czech Presidency of EU Council and European Parliament on future platform for Joint Investigation Teams
DIGITAL: EU-US data protection, European Commission launches process for adoption of an adequacy decision
MIGRATION: Committee on Civil Liberties members open negotiations with EU Council on Eurodac database
INTERNAL MARKET: European Parliament calls for agenda to deepen single market by 2030
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE/CLIMATE: provisional agreement on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism conditional on ETS agreement
ENLARGEMENT: Council agrees to grant EU candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina
ASEAN: EU and ASEAN to celebrate 45 years of diplomatic relations in Brussels on 14 December
MONTENEGRO: EU calls again for appointment of members of Constitutional Court
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY/RULE OF LAW: satisfaction after EU Council agreement on protection of EU’s financial interests in Hungary and three other politically related dossiers
FINANCE: possible European Parliament/EU Council agreement on EU Green Bonds
INSTITUTIONAL
DEMOCRACY : political agreement in EU Council on framework for political advertising
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : David O’Sullivan appointed International Special Envoy for Implementation of EU Sanctions
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: digital platform workers—European Parliament rapporteur comfortably makes it through first step in parliamentary committee
Russian invasion of Ukraine
HUMANITARIAN AID/CIVIL PROTECTION: €1 billion in urgent winter aid promised to Ukrainians at international conference in Paris
JUSTICE: Netherlands offers to host specialised court in The Hague for crime of aggression in Ukraine
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: Covid-19 — EU Council updates its recommendations on free movement in EU
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: EU Council calls for new impetus to civilian CSDP
NEWS BRIEFS
COHESION: an additional €73 million for Ireland and France under REACT-EU
INDONESIA: Jakarta appeals WTO ruling in raw materials access dispute with EU
INDUSTRY/RESEARCH: EU industrial investment in research and development increases in 2021
IRAN: Iran sanctions MEP Hannah Neumann
WTO: 13th WTO Ministerial Conference expected to be held in United Arab Emirates
RESEARCH: European Commission signs guarantee agreement with Nordic Investment Bank for green and digital transition
HEALTH/EMPLOYMENT: European Commission supports a large-scale partnership for vocational training in health sector