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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13098

13 January 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 32
SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice
Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta Group €390 million
Brussels, 12/01/2023 (Agence Europe)

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) imposed, on Wednesday 4 January, two fines on the Meta group totalling €390 million. In detail, the first fine, amounting to €210 million, concerns the company Facebook. The second, for €180 million, concerns the company Instagram.

The two fines were issued because, according to the DPC, the Meta Group had violated transparency obligations and had used the wrong legal basis for its processing of personal data for the purpose of targeted...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY: Swedish Presidency of EU Council wants to make EU more self-sufficient in raw materials
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: MEPs prepared to make most of proposed ‘Ecodesign for Sustainable Products’ regulation
BIODIVERSITY: EU ‘nature restoration’ regulation, ‘Luena report’ welcomed, but right-wing MEPs need to be convinced
ENVIRONMENT: pesticides banned in EU, Member States continue to abuse emergency derogations, says PAN Europe
JUSTICE: Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta Group €390 million
JUSTICE: MEPs endorse two European Parliament/EU Council provisional agreements on modernisation of justice
ENERGY: IEA expects strong growth in renewables market, but warns of risk of geographical concentration
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: corruption scandal, political groups call Metsola’s proposals good basis for work
LOBBYING: Covid-19 Special Committee wants to withdraw right of access to European Parliament from Pfizer’s CEO, Albert Bourla
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: support for Kyiv is “top, top priority” of Swedish Presidency of EU Council
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: MEPs call for ambitious measures to combat gender-based violence
DEMOCRACY: MEPs want to include Qatargate in foreign interference report
RULE OF LAW: Spain, domestic political deadlock come to European Parliament
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: European Year of Skills 2023, MEPs want to leave no one behind
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: MEPs disagree over ‘DEBRA’ proposal
COMPETITION: €1.1 billion for Danish scheme to support roll out of carbon capture and storage technologies gets green light
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: in accordance with GDPR, CJEU considers that every individual has right to know to whom their personal data has been disclosed
GENDER EQUALITY: Court confirms that refusal to conclude a contract with a self-employed person on grounds of his or her sexual orientation is contrary to EU law
CONSUMERS: Court of Justice clarifies requirement that clause in contract for legal services be drafted in plain, intelligible language
CONSUMERS: EU Court of Justice clarifies right to reduction in price of package holiday
COMPETITION: interest rate derivatives cartel, cancellation of HSBC fine confirmed
COMPETITION: fine upheld for Lithuanian railways for abusing their dominant position
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: terrorism and organised crime, Committee on Civil Liberties MEPs approve new agreement between Europol and New Zealand
HUMANITARIAN AID: European Commission provides €25.5 million in additional emergency aid for several African countries
CHINA: new anti-dumping duty on Chinese stainless steel refillable kegs
CLIMATE: regulation for certification of carbon removals, European Parliament team almost finalised
ECONOMY: MEPs back European Parliament/EU Council agreement on insertion of ‘REPowerEU’ chapters in national recovery plans
ENVIRONMENT: monitoring requirements for emerging substances come into effect thanks to EU Drinking Water Directive
FINANCE: MEPs approve agreement with EU Council on ELTIF funds
MOROCCO: EU imposes definitive anti-dumping duty on certain Moroccan aluminium road wheels
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: waiver of parliamentary immunity, MEPs revise European Parliament rules of procedure regarding requests from European Public Prosecutor’s Office
POLAND: European Commission declares Polish judicial reform bill “an important step” towards unblocking recovery plan