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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13101

18 January 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 31
NEWS BRIEFS / Civil protection
EU creates reserve of equipment in Finland to respond to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear emergencies

17/01/2023 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission announced on Tuesday 17 January that Finland has been awarded €242 million to develop the first-ever chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) strategic reserve under RescEU - the strategic equipment reserve of the EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism. This new strategic reserve “will include critical medical countermeasures, such as vaccines and antidotes, medical devices and field response equipment to ensure better...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: corruption in European Parliament, political groups set out their expectations
EU2023SE: overall satisfied with Swedish Presidency of EU Council’s programme, MEPs call on it to go even further
FOOD SECURITY: MEPs call on European Commission to act on rising food prices
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European Parliament in favour of tougher rules for waste shipments in EU and to developing countries
TAXATION: European Parliament adopts its position on shell entities
REGIONS: European Parliament proposes to create a ‘European Capital of Local Trade’
JUSTICE: European Parliament approves ratification of second protocol to Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
HOME AFFAIRS: terrorism and organised crime, MEPs approve new agreement between Europol and New Zealand
SECTORAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY: Ursula von der Leyen announces plans for ‘Net-Zero Industry Act’
HEALTH: a large majority of MEPs in favour of European strategic autonomy for supply of essential medicines
AGRICULTURE: EU agriculture ministers to discuss Industrial Emissions Directive on 30 January
FISHERIES: European Fisheries Control Agency has new patrol vessels
TRANSPORT: despite an increase in number of sales, electric vehicles only represented 1.5% of European car fleet in 2021
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: progress is slow between EU and Washington on consequences of IRA for Europeans
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOGRAPHICS/REGIONS: faced with demographic challenges, European Commission launches “Talent Booster Mechanism”
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EMU: Italy and Croatia last euro area countries not to have transposed revised statute of European Stability Mechanism
SOCIAL - EMPLOYMENT - ÉDUCATION
SOCIAL/CLIMATE: Social Climate Fund, impact of ‘ETS 2' emergency brake on revenues back on table in European Parliament/Council negotiations
SOCIAL: digital platform workers, European trade unions call on European Parliament to support rapporteur’s mandate
CULTURE: towards more funding and clear evaluation criteria for ‘New European Bauhaus’
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
DIGITAL: EU Court of Justice annuls decision admitting Kosovo to BEREC body
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
JUSTICE: European Court of Human Rights strengthens LGBTI rights in ruling against Russia
NEWS BRIEFS
INSURANCE: sustainable products perform better and cost less than before, says EIOPA
ECONOMY: Ukraine expected to receive €4.5 billion per quarter in EU macrofinancial assistance in 2023
ECONOMY: EU Council gives green light to modification of Luxembourg’s recovery plan
CLIMATE: MEPs give green light to interinstitutional agreements on revision of ESR and LULUCF Regulations
SPACE: European Commission signs Copernicus arrangement with Japan to boost exchange of Earth observation data
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: European Commission appoints new Head of Representation in Sweden
ENERGY: EU electricity market reform to be maintained in March, according to Commission’s provisional timetable
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs approve Parliament/Council agreement on ‘imported deforestation’ EU regulation
TRANSPORT: recovery of air traffic in November in European Union confirmed by International Air Transport Association
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU creates reserve of equipment in Finland to respond to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear emergencies