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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13107
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Taxation

MEPs want to move quickly on US ‘FATCA’ act

MEPs from the Committee on Petitions discussed, on Wednesday 25 January, their fact-finding mission to Washington in July 2022 on the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The MEPs who took part in this mission were unanimous: progress must be made on this problem (see EUROPE B13103A26).

“If we do not act now, this file will be delayed for another 3 years”, said Yana Toom (Renew Europe, Estonian), rapporteur of the mission report, taking into account the electoral calendars of...

Contents

SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: strengthening social dialogue in EU, Commission’s proposals welcomed by European social partners
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: European Commission raises €5 billion to fund EU priorities
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: EU justice ministers to review prosecution of war crimes in Ukraine
JUSTICE: Member States approve provisional agreement with European Parliament on electronic evidence
MIGRATION: EU interior ministers invited to Stockholm to address reasons for low return rates of irregular migrants
ENVIRONMENT: Swedish Presidency of EU Council is strongly committed to biodiversity and circular economy, says Minister Romina Pourmokhtari
REGIONS: vague priorities for cohesion policy under Swedish Presidency of EU Council
FISHERIES: interinstitutional negotiations on controls to resume on 8 March
HEALTH: Member States support European Commission’s proposal to avoid shortages of medical devices
HOME AFFAIRS: Pegasus software, MEPs on European Parliament committee of inquiry frustrated by lack of cooperation from Member States
INDUSTRY: MEPs want EU ‘fresh money’ to fund EU semiconductor production capacity
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
Interview GENDER EQUALITY: Swedish Minister Paulina Brandberg says “it’s all in the balance”
GENDER EQUALITY: MEPs call for ratification and implementation of Istanbul Convention
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: MEPs approve provisional compromise on ‘pay transparency’ directive
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
TRANSPARENCY: EU Council must grant access, on request, to documents drawn up by its working groups in context of a legislative procedure, says General Court
EXTERNAL ACTION
SOUTH AFRICA: Josep Borrell in Pretoria on Friday to strengthen EU-South Africa political dialogue and strategic partnership
LATIN AMERICA: EU/CELAC Summit will take place on 17-18 July in Brussels
CHINA: European Commission launches China scholarship
NUCLEAR: Rafael Grossi believes Iran nuclear deal is now empty shell
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: Oleksandr Kornienko says supplying arms to his country is not charity
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: business professionals reluctant to harmonise taxation across Europe
TAXATION: MEPs want to move quickly on US ‘FATCA’ act
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Council of Europe prepares for crucial May summit in Reykjavik
NEWS BRIEFS
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : appointment of a Principal Legal Adviser to Legal Service
TAXATION: European Tax Adviser Federation recommends finalising ‘BEFIT’ after implementation of Pillar I of OECD agreement
IRAN: regime sanctions new MEPs
IRAN: sixty-one MEPs call on EU to act to free Olivier Vandecasteele
SEA: European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) launches its fully unified marine data service
SEA: US joins High Ambition Coalition on biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions
MIGRATION: Commission convenes ‘contact group’ meeting on 31 January over search and rescue of migrants at sea
CSDP: Markus Ritter appointed Head of Mission EUMA Armenia
RESEARCH: new European partnership aims to make blue economy more sustainable
HEALTH: European Commission launches consultation on integrated mental health initiative
TRANSPORT: number of new commercial vehicle registrations in EU fell by 14.6% in 2022