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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13121

15 February 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 34
NEWS BRIEFS / Environment
European Commission consults public to transpose Stockholm Convention regarding persistent organic pollutants

14/02/2023 (Agence Europe) – A public consultation is open online until midnight on 9 March on a European Commission implementing regulation to adapt the EU regulation (2019/1021) on persistent organic pollutants (POPs), those eternal highly toxic chemical pollutants, to the EU’s international commitments under the Stockholm Convention. The implementing regulation will amend Annex I of the EU Regulation to include PFHxS, its salts and PFHxS-related compounds as substances that are...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: after new cars and vans, European Commission proposes a text to reduce CO2 emissions from trucks and buses by 90% by 2040
FISHERIES: EU Council supports EU membership of an international alliance to fight illegal fishing
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: EU countries get to heart of reforming European economic governance framework
FINANCE: France opposes ban on brokers’ commissions
COMPANIES: Americans and Europeans discussed climate and sustainability reporting
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
UKRAINE: special tribunal to try crime of aggression in Ukraine is absolutely necessary, according to Latvian President
WESTERN BALKANS: Olivér Várhelyi wants to see a country ready for EU membership by end of Commission’s mandate
GUYANA: European Parliament gives green light to EU/Guyana voluntary partnership agreement
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Qatargate, European Parliament strengthens mission of special committee on foreign interference
DEMOCRACY: European Commission to present a proposal for a European ethics body “in the coming weeks”, promises Věra Jourová
DEMOCRACY: European Parliament wants to make it easier for mobile EU citizens to participate in European and municipal elections
TRANSPARENCY: MEPs divided on how to increase transparency of EU funds allocated to NGOs
TRANSPORT: European Parliament approves Interinstitutional Agreement on CO2 emission standards for new cars and vans
ECONOMY: European Parliament approves inclusion of ‘REPowerEU’ chapters in national recovery plans
SPACE: European Parliament validates Interinstitutional Agreement on IRIS² Constellation
HEALTH: MEPs approve creation of new European Parliament sub-committee on public health
UNITED KINGDOM: MEPs confirm Interinstitutional Agreement allowing Commission to take action against London if it breaches its commitments
AGRICULTURE: Greens/EFA MEPs want to amend European Parliament draft resolution on affordability of fertilisers
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: MEPs pay tribute to their former president José María Gil-Robles
Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: Swedish Presidency of EU Council intends to set up a Working Group on frozen assets
EXTERNAL ACTION
HUMANITARIAN AID/CIVIL PROTECTION: Janez Lenarčič welcomes opening of two additional border crossing points for aid to Syria
DRC: EU concerned about rising tensions with Rwanda in East of country
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: relaunch of work on coordination of social security schemes, Swedish Presidency receiving some positive signals
SOCIAL: digital platform workers, Member States are reportedly still holding to their positions
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: European Commission issues €7 billion of EU bonds
NEWS BRIEFS
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : new Director-General for Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
ECONOMY: EU Council approves revised German recovery plan
ECONOMY: Eurogroup calls on euro area countries to cut energy aid
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission consults public to transpose Stockholm Convention regarding persistent organic pollutants
TAXATION: four new third countries added to European list of non-cooperative jurisdictions
JUSTICE: EU Council authorises Member States to ratify Second Additional Protocol to Convention on Cybercrime
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Nicola Procaccini, new co-chair of ECR Group in European Parliament
RESEARCH: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Commission will award €257 million to 1,235 researchers
HEALTH: ECDC publishes tools for better implementation of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Europe