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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13150

28 March 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 33
NEWS BRIEFS / Energy
More than 60 renewable energy interest groups call on Member States to adopt delegated act on additionality

27/03/23 (Agence Europe) – More than 60 interest groups and companies, largely from the renewable energy sector, call in a joint letter for the European Commission’s Delegated Act on Renewable Hydrogen and Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBOs) to be approved by the Member States and the European Parliament. A resolution objecting to the delegated act will be voted on Tuesday 28 March in the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. However, the...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: after several weeks of negotiations, Member States ready to formally adopt agreement on end of internal combustion engines in EU by 2035
TRANSPORT: European Court of Auditors deplores lack of EU strategy for intermodal freight transport
ENERGY: low-carbon hydrogen still at heart of negotiations between EU Member States over gas package and renewable energy directive 
ENERGY: ‘Energy’ Council, Swedish Presidency of EU Council will try to reach an agreement on ‘gas’ package
ENERGY: MEPs welcome electricity market reform proposal
MIGRATION: ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’, MEPs to obtain full mandate to negotiate with Member States
DIGITAL: Member States set out positions for future interinstitutional negotiations on ‘Data Act’
DIGITAL: Christel Schaldemose updates European Parliament after first meeting of working group monitoring implementation of DSA
CONSUMERS: ‘Right to Repair’ faulty products directive, proposal welcomed by MEPs, but left-wing expected more
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament compromise on limited role for EUIPO in geographical indications
FISHERIES: objectives of European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Stop Finning - Stop the Trade’ supported in European Parliament
HEALTH: Stella Kyriakides questioned in European Parliament on postponement of pharmaceutical package and transparency in procurement of Covid-19 vaccines
REGIONS: significant regional competitiveness gaps in less developed EU countries
CLIMATE: CAN Europe uses human rights as weapon to hold states accountable for climate change
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: MEPs set to adopt their negotiating position on new directive and regulation
COMPETITION: European Commission suggests initiatives relating to antitrust rules
STATE AID: European Commission concludes 2019 Italian loan worth €400 million to Alitalia is illegal aid
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: European Parliament and EU Council negotiations on anti-coercion tool in home stretch
UNITED STATES: Roberta Metsola wants to renew transatlantic alliance
LATIN AMERICA: Josep Borrell urges Ibero-American countries to finalise trade agreements with EU
Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: EU and NATO condemn Russian announcement of nuclear weapons transfer to Belarus
STATE AID: green light for €126 million Polish support for wheat and maize production in context of war in Ukraine
EDUCATION - CULTURE
CULTURE: national delegations will discuss preparation of culture for future challenges and local cultural scenes in EU
EDUCATION: academic freedom in Europe is eroding, warn two studies
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Human Rights Commissioner calls on UK MPs to block illegal immigration bill
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Human Rights Commissioner denounces “excessive use of force” during protests in France
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: call for entries to EU Organic Awards
BELARUS: Josep Borrell pays tribute to Belarusians on Freedom Day
CAUCASUS: Charles Michel calls for compromise solutions and calm between Azerbaijan and Armenia
DEFENCE: EU-US joint naval exercise
ENERGY: more than 60 renewable energy interest groups call on Member States to adopt delegated act on additionality
ENVIRONMENT: most Member States given notice to transpose EU Drinking Water Directive
HEALTH: Pascal Canfin urges European Commission to submit review of pharmaceutical legislation before April