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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13154

1 April 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 30
Russian invasion of Ukraine / Russia
Swedish Presidency “ready” to bring another sanctions package to table of EU Council
Brussels, 31/03/2023 (Agence Europe)

The Swedish Presidency is “ready” to bring another package of sanctions against Russia to the table of the Council of the European Union, said the Minister for EU Affairs Jessika Roswall on Friday 31 March in a briefing to some journalists, including EUROPE.

“Whenever we’ve agreed on a new sanctions’ package, the question has been that the next round of sanctions will come and why certain sectors are not covered. This is understandable”, noted Ms Roswall. She did not say whether...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: differences of opinion persist in EU Council on quantified solidarity commitments and mandatory nature of ‘border procedure’
CONSUMERS: new rights to act in green transition, EU Council Presidency guides Member States’ future work
JUSTICE: condemnation in European Parliament of Italian decision to stop registering children of same-sex parents
JUSTICE: priorities, format and role, Member States continue to work on establishment of future High-Level Expert Group on Access to Data
HEALTH: Swedish Presidency of EU Council refines its compromise on fees and charges for EMA
TRANSPORT: Swedish Presidency of EU Council specifies deadlines for data availability and deployment of intelligent transport systems
CLIMATE: economist Alexander Lehmann argues for potential of sustainability-linked bonds to support EU’s climate goals
AGRICULTURE: MEPs reach an overall compromise on geographical indications
AGRICULTURE: EPP group in European Parliament tables amendments to reject proposal on use of pesticides
FISHERIES: EU expected to object to February IOTC measures on drifting fish aggregating devices
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: U.S. Department of Treasury clarifies conditions for accessing IRA grants for electric vehicles
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU introduces exemptions to its sanctions to facilitate delivery of emergency aid
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: CivCom recommends establishing a civilian mission in Moldova to counter hybrid threats
NATO: Finland expected to officially become member of Alliance in coming days
Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: Swedish Presidency “ready” to bring another sanctions package to table of EU Council
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BUSINESS/FINANCE: there will be no equivalence between European and international sustainability reporting standards, says ISSB
ECONOMY: euro area inflation estimated at 6.9% in March
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: Bimervax becomes eighth Covid-19 vaccine authorised in EU
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CONSUMERS: ‘ne bis in idem’ principle applies to Volkswagen compensation proceedings, says Advocate General of EU Court of Justice
INTERNAL MARKET/TRADE: Court of Justice advocate general interprets EU law on screening direct investments from third countries
NEWS BRIEFS
TRADE: EU goods trade deficit at highest since 2002
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: ‘Qatargate’, Maja Bakran Marcich replaces Henrik Hololei as interim head of Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport
ECONOMY: interactive map on projects benefiting from European Recovery Plan
COMPANIES: digitalisation and legal certainty must go hand in hand, say EU countries’ business registers
SPACE: Commission issues new calls for expressions of interest to test new technologies in orbit
FINANCE: national supervisors encouraged to facilitate migration of ICE Clear Europe CDS contracts to other clearing houses
TAXATION: European Tax Adviser Federation wants to abolish minimum penalties in ‘DAC8’ Directive
DIGITAL: thirty MEPs from Renew Europe group call for hearing of CEO of social network Tiktok before European Parliament
NATO: Mircea Geoană reappointed until mid-October 2024 as Deputy Secretary General
RUSSIA: EU condemns arrest of Wall Street Journal journalist