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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13195

7 June 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 33
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT / Social
Occupational exposure to asbestos, Member States urged to reject European Parliament’s requests to lower limit values
Brussels, 06/06/2023 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday, 7 June, EU Member States are going to study the second negotiation meeting with the European Parliament on the revision of the directive on occupational exposure to asbestos.

During this meeting, the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU is expected to ask delegations to confirm, through a new mandate, that they are refusing to give in to the European Parliament’s main arguments, namely those on lowering the exposure limit value to 0.001 fibres/cm³ after a period...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: European Parliament and EU Council strike provisional agreement on ‘Anti-Coercion Instrument’
RUSSIA: EU sanctions nine people, including Russian deputy minister of justice, following conviction of Vladimir Kara-Murza
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: EU and NATO condemn destruction of Kakhovka dam
TRANSPORT: Ukraine joins ‘Connecting Europe Facility’
SOCIAL: Special Adviser for Ukraine gives positive assessment of action taken by Member States to promote integration in employment and in European societies
TRADE: EU extends safeguard measure on certain Ukrainian agricultural products
SECTORAL POLICIES
INTERNAL MARKET: Council to adopt its position on single market emergency instrument
INDUSTRY: European Commission publishes Transition Pathway to make textile sector greener, more digital and more competitive
RESEARCH: progress in work of EU Council on establishing an EU Chips Joint Undertaking
ENERGY: start of European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on revision of Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
ENERGY: “Europe has the right attitude” regarding energy transition of European industry, according to Frans Timmermans
ENERGY: European Commission reviews certain emergency intervention measures adopted to deal with high energy prices and confirms that it will not be extending them
TRANSPORT: EU Council Presidency prepares negotiations on deployment of intelligent transport systems
MIGRATION: Member States will attempt to clear way for an agreement on ‘Asylum and Migration Pact’ at meeting of EU home affairs ministers on 8 June
MIGRATION: European Commission presents measures to keep migratory flows in Western Mediterranean under control
AGRICULTURE: Eu Council and European Parliament reach agreement on labelling of organic pet food
AGRICULTURE: EU Member States open to introduction of marketing standards for cider and pulses
CLIMATE: global population growth is a major challenge in fight against climate change, according to a JRC report
HEALTH: European Commission authorises first vaccine to protect older adults from respiratory syncytial virus
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: European Parliament/EU Council agreement on facilitating national authorities’ access to centralised bank account registers
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: occupational exposure to asbestos, Member States urged to reject European Parliament’s requests to lower limit values
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SPACE: Frederic Nordlund calls for increased public funding for space sector
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOCRACY: Vĕra Jourová to present plans for European Ethics Body on 8 June
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2024: increase in public interest in European elections but decrease in optimism about state of Union 
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
HOME AFFAIRS: Member State may refuse to execute European arrest warrant issued against third-country national, according to EU Court of Justice
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: EU condemns poisoning of over 60 schoolgirls
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Court of Human Rights condemns Turkey for failing to respect confidentiality of lawyer-prisoner interviews
FINANCE: several sectoral organisations consider timetable proposed by European Commission as part of its retail investment strategy to be unfeasible
DIGITAL: DMA, European Commission consults on relevant information to be provided by gatekeepers in their compliance reports
NEAR EAST: EU calls on Israeli army to use proportionate force
CIVIL PROTECTION: towards a memorandum of understanding between EU and countries of Latin America and Caribbean to strengthen disaster preparedness
CSDP: EULEX Kosovo to step up its support for Kosovo law enforcement agencies
RUSSIA: European Court of Human Rights condemns Russia for failing to investigate poisoning of Alexei Navalny