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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13197

9 June 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 37 / 37
NEWS BRIEFS / Transport
European Parliament/EU Council agreement on deployment of intelligent transport systems

08/06/2023 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 8 June, negotiators from the European Parliament and the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union reached a provisional political agreement on the rapid deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) (see EUROPE B13195A13). In a press release, the European Parliament welcomes the fact that it has secured coverage for a greater number of services (emergency services, booking and ticketing services, communication between cars and...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: EU Council agreement on asylum and migration management and on asylum procedures
MIGRATION: legal labour migration, EU Council can negotiate with European Parliament on single permit directive
JUSTICE/FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: EU Council asked to confirm several political agreements, including that on the 'anti-SLAPPs' directive
JUSTICE: EU Justice Scoreboard 2023, Didier Reynders notes major advances in fight against corruption
DIGITAL: political groups divided on remote biometric identification ahead of European Parliament vote on artificial intelligence
DIGITAL: artificial intelligence, ENISA recommends more testing and collaboration to limit cybersecurity risks
BIODIVERSITY: ambition maintained for nature restoration in compromise amendments, uncertainty over outcome of MEPs’ vote
CLIMATE: European Commission and future Presidency of COP28 commit to strengthening their cooperation for ambitious climate action
AGRICULTURE: EU ministers to debate agriculture’s contribution to ‘green’ transition in Sweden from 11 to 13 June
AGRICULTURE: European Commission supports production of Halloumi/Hellim by Turkish Cypriot community
AGRICULTURE: European Commission announces increase in EU’s agri-food trade surplus in February
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: recycling waste, European Commission makes recommendations for 18 EU countries lagging behind
CONSUMERS: BEUC refers misleading promotion of crypto-assets to European Commission in a complaint against social media platforms
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOCRACY: European Ethics Body will draw up standards but will not enforce them
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: EPP wants dedicated European legislation to combat cyberbullying
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: aid to refugees, hate speech, child poverty, FRA looks at impact of war in Ukraine on fundamental rights in EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE
STATE AID: European Commission approves Important Project of Common European Interest to strengthen European sovereignty in innovative microelectronics
ECONOMY: euro area has been in slight recession since fourth half of 2022
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: “spectre” of higher interest rates for Next Generation EU dominates debate on Johannes Hahn’s presentation of EU 2024 budget
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: EU calls on Iran to honour its nuclear commitments
WTO: in Geneva, WTO members question EU on its trade policy
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: European Peace Facility, EU adopts support measures of almost €5 million for Niger
DEFENCE: European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and the European Defence Agency call for development of EU defence strategy on climate change
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CONSUMERS: repatriation flights not covered by EU law governing rights of air passengers, according to Court of Justice
CONSUMERS: Covid-19 pandemic does not constitute case of force majeure allowing derogation from package travel directive, according to EU Court of Justice
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
RULE OF LAW: Poland persists in failing to comply with judgment by European Court of Human Rights calling into question composition of its Constitutional Court
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Commission registers new German protected geographical indication
CHINA: EU renews anti-dumping duty on certain Chinese steel products
CLIMATE: anthropogenic global warming has reached a record rate of more than 0.2°C per decade, according to study published by Earth System Science Data
COMPETITION: European Commission conducts unannounced investigations in synthetic turf sector
ENERGY: European Commission launches public consultation on its action plan to accelerate roll-out of heat pumps
ENERGY: industry and consumers concerned about delay in adopting Renewable Energy Directive
LIBYA: EU calls for elections in 2023
DIGITAL: European Data Protection Board proposes harmonised methodology for calculating GDPR fines
CIVIL PROTECTION: forest fires, EU lends a hand to Canada with almost 300 firefighters
TRANSPARENCY: EU Council should have published its legal opinion on ‘conditionality/Rule of law’ regulation
TRANSPORT: European Parliament/EU Council agreement on deployment of intelligent transport systems