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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13227

21 July 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 45 / 47
NEWS BRIEFS / Moldova
EU Council adopts extension of suspension of customs duties on all Moldovan products

20/07/2023 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 20 July, the foreign ministers of the countries of the European Union adopted the regulation extending the autonomous measures taken last year to support Chișinău: the suspension of customs duties on seven Moldovan agricultural products. The text will therefore be able to come into force on 25 July, taking over from the expiring text. A year after this measure was introduced, the Commission proposed extending it in May (see EUROPE B13173A24)....

Contents

TIME OFF: Belgian National Day
Russian invasion of Ukraine
DEFENCE: European ministers discuss €20 billion fund to provide military support to Ukraine
UKRAINE: European ministers and High Representative of Union condemn destruction of grain by Russian bombs
IRAN: EU establishes new sanctions framework in view of support for Russia’s war of aggression
RUSSIA: EU extends economic sanctions by six months
EXTERNAL ACTION
TURKEY: EU ready to strengthen relations with Turkey, subject to conditions
ACP: EU Council authorises signing and provisional application of post-Cotonou Agreement on a “historic” day
UNITED STATES: EU Council adopts negotiating mandate for Critical Minerals Agreement with Washington
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Josep Borrell warns that rhetoric and actions of Republika Srpska government could “have serious consequences”
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: in Logroño, EU home affairs ministers make progress towards their mandate on ‘Crisis and force majeure’ regulation
MIGRATION: Spanish Presidency of EU Council seeks to improve mutual recognition of return decisions among EU27
HOME AFFAIRS: police access to digital communications data, Spanish Presidency of EU Council will try to move towards a balanced legal framework
HOME AFFAIRS: withdrawal of child sexual abuse material online, Spanish Presidency of EU Council proposes new safeguards on detection orders
HOME AFFAIRS: Member States’ judicial authorities issued 14,789 European arrest warrants in 2021, according to new figures from European Commission
JUSTICE: crime and access to justice to be focus of EU Justice Ministers in Logroño
AGRICULTURE: EU Council to discuss markets disrupted by effects of war in Ukraine on 25 July
AGRICULTURE: CAP support is essential to maintain farming in areas with unfavourable conditions
BIODIVERSITY: future nature restoration regulation, European Parliament/EU Council negotiations launched and to resume after summer
CONSUMERS: sustainable consumption in EU and Consumer Agenda on menu at informal ministerial meeting in Bilbao
COMPETITIVENESS: five Member States call for creation of specific Commission structure to put open strategic autonomy into practice
COMPETITIVENESS: several EU Member States call for clarification on ‘STEP’ platform
DIGITAL: ten MEPs call on European Commission to impose a moratorium on tracing users online
HEALTH: HERA brings EU industry together to discuss solutions to potential antibiotic shortages
ENERGY: Latvia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia do not intend to support provisional agreement on Energy Efficiency Directive
ENERGY: electricity consumption in EU is set to fall to levels not seen since 2002, according to IEA
TRANSPORT: MEPs question new proposals to make freight transport greener
TRANSPORT: EU Council Presidency proposes giving Member States more freedom to investigate maritime accidents
CLIMATE: fluorinated gases—at third interinstitutional meeting, timetable and list of bans still centre around differences of opinion
CLIMATE: EU-India partnership, CAN Europe and CAN South Asia take stock and publish a series of recommendations
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : European Commission’s Executive Vice-President, Frans Timmermans, to leave his post to stand in Dutch parliamentary elections
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: European Parliament and EU Council reach provisional political agreement on revision of rules on hedge funds and UCITS
STATE AID: European Commission approves two German aid measures to support ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe in energy transition
STATE AID: European Commission gives go-ahead for French aid of €850 million for energy transition at ArcelorMittal’s Dunkirk site
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: Spanish Presidency of Council of EU is working on two recommendations for digital skills
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: mobile workers in EU also face risks of exploitation, says new ETUI study
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
POLAND: according to two Council of Europe reports, Poland’s progress in fight against corruption is still unsatisfactory
NEWS BRIEFS
MYANMAR: EU Council adopts seventh round of sanctions against six individuals and one entity
CLIMATE: according to Eurobarometer, 58% of Europeans want to speed up green transition
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : European Commissioner-designate, Iliana Ivanova, will be heard by MEPs in September
DEFENCE: EU Council adopts Act in Support of Ammunition Production
DEFENCE: European Peace Facility - EU adopts €20 million measure to help Congolese army
TAXATION: European Commission sends letter of formal notice to 17 Member States on tax transparency
JUSTICE: EU Council appoints two new prosecutors to College of European Public Prosecutor’s Office
LEBANON: EU extends sanctions regime by one year
MOLDOVA: EU Council adopts extension of suspension of customs duties on all Moldovan products
CSDP: EU extends mandates of three EU Special Representatives (EUSRs) until 31 August 2024
TERRORISM: EU extends terrorist list by 6 months