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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13244

7 September 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 30
SECTORAL POLICIES / Biodiversity
Nature Restoration Regulation, negotiations between EU Council and Parliament to resume on 5 October
Brussels, 06/09/2023 (Agence Europe)

The Council of the EU, the European Parliament and the European Commission will enter into the thick of the inter-institutional negotiations (trilogue) on the proposal for a regulation on nature restoration on Thursday 5 October in Strasbourg. 

This date was announced to the Member States’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper), meeting in Brussels on Wednesday 6 September. The Spanish Presidency of the Council briefed them on the state of progress of the ‘European Green Deal’ dossier,...

Contents

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Commission proposes to create a European Disability Card
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Commission calls on Member States to speed up digitisation of social security procedures to facilitate freedom of movement
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft, Commission designates first six gatekeepers under DMA
DIGITAL: Thierry Breton wants ‘DSA referents’ to be set up in schools in 27 Member States
RESEARCH: Deucalion, seventh supercomputer in European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, has been inaugurated in Portugal
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission proposes that Council of EU negotiates agreements on transfer of air passenger data with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway
ENERGY: small modular reactors - first discussion on European Parliament’s draft report, which calls for launch of a Europe-wide industrial strategy
ENERGY: electricity market reform, MEPs to vote in parliamentary committee on ACER’s investigative powers
ENERGY: in their 2023 market monitoring report, ACER and CEER recommend more targeted support measures
CLIMATE/ENERGY: European Green Deal, Bruegel publishes a set of solutions to improve governance and support EU’s transition
ENVIRONMENT: ‘Industrial Emissions’ Directive, European Parliament/EU Council negotiations to continue on 3 October
BIODIVERSITY: Nature Restoration Regulation, negotiations between EU Council and Parliament to resume on 5 October
COMPETITIVENESS: twelve European business representatives call for aluminium to be included on EU’s list of critical raw materials
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Thierry Breton calls for greater availability of military equipment in EU
Russian invasion of Ukraine
AGRICULTURE: European Commission is seeking “a consensual solution” on Ukrainian grain, according to Valdis Dombrovskis
DEFENCE: European Defence Agency and European industry sign five new framework contracts for joint procurement of 155 mm ammunition
EXTERNAL ACTION
TURKEY: EU will not be a global player without Turkey, warns Hakan Fidan
TRADE: European Commission defends its position on trade defence in 2022
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Nadia Calviño wants EU Council to reach agreement on reforming Stability Pact by end of 2023
BANKS: European Commission sets out criteria for defining ‘shadow banking’
TAXATION: millionaires, economists and international political leaders call on G20 countries to tax extreme wealth
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: Renew Europe group in European Parliament calls on S&D and EPP groups to continue with coalition agreement
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MIGRATION: European General Court dismisses action brought by Syrian refugees against Frontex
RUSSIA: European General Court dismisses appeals against European sanctions imposed on a Russian oligarch and his wife
RUSSIA: EU General Court annuls sanctions targeting oligarch Aleksandr Shulgin
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: in Vienna, Renew Europe group in European Parliament reiterates its support for Romania and Bulgaria joining Schengen
CLIMATE: summer of 2023 will be hottest on record globally, according to Copernicus
TRADE: EU Council approves extension of current Generalised Scheme of Preferences beyond December 2023
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: in mid-September, European Parliament is expected to approve appointment of European Commissioner-designate, Iliana Ivanova
INDUSTRY: intellectual property of industrial designs, Council to adopt position on 25 September