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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13244
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy

Electricity market reform, MEPs to vote in parliamentary committee on ACER’s investigative powers

On Thursday 7 September, members of Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) will vote on the draft report by Maria da Graça Carvalho (EPP, Portuguese) on the revision of the REMIT regulation, which aims to improve the EU’s protection against manipulation of the wholesale energy market, as part of the reform of the electricity market.

This revision aims, among other things, to give more power to the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) with...

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