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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13252

19 September 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 37
EXTERNAL ACTION / Latin america
EU and CELAC countries are finalising a follow-up to investment projects included in ‘Global Gateway’ initiative
Santiago de Compostela, 18/09/2023 (Agence Europe)

The finance ministers of the countries of the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean agreed, on Friday 15 September in Santiago de Compostela, on a monitoring mechanism for each investment project for Latin America and the Caribbean included in the EU's ‘Global Gateway’ programme which was agreed upon at the EU/CELAC summit in mid-July in Brussels (see EUROPE B13224A1).

The European Commission will monitor each project with the support of international financial institutions...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: the present state of the Union (1/2)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
TRADE/AGRICULTURE: restrictions on Ukrainian grain exports to EU: Kyiv files WTO complaints against Hungary, Poland and Slovakia
STATE AID: European Commission gives green light for a Polish aid measure worth around €44.7 million for maize producers
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: EU ministers concerned about costs of future directive on soil health
ANIMAL HEALTH: European Commission concerned about spread of cases of African swine fever
FISHERIES: Luis Planas criticises Norway’s unilateral decisions on fishing quotas
MIGRATION: interior ministers of Member States to take up recent events in Lampedusa and slow start to EU-Tunisia agreement
INTERNAL MARKET: Spanish Presidency of EU Council wants to deepen European internal market
TRANSPORT: MEPs want to strengthen proposal on driving disqualifications
TRANSPORT: European Commission adopts new rules on air traffic management and air navigation services
ENERGY: European Court of Auditors calls into question sustainability guarantee for marine renewable energies
RESEARCH: Christian Ehler calls for European legal basis to protect freedom of research
ENVIRONMENT: Urban Wastewater Directive, MEPs to vote on draft ‘Torvalds’ report on Wednesday
CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT: protecting ozone layer—data from European Environment Agency show clear progress within EU
CLIMATE: Ursula von der Leyen calls for global carbon pricing at Summit on Sustainable Development Goals
DIGITAL: TikTok fined €345 million in EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Retail Investment Strategy, some Member States are calling for tighter provisions on transparency of commissions paid to advisers
ECONOMY: EU Council negotiations on reform of Stability Pact enter political negotiation phase
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Spanish Presidency of EU Council calls for Europe of security and defence to go hand in hand with Europe of values
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: Javaid Rehman calls on EU to do more to protect human rights
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU increases its emergency aid for floods in Libya by €5.2 million
NEW ZEALAND: trade agreement with Wellington should serve as an example, say MEPs
LATIN AMERICA: EU and CELAC countries are finalising a follow-up to investment projects included in ‘Global Gateway’ initiative
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EYCS: EU ministers address integrating young people into political life
EYCS: implementation of EU programmes has suffered from a succession of crises, say MEPs
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: reforms from Franco-German experts to enable EU to expand and meet future challenges
GENERAL AFFAIRS: multilingualism, Rule of law and future of EU on agenda of Ministers for European Affairs of EU countries
BUDGET: EU Council approves €454.8 million in emergency aid for Romania, Italy and Turkey
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: regulation on removal of child sexual abuse content from Internet reportedly no longer on agenda for European interior ministers meeting on 28 September
STATE AID: Commission authorises €20 million Estonian aid scheme to help businesses reduce their dependence on fossil fuels
CAUCASUS: EU welcomes delivery of humanitarian aid to Karabakh Armenians
TRADE: EU extends list of dual-use items for which exports are controlled
IRAN: EU concerned about withdrawal of official designation of several IAEA inspectors
JUSTICE: ‘modernising justice’, EU Council ratifies Regulation on exchange of information in terrorism cases
INTERNAL MARKET: EU opens a call for contributions on recognition of qualifications of third country nationals
RESEARCH: EUCYS - €62,000 in European funding to encourage young scientists
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