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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13252

19 September 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 37
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

18/09/2023 (Agence Europe) – The Spanish Presidency of the EU Council reportedly no longer intends to put the regulation on the removal of online child sexual abuse material on the agenda of the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 28 September. While “the decision has yet to be made”, according to one source, the latest agenda, dated 18 September, for the Council’s preparatory meeting on Wednesday 20 September, makes no further mention of a possible general approach to this...

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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