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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13256

23 September 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 28
EXTERNAL ACTION / Un
Charles Michel announces organisation of a summit between regional organisations and UN
Brussels, 22/09/2023 (Agence Europe)

In his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday 21 September, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, announced that he would “soon be taking the initiative to hold an institutional summit between the European Union, African Union, CELAC, ASEAN and the United Nations Secretary-General”.

In his words, “we will reflect on how our organisations can act together to strengthen the multilateral system in the framework of the United Nations and the other...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: EU ministers commit to safe, accessible, affordable and equitable mobility for all people and goods
TRANSPORT: Georges Gilkinet is in favour of a minimum fare on air tickets
TRANSPORT: disagreement in European Economic and Social Committee on minimum breaks in occasional passenger transport sector
ENVIRONMENT: ‘waste shipment’ regulation - European Parliament/EU Council negotiations to continue on 16 November
AGRICULTURE: several EU ministers have called for a simplification of CAP rules
HEALTH: EU Council and European Parliament hope to reach agreement on fees payable to European Medicines Agency on 25 September
COMPETITIVENESS: divided, EU27 are called upon to adopt their position on ‘EURO 7’ Regulation on 25 September
HOME AFFAIRS: Polish government asserts that it has taken all necessary steps to remedy irregularities in visa-selling scandal
CLIMATE: in run-up to COP28, Maroš Šefčovič calls for a greater commitment from major emitters to loss and damage fund
CLIMATE: European Commission report, number of zero-emission heavy commercial vehicles in European Union remains very low
ENERGY: greater investment and improved infrastructure are needed to triple electrification rates by 2050, according to Eurelectric
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: dark trading, publication of transaction volumes and prices—negotiators to try to consolidate political agreement on ‘MiFID-MiFIR’ on 28 September
COMPETITION: European Commission imposes a new fine of €376.36 million on Intel for abuse of a dominant position
COMPETITION: Stéphanie Yon-Courtin unveils her proposals for a greener, more dynamic European competition policy
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: MILEX 23 military crisis management exercise has begun
EXTERNAL ACTION
TUNISIA: EU to contribute €127 million in budget and migration support
CAUCASUS: Josep Borrell urges Azerbaijan to take concrete steps to provide humanitarian aid to people of Karabakh
WESTERN BALKANS: Albanian President Bajram Begaj wants Belgrade to improve recognition of rights of Albanians living in Serbia
UN: Charles Michel announces organisation of a summit between regional organisations and UN
HEALTH: Charles Michel calls on all UN members to adopt legally binding treaty on pandemics in May 2024
Russian invasion of Ukraine
ECONOMY: disbursement of new tranche of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
CULTURE: Spanish Presidency of Council of EU wants to make culture a public good
NEWS BRIEFS
ACP: post-Cotonou Agreement will be signed in Samoa in November
ECONOMY: European Commission approves Portugal’s revised recovery plan
ENERGY: Energy Efficiency Directive is published in Official Journal of European Union
DIGITAL: harmonisation of GDPR rules, European Data Protection Board considers time taken to resolve disputes to be too long
UN/DISASTERS: Charles Michel calls for creation of global disaster fund
REGIONS: MEP Iratxe García calls for urgent measures to help Greece’s flooded regions