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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13284

3 November 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 22
NEWS BRIEFS / South korea
EU and Seoul begin negotiations for future digital trade agreement

02/11/2023 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 31 October, in the margins of the 11th meeting of the EU-South Korea Trade Committee, the European Commissioner for Trade, Valdis Dombrovskis, announced the opening of negotiations between the EU and South Korea with a view to an agreement on digital trade. The two parties have shared a free trade agreement since 2011 and have decided to deepen this relationship through a new partnership focusing on digital trade, “an essential part of the digital...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
MIDDLE EAST: EU welcomes opening of Rafah crossing
ETHIOPIA: EU reaffirms that normalisation of relations with Addis Ababa requires progress on justice and human rights
RUSSIA: EU deeply deplores Russian decision to cancel ratification of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Ursula von der Leyen calls for progress on key priorities in EU accession process
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Presidency of EU Council is sounding out Member States on distribution model and accessibility of digital euro
MONEY LAUNDERING: negotiations between EU Council and European Parliament on revised ‘AMLD6’ directive focus on beneficial ownership registers
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: COP28, Wopke Hoekstra reaffirms Europe’s commitment to Loss and Damage Fund
CLIMATE: ETS – European Commission reports 37.3% reduction in emissions in electricity and heavy industry sectors
CLIMATE: WWF Europe believes that certain key EU policies are holding back fight against climate change
ENERGY: gas storage in EU reached 99.5% on 1 November
ENERGY: EU-US Task Force on Energy Security reviews measures taken by EU to diversify supplies and save energy
ECONOMY/ENERGY: according to Bruegel, recessions make it possible, to a certain extent, to increase energy efficiency and share of renewable energies in energy mix
AGRICULTURE: market observatories improve transparency in food supply chain, says European Commission
FISHERIES: Italy and Finland to vote against new regulation on fisheries controls on 13 November
DIGITAL: artificial intelligence, Ursula von der Leyen highlights issue of responsibility
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: EU authorises Nuvaxovid Covid-19 vaccine adapted to Omicron strain XBB.1.5
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: Turkey again refuses inspection of one of its ships by EUNAVFOR MED IRINI operation
NEWS BRIEFS
HUMANITARIAN AID/CIVIL PROTECTION: EU ready to help repatriate Europeans and transfer wounded Palestinians
FUTURE OF EU: Roberta Metsola sets out her vision for future of European Union in speech at Sorbonne
ECB: Claudia Mann appointed Director General of Statistics at ECB
SOUTH KOREA: EU and Seoul begin negotiations for future digital trade agreement
CIVIL PROTECTION: forest fires—Member States approve extending transitional reserve of rescEU firefighting resources