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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13290
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment

Environmental economic accounts, European Parliament approves extension of statistics to be provided

The European Parliament approved, on Thursday 9 November (449 votes in favour, 102 against and 41 abstentions), the Commission’s proposal to extend the scope of European Regulation (EU) 691/2011 on European environmental economic accounts, with the goal of better meeting the statistical needs of EU environmental policy(see EUROPE B12990A10).

This proposal for a regulation aims to add water, ecosystems, forests and environmental subsidies to the current environmental economic accounts in...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
BIODIVERSITY: European Parliament and EU Council reach political agreement on ‘Nature Restoration’ regulation
FISHERIES: nature restoration, Europêche calls on EU Council and European Parliament to reject provisional agreement on proposal
FISHERIES: Mediterranean countries agree to ban fishing to protect deep-sea coral
ENVIRONMENT: environmental economic accounts, European Parliament approves extension of statistics to be provided
AGRICULTURE: Member States to debate implementation of ‘CAP strategic plans’ on 14 November
AGRICULTURE: average EU farm income up in 2021, says European Commission report
CLIMATE: Maroš Šefčovič calls for global action towards “a fair and equitable green transition” at EU Ambassadors’ Conference
CLIMATE/INDUSTRY: EEA is making investment in green industry a key driver of climate action and European sustainable development
COMPETITIVENESS: some twenty European companies are calling on Member States to retain CO2 capture obligation in Net-Zero Industry Act
DIGITAL: DSA, Commission asks Meta and Snapchat to explain measures taken to protect minors online
MIGRATION: European Commission grants €250 million to Member States to strengthen management of migration flows
ENERGY: SolarPower Europe makes recommendations for grid action plan expected by European Commission
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Ukraine, Middle East and Caucasus on EU agenda of ‘Foreign Affairs’ Council of Monday 13 November
HUMANITARIAN AID: humanitarian airlift for Gazans, EU coordinates six additional flights to Egypt
CHINA: EU says it is still “open” to Beijing, but sets out conditions
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: European defence ministers to discuss security commitments to Ukraine on Tuesday
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: budget 2024, EU Council attempts to reach agreement with European Parliament based on current Multiannual Financial Framework
SPAIN: Iratxe García Pérez “surprised” by European Commission’s approach to Spanish amnesty law
EUROPEAN PARTIES: Stefan Löfven outlines socialists’ priorities ahead of European elections
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: occupational exposure to lead and diisocyanates, Member States finalise their positions ahead of a possible agreement with European Parliament on 14 November
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: ESMA puts cyber risks at top of its list of strategic priorities for EU supervision
ECB: ECB broadly satisfied with European Commission’s proposal to regulate digital euro
COMPETITION: European Commission authorises Italian scheme worth €1.7 billion to support agri-voltaic installations
COMPETITION: European Commission gives go-ahead to a €15 million scheme in Luxembourg to protect biodiversity
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Council of Europe welcomes opening of independent investigation into sinking of Pylos
CORRIGENDA
SOCIAL: Spanish Presidency of Council of EU and European Parliament will try to find possible compromises on legal presumption for digital platform workers
HUMANITARIAN AID: clarification on EU’s humanitarian airlift to Gaza
NEWS BRIEFS
WESTERN BALKANS: European Commission consults on growth plan for six Western Balkans countries
JUSTICE: Eurojust and Nigeria sign key agreement in fight against organised crime
SOCIAL: European Commission consults on possible revision of mandate of European Labour Authority
VENEZUELA: EPP Group in European Parliament opposes lifting of EU sanctions against Maduro regime