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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13291
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NEWS BRIEFS / Venezuela

EU extends sanctions by 6 months

13/11/2023 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 13 November, the European Foreign Affairs Ministers announced that the European Union had decided to extend its sanctions against 54 dignitaries of the Maduro regime “exceptionally”, for 6 months, until Tuesday 14 May 2024, instead of one year. One of the people sanctioned has died and has been removed from the list. The EU is thus sending a cautious signal aimed at encouraging the Venezuelan authorities to respect the Barbados agreements reached with representatives of the political opposition, which could lead to the organisation of democratic elections in the second half of 2024 (see EUROPE 13278/33). (MB)

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
MIDDLE EAST: EU27 call for “immediate” humanitarian pauses in Gaza
MIDDLE EAST: EU Foreign Ministers set conditions for a post-conflict situation in Gaza
interview Belarus: seeds of a Belarus that is a member of European family must be sown in people’s minds, says Svetlana Tikhanovskaya
WESTERN BALKANS: former director of Kosovar intelligence publishes document revealing structure of future association of Kosovo Serb municipalities
PACIFIC: EU mobilises €9 million to invest in water and sanitation in two small Pacific island states
SUDAN: EU “appalled” by latest atrocities in Darfur amounting to “ethnic cleansing”
TRADE: new tool to help European SMEs export outside EU
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Cyber Resilience Act, co-legislators seek balance between roles of ENISA and CSIRTs ahead of next round of inter-institutional negotiations
DIGITAL: ‘AI Act’, co-legislators attempt to reach agreement on foundation models and general-purpose AI systems
CLIMATE: COP28, on occasion of Sultan Al-Jaber’s visit to Brussels, Wopke Hoekstra announces a “substantial EU contribution” for “loss and damage”
HEALTH: EU Council to adopt conclusions on mental health on 30 November
ENVIRONMENT/HEALTH: EU agencies express joint commitment to ‘One Health’ approach
FISHERIES: GFCM agrees on creation of system of sanctions to combat overfishing and illegal fishing in Mediterranean
COMPETITIVENESS: Critical Raw Materials Act, fifteen NGOs call for greater control over sustainability certification of projects
ENERGY: Bruegel calls for greater cross-border electricity transmission capacity in Europe, for efficient energy transition
ENERGY: in 2022, European Union doubled investment in imports dedicated to green energy production
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: platform work, Spanish Presidency of EU Council confirms difficulty of reaching agreement with European Parliament on legal presumption of salaried employment
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: following sale of Kustomer by Meta, Commission waives Meta Group commitments
ECONOMY: faced with possible concerns over certain sovereign debts, Luis de Guindos is calling for prudent budgetary policies geared towards investment
EIB: Germany supports Nadia Calviño’s candidacy as President of EU bank
TAXATION: Member States call for greater consistency between European directive and OECD agreement on minimum taxation of multinationals
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: EU Council and European Parliament agree on 2024 budget
BUDGET: European Court of Auditors found a higher error rate in payments under 2022 budget than European Commission
EUROPEAN PARTIES: nomination procedure for European socialists’ lead candidate open until 17 January 2024
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Council of Europe fears “domino effect” following migration agreement between Italy and Albania
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Council definitively adopts new rules on digitalisation of visas
AGRICULTURE: EU Council adopts Farm Sustainability Data Network regulation
ARMENIA: EU working to strengthen support
MONEY LAUNDERING: nine Member States have officially applied to host future AMLA
BURKINA FASO: EU calls on Burkina Faso’s transitional government to shed “all possible light” on civilian massacre
TRADE: Customs DG wants to reassure Japanese industries about impact of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
DEMOCRACY: targeting and transparency of political advertising, work continues at technical level to refine provisional political agreement
TAXATION: forty-eight jurisdictions agree to exchange information on crypto-assets
FISHERIES: EU Council formally adopts regulation to strengthen controls
TRANSPORT: specific provisions on agenda for interinstitutional negotiations on trans-European transport network
VENEZUELA: EU extends sanctions by 6 months