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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13326

12 January 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 31
NEWS BRIEFS / China
EU imposes definitive anti-dumping duty on steel bulb flats from China and Turkey

11/01/2024 (Agence Europe) – Following an investigation, the European Commission has decided, by means of an implementing regulation published in the Official Journal on Thursday 11 January 2024, to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of steel bulb flats originating in the People’s Republic of China and Turkey. The investigation was opened in November 2022, following a complaint lodged by Laminados Losal S.A.U. On 12 July 2023, the Commission published in the Official...

Contents

SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: Belgian Presidency of EU Council is determined to reach an agreement on digital platform workers in line with Commission’s “initial ambition”
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: Belgian Presidency of EU Council wants a rapid agreement with European Parliament on strengthened European rules
FINANCE: MEPs support Othmar Karas’ desire to reduce reporting obligations in financial sector
EUROGROUP: macroeconomic situation, economic policy recommendation for euro area and energy issues on ministerial agenda
STATE AID: European Commission approves a €126 million Romanian scheme for port logistics companies
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: MEPs want to include full life-cycle analysis when counting greenhouse gas emissions
ENVIRONMENT/INDUSTRY: MEPs approve several European Parliament/EU Council agreements on waste, chemical substances and industrial emissions
AGRICULTURE: European Coordination Via Campesina calls for examination of proposal on new genomic techniques to be suspended
FISHERIES: NGOs criticise European Parliament’s draft report “supporting destructive fishing”
ENERGY: despite record installed renewable energy capacity in 2023, growth trajectory will not be enough to triple capacity by 2030, according to IEA
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SPACE: 2024 will see return of European launchers to space
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Parliament Committee unanimously supports European Disability Card project
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COMPETITION: Advocate General proposes that EU Court of Justice uphold fine imposed on Google for abuse of dominant position on markets for online search services
STATE AID: Court dismisses Wizz Air’s appeal against rescue aid of €36.66 million granted by Romania to TAROM
JUSTICE: CJEU sets aside General Court’s judgment concerning Planistat Europe and its director’s claim for compensation for non-material and material damage
CITIZENSHIP: Poland and Czech Republic are in breach of EU law, says Advocate General of EU Court of Justice
MIGRATION: Advocate General of EU Court of Justice considers that UNRWA’s protection of stateless persons of Palestinian origin may have ceased
FISHERIES: EU Court of Justice fails to rule on compliance with rules banning overfishing
INTERNAL MARKET: Dyson’s claim for damages definitively dismissed
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Switzerland’s Alain Berset, Estonia’s Indrek Saar and Belgium’s Didier Reynders official candidates for post of Secretary General
NEWS BRIEFS
CHINA: EU imposes definitive anti-dumping duty on steel bulb flats from China and Turkey
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: MEPs confirm provisional European Parliament/EU Council agreement on ‘Ecodesign for Sustainable Products’ regulation
ECUADOR: Josep Borrell “deeply concerned” by drug-related violence
ENERGY: European Parliament’s Environment and Industry Committees approve provisional interinstitutional agreement on regulation on reduction of methane emissions
ENVIRONMENT: mercury – MEPs back further restrictions while delaying implementation
ENVIRONMENT: Spanish city of Valencia officially becomes European Green Capital
INDUSTRY: EURO 7, MEPs give green light to European Parliament/EU Council agreement
JUSTICE: Marius Stračkaitis appointed as new President of Council of Notariats of European Union for 2024
MIGRATION: Polish NGOs and MEPs call on new Polish government to stop sending migrants back to Belarus
MIDDLE EAST: some forty MEPs support South Africa’s application against Israel
SOCIAL: MEPs in Committee approve agreement with Council of EU on occupational exposure to lead and diisocyanates