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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13380
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

Several Member States are calling for a “targeted revision” of regulation on tackling deforestation in EU

At the EU ‘Agriculture’ Council meeting in Brussels on Tuesday 26 March, Austria, supported by several other countries (France, Finland, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, etc.), called for a targeted revision of the regulation on tackling deforestation.

“The agreed overall objective of tackling deforestation in third countries must not be to the detriment of the European economy, in particular the European agriculture and forestry sector”, says Austria in a document (see...

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Russian invasion of Ukraine
TRADE: EU27 agree to extend autonomous trade measures towards Ukraine
ECONOMY: Member States welcome proposal to mobilise profits from frozen Russian state assets in EU
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EDUCATION: European Commission launches a set of proposals to create a European degree
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: European Commission proposes measures to improve farmers’ incomes
AGRICULTURE: several Member States are calling for a “targeted revision” of regulation on tackling deforestation in EU
FISHERIES: European ministers welcome effects of Court of Justice ruling on fishing quotas
COHESION: “stronger and modernised policy” essential to achieving cohesion objective, according to European Commission
ENERGY: ACER and CEER suggest better management of anticipated investments to accelerate expansion of electricity network
CLIMATE/ENERGY: 75 organisations call on next European Commission to publish European strategy on sufficiency
DIGITAL: EU and South Korea set out joint ambitions on digital research
TRANSPORT: Europe’s shipping giants growing richer from European carbon tax, according to T&E study
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Member States call on Belgian Presidency of EU Council to rework draft La Hulpe Declaration on future of social policies
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
DIGITAL: EU Court of Justice rejects Amazon’s request to suspend its obligation to publish its advertising register
COURT OF JUSTICE: appointment of three new judges and two advocates-general
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
MEDIA: European and Latin American publishers warn of risk posed by digital platforms to their financial sustainability
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: EU Agency for Fundamental Rights calls for greater attention to personal circumstances in application of European Arrest Warrant
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Renew Europe group in European Parliament sets out priorities for a “real European Defence Union”
ECONOMY - FINANCE
STATE AID: European Commission gives green light to €900 million French aid scheme to support energy and fuel production
STATE AID: European Commission approves €150 million increase in budget for Italian scheme to support businesses in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: new appointments in three Directorates-General
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Commission closes its investigation into participation of a Chinese firm in a Bulgarian public contract
NEWS BRIEFS
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: EEAS says that extended international supervision of Bosnia and Herzegovina is “incompatible with European future” of country
CHINA: anti-subsidy tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles would benefit European industry, according to T&E
CONSUMERS: directive banning misleading environmental claims comes into force in EU
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission states that it had not been informed by Paris of any unauthorised processes used on natural mineral waters in France
RESEARCH: EIT Digital selects 13 Champions for 2024