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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13385

6 April 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 8 / 28
SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture
European Commission looking into ways of bringing biopesticides to market more quickly
Brussels, 05/04/2024 (Agence Europe)

“To speed up the application of biotechnologies to climate and sustainability, the European Commission will study ways of speeding up the granting of marketing authorisations for sustainable, low-risk biopesticides”, said Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides on Thursday 4 April in response to a written question on biological crop protection from a number of MEPs, including Irène Tolleret (Renew Europe, French) and Norbert Lins (EPP, German).

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Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: participants at EU-US Trade and Technology Council praise progress made in last 3 years
TRADE: launch of Minerals Security Partnership Forum between EU, Washington and about fifteen other countries
HUMANITARIAN AID: European Commission calls for additional humanitarian access points in Gaza Strip to be established quickly
MIDDLE EAST: FIDH calls for European measures against Israel
ARMENIA: EU and US strengthen relations with Armenia
SERBIA/KOSOVO: ban on transactions in Serbian dinars in Kosovo, discussions to continue after second unsuccessful meeting of negotiators
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE : plant proteins on agenda at informal meeting of European ministers in Genk, from 7 to 9 April
AGRICULTURE : European Commission looking into ways of bringing biopesticides to market more quickly
AGRICULTURE : EU agri-food trade reaches record level in 2023
HOME AFFAIRS: in a new report, Europol details workings of 821 most dangerous criminal networks in EU
DIGITAL: European Commission wants to urge Member States to appoint national regulators under AI Act
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : EU SME Envoy—MEPs asked to decide whether to relaunch selection process
EP2024
EP2024/EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Ursula von der Leyen puts election campaign team in place
EP2024: Walter Baier calls on left to unite in European elections
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: in fight against hate speech and hate crime, a panel of 150 European citizens meet to strengthen dialogue and cohesion between communities
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: employers’ organisations are calling on Commission to make e-Declaration for posting of workers a reality
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MEDIA: Council of Europe urges member States to combat ‘SLAPPs’ aimed at intimidating journalists and other critics of public life
WOMEN: Council of Europe Recommendation calls for action to fight intersectional discrimination against Roma women and girls
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: European Commission authorises €350 million German State aid measure to support hydrogen production
COMPETITION: European Commission considers certain aid granted to large Czech companies illegal
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
SPACE: Ariane 6 passes qualification tests in preparation for its maiden flight
NEWS BRIEFS
CULTURE: Denmark’s Theis Ørntoft wins European Union Prize for Literature
ENERGY: ACER calls on Dutch National Regulatory Authority to improve its gas transmission pricing methodology
UNITED STATES: EU deplores new execution
GEORGIA: Secretary General of Council of Europe protests against return of draft bill on “transparency of foreign influence“ to Parliament of Georgia
UZBEKISTAN: EU signs a memorandum of understanding on critical raw materials with Tashkent
HEALTH: EU ready to respond “robustly” to health threats, says Stella Kyriakides
SOCIAL: EU Member States to re-discuss draft La Hulpe Declaration