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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13431

14 June 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 34
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Taxation
Estonia continues to block directive at EU Council on VAT on digital platforms, despite proposals from Belgian Presidency
Antwerp, 13/06/2024 (Agence Europe)

Estonia continues to block the directive on VAT (value added tax) in the Digital Age (‘ViDA’), according to a European source contacted by Agence Europe on Wednesday 12 June. However, European finance ministers are expected to reach an agreement (‘general approach’) at the next Ecofin Council, which is due to be held on Friday 21 June in Luxembourg.

Estonia explained the reasons for its veto on VAT for digital platforms at the last Ecofin Council in May (see EUROPE B13409A2)....

Contents

SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: “Delays in our support have had serious consequences, and we must not allow this to happen again”, warns Jens Stoltenberg
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: victims’ rights, EU Council validates its position
HOME AFFAIRS: EU interior ministers still unable to adopt Declaration on 40th anniversary of free movement area
MIGRATION: legal labour migration, EU Council approves its mandate on EU Talent Pool
DIGITAL: protection of minors, European Commission requests additional information from three pornographic sites as part of DSA
DIGITAL: EU Council adopts position on additional procedural rules for application of GDPR
CLIMATE: Bonn Conference, great deal more work expected at COP29 on climate financing for developing countries
ENVIRONMENT: Belgian Presidency moves closer to an agreement at EU Council on substances to be monitored in water
ENVIRONMENT: four non-governmental organisations urge European Commission to ban PVC
TRANSPORT: Maroš Šefčovič inaugurates first public charging hub for trucks in Port of Antwerp-Bruges
AGRICULTURE: manifesto of ‘Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins’ for 2024-2029 legislature
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: European Commission tries new approach to proposal on shell companies
TAXATION: Estonia continues to block directive at EU Council on VAT on digital platforms, despite proposals from Belgian Presidency
COMPETITION: European Commission suspects Alchem of involvement in pharmaceutical cartel
STATE AID: European Commission will verify whether support measures in favour of public carrier WestVerkehr have given it undue comparative advantage
ECB: Data Protection Officer Maarten G.A. Daman outlines certain safeguards for digital euro framework
ECB: two experts from Bruegel propose strategic adjustments for ECB in face of more volatile inflation due to supply shocks
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MIGRATION: Hungary fined by Court of Justice for unprecedented and “exceptionally serious” breach of EU law
MIGRATION: UNRWA’s ability to protect stateless Palestinians in Gaza may have ceased after 7 October, says EU Court of Justice
Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: eight Member States call on EU to take measures against free movement of Russian diplomats
MIGRATION: EU Council gives green light to one-year extension of temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees in EU
ECONOMY: G7 agreement on $50 billion loan to Ukraine
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHINA: Beijing threatens to file WTO suit against EU over tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles
HONG KONG/MACAO: European Commission reports on ongoing erosion of fundamental rights and ‘one country, two systems’ principle in Hong Kong and Macao
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: question of reorganising parliamentary committees could be raised again by mid-July
EP2024
EP2024 : AfD has to wait for French parliamentary elections to find out whether it can rejoin ID group in European Parliament
EP2024: conservative ECR Group increases to 77 MEPs
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: directive on equal treatment, Belgian Presidency could forgo unanimous political agreement in EU Council
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: call for expressions of interest in creating a platform of honey experts
SOUTH KOREA: Seoul lifts restrictions on French and Irish beef
DEFENCE : EU adopts €9 million ‘European Peace Facility’ to support Moldovan air defence capabilities
DEVELOPMENT: official development assistance from G7 and EU to Africa is close to its lowest level in 50 years, according to NGO ‘One’
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: European Union’s first text against gender-based and domestic violence has come into force
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: 400,000 disabled people unable to vote in European elections, according to European Disability Forum