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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13434

19 June 2024
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Digital
Adoption of European Cyber Certification Scheme postponed once again
Brussels, 18/06/2024 (Agence Europe)

Despite experts in the European Cybersecurity Certification Group (ECCG) meeting on Tuesday 18 June, the European Cyber Certification Scheme (EUCS) has still not received the requisite approval.

While approval was on the agenda for the meeting, it was, in the end, withdrawn at the weekend. The issue continues to be disagreement over the criteria for sovereignty and security in the cloud (see EUROPE B13392A13).

According to several sources, the reason for yet another postponement is that...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: EU Council wants to change governance of European Maritime Safety Agency, despite reluctance of European Commission
TRANSPORT: EU Council wants to limit deployment of harmonised river information services
TRANSPORT: EU Council intends to simplify strategic rail capacity planning process
COHESION: post-2027 Cohesion Policy must respect logic of shared management, according to Elio Di Rupo
CLIMATE: EU ministers call for closer cooperation in response to urgency of growing climate risks
CLIMATE: European Environment Agency hopes next European parliamentary term will continue to invest in climate resilience
CLIMATE: according to Maroš Šefčovič, “green” should be “colour of cooperation” between EU and China
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council draws conclusions from its 8th Environmental Action Programme mid-term review
DIGITAL: adoption of European Cyber Certification Scheme postponed once again
CONSUMERS: Vinted changes pricing information following multiple complaints to European Commission
FISHERIES: European Commission proposes technical amendment to EU/Mauritania fisheries agreement
INSTITUTIONAL
EU2024HU: with ‘Trumpian’ slogan for Presidency of EU Council, Hungary promises to do its utmost to strengthen Europe
EP2024: Manfred Weber, sole candidate for presidency of EPP Group in European Parliament
Russian invasion of Ukraine
TRADE: EU reintroduces tariff quotas on Ukrainian oats
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Mairead McGuinness calls to “set aside national vested interests” to make progress on Capital Markets Union
EUROGROUP: economic situation, international role of euro and competitiveness on ministerial agenda
COMPETITION: suspicions of tyre industry cartel, European Commission carries out unannounced inspections on company’s premises
STATE AID : European Commission consults on revision of State aid rules for land and multimodal transport
ECB: researchers Jens van’t Klooster and Isabella Weber propose new model of governance to deal with “shockflation”
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: European Works Councils, social dimension of internal market and ‘La Hulpe Declaration’ on EU27 ministers’ agenda
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: in 2024, 23 Allies expected to spend at least 2% of their GDP on defence
NATO: three weeks ahead of 75th NATO summit in Washington, Ukrainian question at heart of debate
EXTERNAL ACTION
DRC: Janez Lenarčič wants to release additional €35 million in EU humanitarian funding
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MIGRATION: a Member State is not obliged to automatically recognise refugee status granted in another EU country, rules Court of Justice
MIGRATION: granting of refugee status in an EU country precludes extradition of person concerned to his or her country of origin, emphasises Court of Justice
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European chocolate industry requests clarity on implementing Deforestation Regulation
CÔTE D’IVOIRE: EU gains greater access to Ivorian market under Economic Partnership Agreement
ECONOMY: euro-area inflation at 2.6% in May
ENERGY: Kadri Simson welcomes creation of ENNOH, ‘European Network of Network Operators for Hydrogen’
ENVIRONMENT: Copa-Cogeca welcomes EU Council’s position on green claims
NATO: Viktor Orbán supports Mark Rutte’s candidacy for Secretary General post
RESEARCH: European Commission selects 27 projects to co-finance regional, national and international programmes under MSCA
EEAS: Josep Borrell and Federica Mogherini pay tribute to General Graziano
TRANSPORT: European ministers want to clarify specific points in regulation on passenger rights