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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13451

12 July 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 35
NEWS BRIEFS / State aid
European Commission gives green light to €50 million Austrian measure to support primary agricultural sector

11/07/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 11 July, the European Commission announced that it had authorised an Austrian scheme (SA.1141763) worth €50 million to support primary agricultural producers who risk losing their financial liquidity as a result of the disruption to agricultural markets caused by Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. The aid, which will be granted no later than 31 December 2024, will not exceed €280,000 per beneficiary. The Commission found that...

Contents

SECURITY - DEFENCE
UKRAINE: Volodymyr Zelensky asks Allies to allow his country to strike Russia with their equipment
NATO: twenty-two countries, together with Kyiv and EU, commit to coordinating and accelerating efforts to meet Ukraine’s security needs
NATO: Allies commit to strengthening transatlantic defence industry
NATO: next Alliance summit will take place in Netherlands, before meeting in Turkey
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: climate change will not wait for potential boycott of meetings by Hungarian Presidency of EU Council, according to Teresa Ribera and Wopke Hoekstra
CLIMATE/FINANCE: WWF promotes ‘Independent Science Based Taxonomy’, new tool for sustainable finance
AGRICULTURE: Hungarian Presidency of EU Council reopens debate over rules for new genomic techniques
FISHERIES: France and Spain neglect jobs and environment when allocating fishing quotas, according to Oceana
COHESION: European Economic and Social Committee calls for cohesion policy to be strengthened
DIGITAL: validation of European Cybersecurity Certification Scheme remains unclear
ENERGY: Maroš Šefčovič stresses importance of fair and equitable transition for decarbonisation of EU’s coal-mining regions
ENERGY: European Commission consults on list of priorities for developing network codes for gas and electricity
ENERGY: ENTSO-E presents its 2024-2034 Research, Development and Innovation roadmap for a carbon-neutral Europe
TRANSPORT: ‘green’ steel could reduce CO2 emissions from car production in Europe by 6.9 million tonnes, according to a T&E study
INSTITUTIONAL
ECR: Ms von der Leyen’s project for Presidency of European Commission is “too similar” to that of current mandate, says Nicola Procaccini
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: distribution of European Parliament’s 14 vice-presidency posts is becoming clearer
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: MEPs adopt agenda for constitutive plenary session
EXTERNAL ACTION
MIDDLE EAST: G7 condemns recent Israeli announcements concerning legalisation of outposts, new settlements and confiscation of land
INDO-PACIFIC: EU calls for arbitral award recognising Second Thomas Shoal in Philippines’ exclusive economic zone to be respected
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: European Commission accepts Apple’s commitments to remedy access restrictions linked to Apple Pay
ECONOMY: EU Council is expected to endorse revision of five national recovery plans
TAXATION: tax base erosion and profit shifting continue despite some progress, according to OECD
TAXATION: former heads of state and government call on G20 leaders to support global agreement to tax wealth
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: skills, inclusion of persons with disabilities in employment and protection of pensions on agenda of EU ‘Employment and Social Affairs’ Council
HUNGARIAN PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
HU24EU: Valérie Hayer calls for urgent debate at European Parliament plenary session on Hungarian Presidency of EU Council’s actions
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: EU Agency reports alarming rise in antisemitism, particularly online
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
SPORT: European Commission study recommends more resources for athletes’ mental health and ongoing dialogue on their rights
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
BIODIVERSITY: EU Court of Justice confirms validity of ban on wolf hunting in Austria
EMPLOYMENT: collective redundancies directive also applies when employers retire, according to CJEU
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: European Commission gives green light to €50 million Austrian measure to support primary agricultural sector
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: EU honours victims of Srebrenica massacre
CHINA: EU imposes provisional anti-dumping duty on Chinese titanium dioxide
COMPETITION: ITA/Lufthansa/MEF case – Margrethe Vestager denies European Commission merger decisions are political
RESEARCH: with DeepSpacePULSE, ERC reaches milestone of 2000th beneficiary of its European ‘Proof of Concept’ funding programme
HEALTH: PhageEU organises to represent interests of phages in Europe