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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13452

13 July 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 26
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / State aid
Green light from European Commission for a Lithuanian measure worth €122 million to help AB Achema “decarbonise” its fertiliser production
Brussels, 12/07/2024 (Agence Europe)

On Friday 12 July, the European Commission announced that it had authorised a Lithuanian aid measure worth €122 million to help AB Achema decarbonise its fertiliser production processes by replacing fossil hydrogen with so-called renewable hydrogen, which is less CO2-intensive.

This is to be achieved by installing a 171 MW alkaline electrolyser, due to begin operation in 2026, at AB Achema’s production site in the Kaunas region of Lithuania.

The hydrogen produced by this...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: in Budapest, Anikó Raisz proposes competitive approach to climate and environmental issues to EU ministers
ENVIRONMENT: Greenpeace concerned about EFSA opinion on rules for new genomic techniques
CLIMATE: European Commission adopts amendment to optimise flexibility of emissions trading system
DIGITAL: X becomes first platform officially suspected by European Commission of breaching DSA
AGRICULTURE: Spain and other countries call for simpler rules on promotion of agricultural products
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SEA: €126.9 million for 26 new ocean-restoration projects in EU
ENERGY: ACER and CEER set out five priority electricity and infrastructure challenges for new mandate of European institutions
ENERGY: Farm Europe calls on European Commission to take swift action against fraud involving biofuels imported from China
JUSTICE: against organised crime, Eurojust signs Working Arrangements with five Latin American countries
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY: MEPs will re-elect Roberta Metsola as President of European Parliament and vote on Ursula von der Leyen’s candidacy for Commission President
RENEW EUROPE: Renew Europe Group in European Parliament presents final version of priorities for 2024-2029 legislative period
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: fiscal stance for 2025, ‘ERM II’ mechanism and transition funding on ministerial agenda
ECOFIN: excessive deficit procedures and macrofinancial assistance to Ukraine on agenda of EU countries
STATE AID: green light from European Commission for a Lithuanian measure worth €122 million to help AB Achema “decarbonise” its fertiliser production
STATE AID: European Commission approves Polish investment aid of around €194 million to support offshore wind energy sector
STATE AID: Commission approves €400 million Italian State aid scheme to decarbonise industrial processes
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
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COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: anti-torture Committee publishes highly critical report on Greece’s migrant detention system and calls for an end to pushbacks
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: new European rules on combating trafficking in human beings comes into force on 14 July
STATE AID: European Commission approves €200 million in Finnish public funding to support production of ‘renewable’ fuels
HUMANITARIAN AID: Janez Lenarčič announces shipment of 116 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Gaza via EU airlift
CULTURE: European Commission launches call for tenders to strengthen young people’s civic engagement through collaboration between schools and artists
HU24EU: as part of Viktor Orbán’s ‘mission for peace’, six EU countries reduce level of participation in meetings of Hungarian Council Presidency
FISHERIES: European Commission proposes negotiating new EU/Sao Tomé and Principe fisheries protocol
HEALTH: Peter Liese MEP calls for adoption of law on critical medicines