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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13500
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Transport

Europe’s rail industry is making great strides towards seamless ticketing, according to CER

Solid progress has been made in implementing the ticketing roadmap in all critical areas, according to the Community of European Railways and Infrastructure Companies (CER) in its fourth progress report, published on Monday 7 October.

The Open Sales and Distribution Model (‘OSDM’) has been implemented in Sweden. This is the first nationwide multi-party implementation of the new technical tool for exchanging sales and distribution data between rail carriers and train ticket...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
HU24EU: presentation of programme of Hungarian Presidency of EU Council turns into “political intifada” against me, outrages Viktor Orbán
MIGRATION: MEPs once again divided over how to strengthen EU’s external borders
MOLDOVA: European Parliament calls on EU to step up its support for Moldova’s resilience
GEORGIA: without repealing undemocratic laws, Georgia will be unable to make progress on its European path, warn MEPs
HOUSING: European Parliament reacts favourably to European Commission’s announcements on affordable housing
TAXATION: European Parliament increasingly convinced by taxation of large fortunes
SUDAN: MEPs call for stronger European action in face of ongoing “tragedy”
DEVELOPMENT: MEPs welcome strengthening of multilateralism at United Nations ‘Future Summit’
SECTORAL POLICIES
HOME AFFAIRS/MIGRATION: EU interior ministers invited to set out their views on new ‘innovative ways’ to strengthen return policy
JUSTICE: war crimes in Ukraine, fight against racism and drug trafficking on agenda of European ministers
JUSTICE/RULE OF LAW: MEPs to question Michael McGrath on Rule of law, protection of fundamental rights and fight against corruption
ENVIRONMENT: negotiating committee chair working to simplify international treaty on plastics to secure agreement
COHESION: top-down management of EU recovery plan is putting cohesion at risk, worries European Committee of Regions
ENERGY: Commissioner-designate Dan Jørgensen to be heard by European Parliament on security of supply, networks and lower energy prices
ENERGY: ‘European Nuclear Alliance’ will meet on 15 October to defend principle of technological neutrality before future European Commission
ENERGY: 16 European associations call on new Commission to give priority to distribution networks
ENERGY: grant agreements signed for six European hydrogen projects as part of Innovation Fund pilot auction
DIGITAL: new EU-backed appellate body set up to rule on disputes from European users of Facebook, TikTok and YouTube
DIGITAL: Europeans’ personal data transferred to United States are properly protected, according to European Commission
DIGITAL: European Commission invests €865 million to improve connectivity in EU
AGRICULTURE: Farm Europe calls on European Commission to take up issue of meat designations
FOOD SAFETY: international non-GMO industry calls for transparency on new genomic techniques
TRANSPORT: Europe’s rail industry is making great strides towards seamless ticketing, according to CER
EXTERNAL ACTION
LEBANON: European Commission organises humanitarian air bridge to Beirut
MEDITERRANEAN: MEPs to question Ms Šuica on new Mediterranean plan and Middle East strategy
TRADE: Hungarian Presidency of EU Council hopes to submit compromise on investment screening at start of November
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: EU Council agreement on further EU macro-financial assistance to Ukraine of up to €35 billion
STATE AID: Italy authorised to pay aid of €1 billion to support farmers affected by flooding
BANKS: Dominique Laboureix advocates “flexibility” in event of resolving a failing bank
FINANCE/CLIMATE: European supervisory authorities look at digital resilience and sustainable development information
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: agreement on digital platform workers approved by Member States with no obstacle
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
RULE OF LAW/EQUALITY: European Parliament to hear Hadja Lahbib on equal pay, gender violence, ‘anti-discrimination’ text and a future strategy on preparedness
NEWS BRIEFS
FINANCE: Better Finance calls on European regulators to protect investors faced with a significant rise in online scams
ENERGY: European Commission launches call for contributions on delegated act for energy renovation of worst-performing buildings
DEVELOPMENT: Global Gateway risks diverting aid budget to big business, warn Counter Balance, Eurodad and Oxfam
EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN: six candidates officially in running to succeed Emily O’Reilly
SINGAPORE: EU delegation and several national diplomatic missions deplore execution of Singaporean citizen Mohammad Azwan bin Bohari