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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13538
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NEWS BRIEFS / Finance

Member States’ EU ambassadors agree on partial general approach to harmonisation of insolvency rules

04/12/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 4 December, the Hungarian Presidency of the EU Council announced that the Member States’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) had agreed on a text in order to “reach a partial general approach” on the directive harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law, proposed by the European Commission in December 2022 (see EUROPE 13079/2, 13432/10). The recommended reforms are considered essential to complete the integration of European financial markets, but are the subject of difficult negotiations (see EUROPE 13474/11). (BD)

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ENVIRONMENT: MEPs decide to start interinstitutional negotiations on protecting groundwater from pollution
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament opens negotiations with EU Council on Green Claims Directive
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament to negotiate revision of Detergents Regulation with EU Council
CLIMATE: 2040 target – EU ministers to examine how to combine climate ambition and economic competitiveness towards carbon neutrality
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TRANSPORT: driving disqualifications and passenger rights on EU ministers’ agenda
AGRICULTURE : post-2027 CAP, bioeconomy and host of ‘any other business’ items on agenda for meeting of European ministers on 9 and 10 December
AGRICULTURE : EUIPO and European Commission reaffirm their cooperation to protect Europe’s heritage of geographical indications
ANIMAL HEALTH: fences not sufficient to prevent cases of African swine fever, according to EFSA
MIGRATION: minimum rules against smuggling networks and migrant smuggling – Member States approve their mandate
ENERGY: European energy ministers to unveil priorities for future ‘Action Plan for Affordable Energy’ due in February 2025
ENERGY: conclusions of Hungarian Presidency of EU Council on geothermal energy validated by ambassadors of Member States
DIGITAL: European Commission launches new network to strengthen cybersecurity skills
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TAXATION: Member States fail to reach agreement at EU Council on energy taxation
FINANCE: EU Council reaches agreement on ‘FIDA’ regulation on sharing consumer financial data
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FINANCE: Member States’ EU ambassadors agree on partial general approach to harmonisation of insolvency rules
EU INSTITUTIONS: European Commission has mandate to negotiate revision of agreement with European Parliament
ISRAEL: some thirty MEPs oppose visit of Israeli MP Amit Halevi
DIGITAL: European Commission wants to change its methodology for assessing carbon footprint of its digital infrastructures
RUSSIA: Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov set to make first EU visit since Ukraine invasion
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