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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13565
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NEWS BRIEFS / Energy

European Commission, ACER and RGI launch survey on stakeholder engagement in electricity infrastructure projects

24/01/2025 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 23 January, the European Commission, the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI) launched a four-week survey to improve the regulatory frameworks for stakeholder engagement in EU electricity infrastructure projects, in the context of the EU Pact for Engagement to raise awareness and engage with the public on the role of grids in accelerating the transition to clean energy. The survey (https://aeur.eu/f/f75 ) aims to gather the views of network operators (TSOs and DSOs) and national regulatory authorities (NRAs) to inform on current practices, challenges and opportunities related to regulatory and legal frameworks of stakeholder engagement in European electricity infrastructure development. Intermediate information from the questionnaire is expected to be presented at the 11th Energy Infrastructure Forum in June 2025. (PLD)

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: “Competitiveness Compass” sets out Commission’s plans for 2025
AGRICULTURE: CAP simplification, farmers’ income and trade on agenda for meeting of European ministers on Monday 27 January
AGRICULTURE: EU agri-food trade hit new records last October
HEALTH: Covid-19 - European Commission signs four-year contract with Moderna
ENERGY: responding to Viktor Orbán, Commission reiterates that it had “not seen anything particularly worrying” following end of transit agreement
JUSTICE: “a threat to the efficiency of investigations” - European Public Prosecutor’s Office concerned about recent amendments to Austrian law on criminal procedure
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Ukraine, Middle East and relations with United States on Foreign Affairs Council agenda
TRADE: Raphaël Glucksmann wants to strengthen proposed review of foreign direct investments screening
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: EUBAM Rafah mission could be redeployed at beginning of February
INSTITUTIONAL
GENERAL AFFAIRS: dialogue on respect for Rule of law and priorities of Polish Presidency of EU Council on Member States’ agenda
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: European green light, subject to conditions, for acquisition of DS Smith by International Paper
FINANCE: Member States consulted on extension, until June 2028, of equivalence of EU and UK rules governing clearing houses
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: coordination of social security rules, Dutch government reiterates its calls to review and modernise proposals on table
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: quality traineeships, work resumes on 31 January in EU Council working party
EDUCATION - YOUTH
EDUCATION: International Day of Education - European Commission reports on achievements of European Universities Initiative
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: according to European Disability Forum, inclusion is still too much on margins of EU’s official development assistance projects
NEWS BRIEFS
BANKS: Single Resolution Board updates its guidelines on continuity of critical activities in event of banking resolution
COMPETITIVENESS: European Commission launches second consultation on implementation of net zero industry act (NZIA)
COMPETITION: Estonia fined for failing to transpose EU directive strengthening national competition authorities
ENERGY: European Commission, ACER and RGI launch survey on stakeholder engagement in electricity infrastructure projects
ENERGY: European Commission could consider extending objectives for filling gas stocks beyond December 2025
ENERGY/HOUSING: in 2023, 10.6% of EU population were unable to keep themselves adequately warm
ENVIRONMENT: European Environmental Bureau assures that NGOs are not acting on instructions from European Commission or on its behalf
ENVIRONMENT: approximately one hundred NGOs call on Ursula von der Leyen to end lobbies’ interference in PFAS issue
ENVIRONMENT: WWF report criticises Sweden and Finland for logging out of step with ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy’
DIGITAL: European Commission and major platforms prepare for German parliamentary election period
PACIFIC: green light from EU Council for accession of Tonga, Tuvalu and Niue to EU/Pacific States Economic Partnership Agreement