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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13611
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Finance

Polish Presidency of EU Council calls for simplification of draft ‘FiDA’ regulation on use of financial data

On Friday 28 March, a number of European Union Member States expressed their concerns about the administrative burden that the future ‘FiDA’ regulation designed to govern the collection and use of financial data could entail, and called for its provisions to be simplified ahead of the first negotiating session between representatives of the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on Tuesday 1 April.

The Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU has announced that it will ask...

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INSTITUTIONAL
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: MEPs take sober note of French court’s decision on embezzlement of European funds by Rassemblement national
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: EU must turn to other partners in light of Washington trade tensions, say several players
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: Kaja Kallas says that to replace US aid for Ukraine, EU must double its annual support
SECTORAL POLICIES
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SEA: Emmanuel Macron presents eight objectives for United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice
FISHERIES: EU tuna industry concerned about trade negotiations with Thailand
AGRICULTURE: EU organisations welcome wine package
REGIONS: European Commission pays an advance of €100 million to Spain following Dana storm
COHESION: Kata Tüttő opposes any renationalisation of European cohesion policy
ENERGY: ACER adapts rules for intraday coupling to make electricity market more flexible
CLIMATE: CAN Europe and WWF denounce Member States’ failure to consult on national energy and climate plans
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: European Commission proposes maintaining liquidity requirements for certain short-term securities financing transactions
ECONOMY: European Technical Support Instrument for Reforms focuses on economic competitiveness
FINANCE: Polish Presidency of EU Council calls for simplification of draft ‘FiDA’ regulation on use of financial data
FINANCE/CLIMATE: Insurance Europe asks for key performance indicator relating to insurance underwriting to be removed from taxonomy
TAXATION: taxing sugary drinks likely insufficient to achieve positive health outcomes, says Tax Foundation
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
YOUTH: ‘European Solidarity Corps’ satisfies participants, but is still ill-suited to young people in difficulty
NEWS BRIEFS
COMPANIES: business climate down for SMEs in early 2025
ENVIRONMENT: more needed in effort to combat food waste, according to European Environment Agency
CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT: European Commission opens public consultation on future EU Bioeconomy Strategy
DIGITAL: European Commission provides ‘toolbox’ for ‘Web 4.0’
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Poland’s Grzegorz Braun and Spain’s Alvise Pérez penalised
TRANSPORT/INDUSTRY: European Commission soon to present amendment to regulation on CO2 standards for vehicles