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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13695
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment

New exemptions introduced in update of PFAS universal restriction proposal

The authorities in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden - the five countries behind the proposal for a universal restriction on PFASs, the so-called ‘eternal pollutants’ - have updated their proposal, which the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published on 20 August. 

This update is based on “more than 5,600 scientific and technical comments received” during the consultation phase in 2023. Eight new sectors have been included in the proposal: - printing...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: European Commission still planning to withdraw certain tariffs on American goods, despite Donald Trump’s latest threats
MIDDLE EAST: EU describes deaths of journalists and health workers in Israeli strike as “completely unacceptable”
SERBIA: Aleksandar Vučić reaffirms Belgrade’s commitment to joining EU, all while acknowledging “open and sincere” talks with Vladimir Putin
CAUCASUS: EU welcomes agreements signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan
LIBYA: Europeans call for new political roadmap to be implemented
SYRIA: EU urges government to implement recommendations in Commission of Inquiry report regarding crimes against civilians
AFRICA: European Commission’s research services identify eleven attractive transport corridors for EU investment
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: MEPs divided on ‘overproduction and new plantings’ aspect of wine proposal
FISHERIES: European Commission proposes to decrease several cod and herring quotas in Baltic Sea for 2026
FISHERIES: European Commission increases anchovy quota for 2025 in Iberian Peninsula
FISHERIES: measures to reduce incidental catches of dolphin extended to 2026 by European Commission
RESEARCH: EU strategy for start-ups and scale-ups, Danish Presidency of EU Council wants to strengthen existing mechanisms
ENVIRONMENT: new exemptions introduced in update of PFAS universal restriction proposal
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: European Parliament’s S&D Group calls again for directive to remedy abusive forms of subcontracting and labour market intermediation in EU
EMPLOYMENT: e-commerce and parcel deliveries - European Labour Authority highlights prevalence of undeclared work in EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: integration of supervisory technologies by competent authorities still needs to resolve certain problems to be effective
INSURANCE: Solvency II delegated regulation review - “a test of the EU’s growth and competitiveness ambitions”, says Insurance Europe
FINANCE: moderate performance of European capital markets in second quarter of 2025
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: European Institute for Gender Equality publishes its updated methodology for collecting data on decision-making
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: 2024 was a “year of contrasts”, according to European Disability Forum’s annual report
MEDIA: key provisions of regulation on media freedom came into force on 8 August
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: call for evidence on revision of EU guidelines for offsetting indirect costs associated with ETS
BANKS/FINANCE: EBA publishes technical standards on valuation of banking exposure to crypto-assets
CULTURE: Culture Moves Europe seeks 90 evaluators for project applications
ENERGY/DIGITAL: public consultation on deployment of AI in energy sector
SPACE: successful launch of satellite carrying Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission
FINANCE/CLIMATE: ESMA and EEA sign a memorandum of understanding to strengthen their cooperation in sustainable finance field
SPORT: 350 projects have been selected from Erasmus+ Sport 2025 calls for proposals
TRANSPORT: total value of EU-Ukraine trade via ‘solidarity lanes’ estimated at around €231 billion since May 2022