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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13744
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment

Austria calls for a one-year suspension of European regulation to combat imported deforestation

Opposition to the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) coming into force at the end of 2025 continues among EU Member States.

In a miscellaneous item tabled ahead of the Environment Council meeting on Tuesday 4 November, Austria called for the regulation’s one-year suspension for all operators, and for a review of risk-based country categorisation, “with exemptions for insignificant-risk areas”.

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Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: 2040 target – uncertainty persists over an agreement between European Ministers before COP30
CLIMATE: Innovation Fund – European Commission investing €2.9 billion in innovative zero-emission technologies
ENVIRONMENT: Austria calls for a one-year suspension of European regulation to combat imported deforestation
AGRICULTURE: MEPs to adopt to their position on measures to support wine sector on 5 November
FISHERIES: Med Sea Alliance calls on Mediterranean countries to strengthen compliance with fisheries rules
DIGITAL: AI Act, GDPR, DMA – European Parliament warns about digital regulatory “complexity”
CONSUMERS: Michael McGrath on mission to Beijing to tackle Chinese e-commerce platform abuses
ENERGY: G7 energy ministers launch joint appeal to strengthen energy security
ENERGY: 70 companies and associations call for appropriate EU framework to promote energy efficiency in building sector
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: stakeholders invited to express views on revision of EU rules governing public procurement
Russian invasion of Ukraine
CULTURE: Denmark is investing €1.3 million in reconstruction of Ukraine’s cultural heritage, with aim of encouraging other countries to follow suit
EXTERNAL ACTION
MERCOSUR: MEPs not entirely convinced by proposed safeguard mechanism in EU-Mercosur agreement
CHINA: after suspension of export restrictions on rare earths in October, EU still subject to those previously imposed by Beijing
TANZANIA: EU “very concerned” about electoral violence
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: European Parliament rapporteur Fernando Navarrete Rojas insists on need to preserve universal acceptance of cash in light of digital euro
STATE AID: European Commission approves a €219 million Italian scheme to support net-zero technologies
INSTITUTIONAL
BETTER REGULATION: Bertelsmann Stiftung foundation sets out recommendations for optimal simplification of EU rules
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: European Convention on Human Rights celebrates its 75th anniversary in difficult context
NEWS BRIEFS
SOUTH AFRICA: MEPs regret not being consulted on agreement on sustainable investment and trade with Pretoria
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU mobilises €21.5 million for Central America in wake of Hurricane Melissa
TRADE: trade agreements are proving highly effective in boosting trade, according to European Commission
DEFENCE: launch of DAEN - first business angel network dedicated to defence and dual-use technologies
MOROCCO: EU welcomes extension of United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara mandate
MEDIA: European Commission and European Parliament defend free press and journalists protected from attacks of all kinds