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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13772
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Customs/consumers

European Ministers decide to introduce a fixed customs duty of €3 on small parcels worth less than €150

On Friday 12 December, at the Economic and Financial Affairs Council, the European Finance Ministers decided by a very large majority to introduce a fixed customs duty of €3 on small packages worth less than €150 entering the EU. This measure must be in place by 1 July 2026 at the latest.

This is an amendment to EU Council Regulation (1186/2009) setting up a community system of reliefs from customs duty. This decision follows the agreement reached at the previous Ecofin Council to...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
CUSTOMS/CONSUMERS: European Ministers decide to introduce a fixed customs duty of €3 on small parcels worth less than €150
FINANCE: contrasting reactions from EU countries to plan for enhanced market supervision at European level
ECB: Copenhagen announces agreement of EU countries on single currency package in technical finalisation phase
FINLAND: European Commission recommends that Helsinki reduce excessive public deficit by 2028
BANKS: European Commission postpones presentation of proposals for simplifying banking prudential rules until second half of 2026
Russian invasion of Ukraine
ECONOMY: European Commission expects Moscow to test robustness of EU sanctions against Bank of Russia in court
ECONOMY: EU Council gives green light to payment to Kyiv of €2.3 billion tranche under ‘Ukraine Facility’
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament/EU Council provisional agreement on ‘end-of-life vehicles’ regulation
FISHERIES: European ministers protest planned reduction in 2028-2034 fisheries funding
FISHERIES: Spain, Italy and France attempt to ease restrictions on fishing in Mediterranean by 2026
ANIMAL HEALTH: European ministers divided over plans to modernise animal transport rules
CLIMATE: revised 2026 EU Emissions Trading System auction calendars published
ENERGY: EU energy ministers to react to publication of new ‘grids’ package
MIGRATION: European Parliament political groups table 2409 amendments to draft report on ‘return’ of illegally staying third-country nationals in EU
MIGRATION: most EU countries have advanced aid pledges under first solidarity pool of ‘Asylum and Migration Pact’
INTERNAL MARKET: MEPs set out their vision for 28th business regime
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: EU Member States adopt their position on steel safeguards
TRADE/CLIMATE: CBAM - European Commission wants to give more support to European industry which will be affected by end of free carbon quotas
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Ukraine, Middle East and China at heart of Monday’s Foreign Affairs Council
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EYCS: European Commission supports increase in resources allocated to future programme (2028–2034) on Erasmus+ Sport
NEWS BRIEFS
CULTURE: Larnaka named 2030 European Capital of Culture alongside Leuven and Nikšić
DEMOCRACY: European Commission opens call for projects on media literacy in Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Cyprus
ECONOMY: EU Council gives green light to revision of ten post-Covid-19 national recovery plans
ENERGY: 38% of Europeans want better protection for people in energy poverty, according to a new Eurobarometer survey
FINANCE: ‘EMIR 3’ - European Securities and Markets Authority clarifies new reporting obligations
MIGRATION: ‘safe third countries’ and ‘safe countries of origin’ - Danish Presidency of EU Council plans to launch trilogue negotiations on 17 December
TRANSPORT: Europe’s cities and regions call for more investments to combat transport poverty
EMU: Bulgaria meets all criteria to join euro area at beginning of 2026, maintains European Commission
CORRIGENDUM
MIGRATION: Frontex to have 10,000 permanent staff by 2027