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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13908
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NEWS BRIEFS / Haiti

Extension of European sanctions regime published in Official Journal of EU

13/07/2026 (Agence Europe) – The EU Council’s decision extending European sanctions relating to the situation in Haiti was published, on Monday 13 July, in the Official Journal of the European Union. The measures, which concern nine persons and one entity, subject to an asset freeze and, for the natural persons, to a ban on entering the territory of the Union, will apply until 29 July 2027. Link to the legal act: https://aeur.eu/f/mvd (BD)

Contents

Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: EU Council adopts targeted sanctions but still no 21st package of sanctions
UKRAINE: Europeans strengthen energy support ahead of winter
ECONOMY: United Kingdom to participate, by means of a “fair and proportionate” financial contribution, in EU loan to Ukraine for 2026 and 2027
EXTERNAL ACTION
ISRAEL: EU Member States call for work to continue on banning trade in products from settlements
PALESTINE: EU and Palestinian Authority launch Team Gaza rehabilitation mechanism worth €883.6 million
SUDAN: EU bans purchase, import and transfer of gold
BAHRAIN: EU and Bahrain launch Strategic Partnership Agreement negotiations against backdrop of tensions in Persian Gulf
WESTERN BALKANS: EU extends mandate of its Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina by two years
WAR IN MIDDLE EAST
MIDDLE EAST: passage through Strait of Hormuz must remain free, Kaja Kallas insists
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: EU launches its Partnership Mission in Armenia
DEFENCE: European Peace Facility - EU adopts two assistance measures, one for Moldova and one for Philippines
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: experts recommend that children under 13 should have access to social media only under supervision
AGRICULTURE: EU Member States call for more aid and trade reciprocity for European livestock sector
AGRICULTURE: European ministers underline need to strengthen role of women in EU agri-food sector
AGRICULTURE: 2027 budget to promote agri-food products “not final yet”, explains Christophe Hansen
CLIMATE: reform of ETS, divisions within Council of EU raise fears of weakening of climate ambition Commission could put forward
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission updates scope of products covered by ‘deforestation regulation’
INSTITUTIONAL
GENERAL AFFAIRS: simplification, Rule of law, EU long-term budget and enlargement on agenda for meeting of European affairs ministers
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Piotr Serafin presents internal reform options to staff members
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: six European city networks fear regional policy departments will lose influence in event of internal restructuring
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: green light for French scheme worth €63 billion for electricity production in 11 offshore wind farms
STATE AID: green light for injection of public capital into Hungarian Development Bank
BANKS: Bank for International Settlements notes “heterogeneity” in application of prudential requirements for systemic banks
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
RULE OF LAW: Irish Minister of State Thomas Byrne wants agreement on Annual Dialogue to send a “message of unity”
NEWS BRIEFS
HORN OF AFRICA: EU extends mandate of its Special Representative until August 2027
AGRICULTURE: fertilisers - EU Council adopts regulation introducing measures for EU farmers
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Disability Forum wants safeguards in EU’s next Human Rights and Democracy Action Plan
CYPRUS: Raffaele Fitto appointed European Commission Special Representative
FINANCE: ESMA launches data collection for implementation of European Single Access Point
HAITI: extension of European sanctions regime published in Official Journal of EU
JUSTICE: Huracán affair - European Public Prosecutor’s Office arrests two new suspects for VAT fraud involving cars estimated at more than €3.2 million
TRANSPORT: EU Council gives final green light to reform of air passenger rights
EMU: start of European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on digital euro