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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13524

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament adopts position on a one-year postponement of deforestation regulation and adds a category of ‘no-risk’ countries to text

MEPs voted to postpone the regulation on imported deforestation by one year at a plenary session in Brussels on Thursday 14 November. The European People’s Party (EPP) amendments on the creation of a category of ‘no-risk’ countries (see EUROPE B13523A4) were adopted thanks to votes from the far right. 

The amendments relating to the two-year postponement and the exclusion of traders from the obligations of the regulation were withdrawn by the EPP on the morning of the vote, following...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament adopts position on a one-year postponement of deforestation regulation and adds a category of ‘no-risk’ countries to text
SECURITY: Sauli Niinistö and MEPs call for stronger EU defence to send a signal to Donald Trump
CLIMATE: against tense diplomatic backdrop, MEPs support EU’s commitment to COP29 in Azerbaijan
GEORGIA: MEPs offer their support to people of Georgia
RUSSIA: European Parliament calls for more targeted sanctions against Russia’s “shadow fleet”
MONEY LAUNDERING: European Parliament considers Russia should be included on list of high-risk third-country jurisdictions
TAXATION: European Parliament supports introduction of an electronic value added tax exemption certificate
REGIONS: European Parliament accepts urgent vote on ‘regional support to reconstruction’ package
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: European Commission fines Meta €797.72 million
BANKS/FINANCE: unprecedented guidelines from European Banking Authority on banks’ compliance with EU financial sanctions
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: European Commission publishes first draft of General-Purpose AI Code of Practice
DIGITAL: Booking.com now required to comply with strictest DMA rules
TRANSPORT: general approach to passenger rights emerges at EU Council
TRANSPORT: EU Member States plan policy debate on air passenger rights
ENERGY: ACER calls for proactive approach to further integrate electricity markets and strengthen connections
ENERGY: European Commission, EIB and Solar Impulse Foundation work together to boost SME energy efficiency
HEALTH: European Commission coordinates delivery of 122,300 vaccines against Mpox to Democratic Republic of Congo
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: EU Council and Parliament meet for second conciliation committee on EU’s annual budget for 2025
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: European Commission approves five EDIRPA projects
EXTERNAL ACTION
ISRAEL: Josep Borrell proposes suspending political dialogue with Israel
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Luxembourg takes over Presidency of Committee of Ministers of Council of Europe
BELARUS: creation of Council of Europe “Information Point” for Belarusian People in Vilnius
BREACHES OF EU LAW
TAXATION: European Commission takes Germany to Court over discriminatory tax treatment of capital gains in property sector
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission refers Bulgaria and Romania to CJEU for incomplete compliance with Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ENVIRONMENT/BIODIVERSITY: Germany and Bulgaria convicted of breaching EU law
NEWS BRIEFS
BANKS: methodology and timetable for 2025 banking stress test unveiled
DEFENCE: EU and Moldova discuss deepening their security and defence relations
ECONOMY: favourable opinion from European Commission on payment to Ukraine of an aid instalment of €4.1 billion
ECONOMY: growth of 0.4% in third quarter in euro area
ENVIRONMENT: EU plastic bag use drops by 4.7 billion in 2022, Eurostat reports
FINANCE: EU Listing Act legislative package published in EU Official Journal
HAITI: EU “takes note” of appointment of Alix Didier Fils-Aimé as Prime Minister
INNOVATION: Turin wins European Innovation Capital award
MAURITIUS: EU congratulates new Prime Minister, Navinchandra Ramgoolam, hailing peaceful elections