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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12487

15 May 2020
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BEACONS
free to read - BEACONS: One Health, or how multilateralism can help to stamp out a pandemic
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
SOCIAL: Member States’ experts give green light for a risk category 3 classification of coronavirus for workers
COMPETITIVENESS: issue of Union's strategic autonomy on EU ministers' agenda, Friday 15 May
EUROGROUP: EU Finance Ministers will finalise three safety nets for states, workers and companies
EYCS: effects of pandemic on youth and culture at heart of a new informal meeting
HORN OF AFRICA: Covid-19 means EU increases humanitarian aid to vulnerable populations by €105.5 million
TRANSPORT: adoption of new support measures for sector will be subject to an urgency procedure in European Parliament and a written procedure in EU Council
RESEARCH: European Institute of Innovation and Technology mobilises a further €60 million to cope with Covid-19 pandemic
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
HUNGARY: Commission promises to closely monitor lifting of emergency measures implemented during the pandemic
BUDGET: European Parliament asks Commission to present 'contingency plan' on MFF by mid-June
HEALTH: MEPs call for fair access in EU and globally to future Covid-19 vaccine
DIGITAL: MEPs begin discussions on mobile tracing applications
FUTURE OF EU: no effort will be spared to get Conference on Future of Europe running, says EU Council Presidency
GMO: European Parliament votes not to approve a dicamba- and glyphosate tolerant Monsanto soybean in EU
FISHERIES: European Parliament gives go ahead for one-year extension of EU-Mauritania fisheries agreement
FISHERIES: European Parliament approves amendment to International Convention for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
COMPANIES: European Parliament gives green light to extension of time limit for holding general meetings of 'European Companies'
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE/HOME AFFAIRS: MEPs are struggling to determine way forward on their priority work
CLIMATE: CORSIA, Commission proposes to use years 2021, 2022 and 2023 to calculate offsetting requirements
FISHERIES: Commission submits Regulation on deep-sea fisheries for consultation
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: European Foreign Ministers discuss Middle East peace process
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: approval of Spanish financial aid for Correos universal postal service obligation
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MIGRATION: Court qualifies the placement of asylum seekers in Hungarian transit zone of Röszke as “detention”
SOCIAL: A1 certificate is binding on host country of a posted worker solely in terms of social security, Court holds
CONSUMERS: Court clarifies concept of “available” telephone number for exercise of consumer’s right of withdrawal
JUSTICE: member States must grant compensation to every victim of crime in their territory, regardless of residence, according to Advocate General
BREACHES OF EU LAW
TAXATION: Commission refers Netherlands to Court of Justice because of its system for taxing pension capital transfers
UNITED KINGDOM: EU calls on London to properly apply EU free movement rules, even during transition
FISHERIES: Malta in breach of EU rules on controls on Bluefin tuna farms
MONEY LAUNDERING: eight Member States and the United Kingdom flagged for failing to transpose 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive
NEWS BRIEFS
CYBERSECURITY: Council of EU extends its sanctions regime for cyber-attackers for a year
LEBANON: More than 50 MEPs call for greater support from EU
WTO: EU appoints its candidate to pool of judges of interim multiparty appeal arbitration arrangement
WTO: Phil Hogan says “we cannot waste a moment” in finding a replacement for Director-General Azevêdo
UNITED KINGDOM: European Parliament refuses to allow London to continue to have access to Member States' fingerprint databases
Op-Ed
OP-ED: Europe tracing the virus - technical choice, political call, by Adrián Vázquez Lázara
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