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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12540

1 August 2020
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ECONOMY - FINANCE
COMPETITION: Commission clears Alstom’s acquisition of Bombardier, subject to conditions
COMPANIES: European Commission to promote more sustainable corporate governance in EU
ECONOMY: European Union’s GDP falls by almost 12% in second quarter of 2020
BANKS: European Banking Authority reschedules its bank stress tests for January 2021
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: Covid-19, European Commission completes exploratory talks with Sanofi for a possible vaccine
HEALTH: Commission wants to strengthen EU’s capacity to collect convalescent plasma for treatment of Covid-19
BUDGET: EU Council proposal on system of Own Resources to implement post-Covid-19 Recovery Plan
STATE AID: green light for €840 million German support to cover vouchers issued by travel operators
STATE AID: Covid-19, Commission approves €10 billion Spanish fund and €6 billion Italian aid
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: Reporters Without Borders call on European Commission to tackle unfair distribution of Hungarian State Aid to media
BETTER REGULATION: number of infringement proceedings will increase by 20% in 2019
SECURITY - DEFENCE
TERRORISM: EU extends restrictive measures by six months
CYBER SECURITY: United Kingdom and United States welcome adoption of sanctions by EU
SECTORAL POLICIES
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission concludes that Member States are generally implementing European PNR Directive well
JUSTICE: European Commission wants to speed up digitalisation of EU's judicial systems in light of lessons learnt from Covid-19 crisis
ENERGY: Commission wishes to modify and green ‘Research Fund for Coal and Steel’
CLIMATE: Irish Supreme Court invalidates national carbon mitigation plan
ENVIRONMENT: Slovak Supreme Court prohibits licensing of small hydropower plant on Hron River
FOOD SAFETY: consultation on draft regulation on applications for authorisation and evaluation of feed additives
FISHERIES: European Commission updates anchovy catches in Portuguese waters
WOMEN: European Parliament committee chairpersons call on Poland not to leave Istanbul Convention
TRANSPORT: EIB to provide 35 million euros for installation of charging stations for hybrid and electric vehicles in Spain
SPACE: launch of new Copernicus mission to monitor carbon dioxide, CO2M
NEWS BRIEFS
FINANCE: BETTER FINANCE regrets that Commission’s latest economic stimulus package further reduces investor protection
SOCIAL: only 10 Member States have notified transposition of posted workers directive
YEMEN: EU welcomes release of members of Baha’i community
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