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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12648

2 February 2021
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EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: European Commission welcomes industry’s efforts to speed up delivery of Covid-19 vaccines
HOME AFFAIRS: EU27 agree to tougher EU entry conditions for non-Member State travellers
HOME AFFAIRS: Europol warns against appearance of fraudulent Covid-19 test certificates
EXTERNAL ACTION
MYANMAR: Europeans condemn coup
RUSSIA: Borrell deplores “disproportionate” use of force during peaceful demonstrations
AFGHANISTAN: international community denounces continuation of acts of violence against civilians
DEVELOPMENT: MEPs encourage UK to remain major player in aid to developing countries
JAPAN: Tokyo and EU agree on new trade preferences in free trade agreement
CANADA: outline of dispute settlement mechanism between investors and State party to CETA specified
UNITED KINGDOM: export of Covid-19 vaccines, European Commission admits a “mistake” on Northern Ireland issue 
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE/TAXATION: European Parliament Economic Affairs Committee wants strong UK commitment against tax dumping
ECONOMY: João Leão calls for a package of national recovery plans to be adopted by EU Council 
ECONOMY: unemployment rate unchanged at 8.3% in eurozone at end of 2020
BANKS: launch of bank stress tests for 2021
SECTORAL POLICIES
REGIONS: EU Recovery Plan must not go against principles of cohesion policy, according to Frédéric Vallier
COHESION: Portuguese EU Council Presidency wants to move as quickly as possible on post-2020 cohesion policy
ANIMAL HEALTH: MEPs call for more controls and sanctions to compensate for poor animal transport conditions
TRANSPORT: European Parliament committee recommends ratification of agreement on future relationship between EU and United Kingdom
INTERNAL MARKET: SMET Task Force addresses issue of posted workers
ENERGY: European Commission study highlights need to improve data on woody biomass
ENVIRONMENT: NGOs call on Commission to make Industrial Emissions Directive live up to climate and European Green Deal
ENVIRONMENT: Brussels government convicted by General Court of breaching EU air pollution law
NEWS BRIEFS
BULGARIA: OLAF recommends recovery of €6 million due to alleged abuse of power within Bulgarian Ministry of Interior
ENERGY: Paris reiterates its call to abandon Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project
TAXATION: Commission consults on revision of rules for cross-border alcohol and tobacco purchases
TAXATION: Lyudmila Petkova reappointed head of Code of Conduct group in EU Council
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: after Council of Europe plenary session in Strasbourg, Collectivité européenne d'Alsace calls on European Parliament to “do likewise”
UNITED KINGDOM: London formally requests to join trans-Pacific partnership
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