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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13108

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SECTORAL POLICIES
SEA: European Commission to present measures to eliminate bottom trawling and develop marine protected areas
AGRICULTURE: food safety, animal welfare and industrial emissions to be discussed at EU Council on Monday 30 January
AGRICULTURE: European Commission launches rural observatory
CLIMATE: European Parliament Industry Committee wants to increase quotas for placing on market of hydrofluorocarbons
MIGRATION: Swedish Presidency of EU Council asks Commission for new proposals to increase returns of irregular migrants
HOME AFFAIRS: organised crime and digital networks, Swedish Presidency of EU Council intends to make progress on access to communication data
DIGITAL: ‘Data Act’, Swedish Presidency of EU Council clarifies rules on trade secrets and obligations for SMEs
REGIONS: MEPs welcome European Commission’s harnessing talent mechanism
HEALTH: MEPs speed up procedure to medical device to avoid shortage in EU
Russian invasion of Ukraine
HUMANITARIAN AID/CIVIL PROTECTION: EU inaugurates new logistics centre in Poland to supply power generators to Ukraine
UKRAINE: launch of donor coordination platform
EXTERNAL ACTION
NEIGHBOURHOOD: EU approves 24 programmes worth €2.4 billion to boost investment
DEVELOPMENT: aid to Ukraine and global health, backdrop to development geopolitics advocated by Swedish Presidency of EU Council
MERCOSUR: Lula calls for urgent signing of EU/Mercosur agreement
INSTITUTIONAL
TRANSPARENCY: Nick Aiossa calls on MEPs to make progress on ethics
FUTURE OF EU/DEMOCRACY: treaty reform, Swedish Presidency of EU Council intends to forward Parliament’s request to European Council
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: European financial supervisory authorities support first non-financial reporting standards
FINANCE: MEP Peter Jahr wants to see more regulation of cryptocurrencies
FINANCE: ESMA and FCA agree on recognition of UK benchmark administrators
STATE AID: approval of Polish support for tourism sector, victim of Polish-Belarusian border restrictions
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
GENDER EQUALITY: MEPs cautiously start discussions on criminalising purchase of sexual services
HUMAN RIGHTS: European Parliament commemorates Holocaust victims in presence of Israeli President Isaac Herzog
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE/HOME AFFAIRS: EU law does not allow for systematic collection of sensitive personal data in criminal cases, according to Court
BREACHES OF EU LAW
ENERGY: Bulgaria and Slovakia to be referred to EU Court of Justice for failure to transpose ‘RED II Directive’
BIODIVERSITY: six Member States referred to Court of Justice for failure to act on invasive alien species of concern to EU
ENVIRONMENT: Ireland has been failing to properly implement ‘Water’ Directive for 20 years
ENVIRONMENT: Portugal singled out for incorrect transposition of EU rules on environmental impact assessment of certain projects
INTERNAL MARKET: blocking export of construction materials, European Commission refers Hungary to CJEU
SOCIAL: posting of workers, 17 Member States still not in compliance with EU’s 2014 enforcement directive
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: European Court of Human Rights will continue to deal with Russian cases, says president at presentation of 2022 report
HUMAN RIGHTS: Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe calls for special tribunal for crime of aggression in response to war in Ukraine
RUSSIA: Commissioner for Human Rights reacts to liquidation of ‘Helsinki Group’ in Russia
NEWS BRIEFS
ENERGY: WindEurope and Eurofer call on EU to ensure access to critical materials for steel and wind industries
NATO: Oslo to host informal meeting of foreign ministers on 31 May and 1 June
RESEARCH: Mariya Gabriel announces launch of data centre on European innovation ecosystems
TRANSPORT: EU rules on drone airspace have entered into force

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