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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13132

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SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: driving licence rules and cross-border offences, European Commission unveils its strategy to improve road safety
COMPETITIVENESS: EU27 to set out their vision for boosting EU business productivity
COMPETITIVENESS: Thierry Breton tries to convince MEPs of soundness of Commission’s Green Deal Industrial Plan
INTERNAL MARKET: investment in EU battery ecosystem exceeded €180 billion in 2022, according to Maroš Šefčovič
FISHERIES: MEPs criticise European Commission for not proposing a reform of CFP
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament EPP group strongly against content of Sarah Wiener’s draft report on pesticides
MIGRATION: reform of Schengen Borders Code, rapporteur takes a step towards reintroduction of internal return procedures for migrants between Member States
MIGRATION: European Parliament and Swedish EU Council Presidency teams resume interinstitutional negotiations on Eurodac database 
CLIMATE: European Parliament Committee on Environment adopts ambitious text to tackle F-gases
ENVIRONMENT: ‘ozone-depleting substances’ regulation, MEPs back Commission proposal
CONSUMERS: financial services at a distance, MEPs seek balance between consumer rights and development of online sector
JUSTICE: MEPs adopt position on digitalisation of judicial cooperation
ENERGY: ACER and ESMA have not identified significant impacts on financial and energy markets following adoption of ‘European correction mechanism’
HEALTH: EHDS, MEPs and European Commission divided on consent for secondary use of health data
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: MEPs exchange views to learn lessons from Covid-19 pandemic in Europe
HEALTH: study says EU has improved its capacity to respond to health emergencies, but can still improve practices
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: European Parliament-EU Council provisional agreement on European green bonds
FINANCE: MEPs adopt their negotiating position on revision of texts concerning markets in financial instruments
ECONOMY: MEPs stress importance of equal treatment of Member States in forthcoming reform of EU fiscal rules
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: occupational exposure to asbestos, choice of limit value and calculation methods are main points of divergence between MEPs
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Latin America and Caribbean top list of priority projects in EU’s 2023 Global Gateway investment strategy
INDIA: Borrell stresses importance of EU-India partnership
HUMANITARIAN AID: faced with huge needs worldwide, Tomas Tobé calls on international community and EU to close funding gap
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
MEDIA: MEPs say EU must do more to support press freedom, including in third countries
MEDIA: MEP Georgoúlis in favour of broad scope for directive against SLAPPs
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : new director for Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: defending European values through rugby
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
TRADE: General Court upholds EU anti-dumping duties imposed on Chinese companies established in a Chinese-Egyptian special economic zone
Russian invasion of Ukraine
STATE AID: French support of €2 billion for energy-consuming companies in context of war in Ukraine approved
NEWS BRIEFS
COMPETITION: European Commission refers to Belgium assessment of acquisition of Pannoc by ACE Belgium and Febelco
GENDER EQUALITY: ahead of 8 March, MEPs look at link between energy poverty and gender
ENERGY: ACER publishes its first report in a series of publications on state of energy market in 2022
MIGRATION: Hans Leijtens takes up his post as head of Frontex Agency
NIGERIA: general elections of 25 February, EU welcomes commitment of Nigerian people as they await results
DIGITAL: EDPB expresses its concerns about several aspects of draft EU-US data adequacy decision
NATO: Finnish Parliament gives advance approval to join Alliance
FISHERIES: negotiations between European Parliament and Council of EU on bluefin tuna management plan given green light
RESEARCH: European Commission and stakeholders strengthen research and innovation efforts on renewable hydrogen

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