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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13291

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EXTERNAL ACTION
MIDDLE EAST: EU27 call for “immediate” humanitarian pauses in Gaza
MIDDLE EAST: EU Foreign Ministers set conditions for a post-conflict situation in Gaza
free to read - interview Belarus: seeds of a Belarus that is a member of European family must be sown in people’s minds, says Svetlana Tikhanovskaya
WESTERN BALKANS: former director of Kosovar intelligence publishes document revealing structure of future association of Kosovo Serb municipalities
PACIFIC: EU mobilises €9 million to invest in water and sanitation in two small Pacific island states
SUDAN: EU “appalled” by latest atrocities in Darfur amounting to “ethnic cleansing”
TRADE: new tool to help European SMEs export outside EU
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Cyber Resilience Act, co-legislators seek balance between roles of ENISA and CSIRTs ahead of next round of inter-institutional negotiations
DIGITAL: ‘AI Act’, co-legislators attempt to reach agreement on foundation models and general-purpose AI systems
CLIMATE: COP28, on occasion of Sultan Al-Jaber’s visit to Brussels, Wopke Hoekstra announces a “substantial EU contribution” for “loss and damage”
HEALTH: EU Council to adopt conclusions on mental health on 30 November
ENVIRONMENT/HEALTH: EU agencies express joint commitment to ‘One Health’ approach
FISHERIES: GFCM agrees on creation of system of sanctions to combat overfishing and illegal fishing in Mediterranean
COMPETITIVENESS: Critical Raw Materials Act, fifteen NGOs call for greater control over sustainability certification of projects
ENERGY: Bruegel calls for greater cross-border electricity transmission capacity in Europe, for efficient energy transition
ENERGY: in 2022, European Union doubled investment in imports dedicated to green energy production
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: platform work, Spanish Presidency of EU Council confirms difficulty of reaching agreement with European Parliament on legal presumption of salaried employment
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: following sale of Kustomer by Meta, Commission waives Meta Group commitments
ECONOMY: faced with possible concerns over certain sovereign debts, Luis de Guindos is calling for prudent budgetary policies geared towards investment
EIB: Germany supports Nadia Calviño’s candidacy as President of EU bank
TAXATION: Member States call for greater consistency between European directive and OECD agreement on minimum taxation of multinationals
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: EU Council and European Parliament agree on 2024 budget
BUDGET: European Court of Auditors found a higher error rate in payments under 2022 budget than European Commission
EUROPEAN PARTIES: nomination procedure for European socialists’ lead candidate open until 17 January 2024
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Council of Europe fears “domino effect” following migration agreement between Italy and Albania
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Council definitively adopts new rules on digitalisation of visas
AGRICULTURE: EU Council adopts Farm Sustainability Data Network regulation
ARMENIA: EU working to strengthen support
MONEY LAUNDERING: nine Member States have officially applied to host future AMLA
BURKINA FASO: EU calls on Burkina Faso’s transitional government to shed “all possible light” on civilian massacre
TRADE: Customs DG wants to reassure Japanese industries about impact of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
DEMOCRACY: targeting and transparency of political advertising, work continues at technical level to refine provisional political agreement
TAXATION: forty-eight jurisdictions agree to exchange information on crypto-assets
FISHERIES: EU Council formally adopts regulation to strengthen controls
TRANSPORT: specific provisions on agenda for interinstitutional negotiations on trans-European transport network
VENEZUELA: EU extends sanctions by 6 months

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