2021-04-14 Circular E.04.2021-NOTICIAS EUROLAB AISBL
2021-04-14 Circular E.004.2021-NOTICIAS RECOPILADAS POR EUROLAB AISBL
CIRCULAR INFORMATIVA N.º: E.004/2021
ASUNTO: NOTICIAS RECOPILADAS POR EUROLAB AISBL
Fecha: 14 de abril de 2021
Estimados asociados de EUROLAB-España,
Enviamos un listado de noticias recopiladas por EUROLAB AISBL, con sus correspondientes links para ampliar información, por si fueran de vuestro interés.
Sustainable farming ambitions: between the CAP and the Green Deal: After years of negotiations, there is finally light at the end of the tunnel for reaching a deal on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Source: Euractiv
European Parliament to ratify UK trade deal in late April, president says: The European Parliament will finally grant its consent to the EU-U.K. post-Brexit trade deal at a plenary session starting April 26, Parliament President David Sassoli said Tuesday. "We will have our plenary April 26, so this is the last date" for ratification, Sassoli said in an interview with POLITICO, adding that "there will be no extension" to this date. Source: POLITICO
Investors urge Europe to prioritise climate in agriculture reform: A $2 trillion group of investors on Monday (22 March) urged the European Commission to be more ambitious in its planned overhaul of the bloc’s huge farming subsidy programme to fight climate change and protect biodiversity. Source: Euractiv
Commission on track for digital levy proposal by June: The European Commission is on track with plans to present a digital tax by June despite recent progress at the level of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Commission’s Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager has said. Source: Euractiv
UK and EU vow vaccine cooperation but offer no specifics: After days of tensions over access to limited coronavirus vaccine supplies, the U.K. government and the European Commission issued a joint statement on Wednesday promising to cooperate but offering no plan for how they might do so. The purpose of the vague statement was unclear, other than perhaps to reassure citizens that a vicious trade war was not imminent. Source: POLITICO
Council adopts cybersecurity strategy conclusions: The Council of the European Union (EU), currently chaired by Portugal, on Monday (22 March) adopted conclusions on the EU cybersecurity strategy, particularly about fifth-generation mobile networks (5G), aimed at protecting against cyber threats. Source: Euractiv
EUR 10bn science programme invests in breakthrough innovation: The European Commission launched, at an online event, the European Innovation Council (EIC) with a budget of over €10 billion (in current prices) for 2021-2027 to develop and expand breakthrough innovations. Source: EUbusiness
EU looks to tighten vaccine export controls: The European Commission introduced new, tougher criteria of 'reciprocity and proportionality' Wednesday under its 'transparency and authorisation mechanism' for COVID-19 vaccine exports. Source: EUbusiness
Europe halfway towards closing all coal power plants by 2030: Half of Europe’s 324 coal-fuelled power plants have either closed or announced a retirement date before 2030, it emerged on Monday (22 March) when French power utility EDF announced the 162nd plant will close in 2022. Source: Euractiv
Future EU chemicals strategy outlined: The EU Council set out its long-term aims for EU chemicals policy Monday, for a toxic-free environment with better protection of human health and the environment, and a more competitive chemicals industry. Source: EUbusiness
European Parliament to ratify UK trade deal in late April, president says. The European Parliament will finally grant its consent to the EU-U.K. post-Brexit trade deal at a plenary session starting April 26, Parliament President David Sassoli said Tuesday. "We will have our plenary April 26, so this is the last date" for ratification, Sassoli said in an interview with POLITICO, adding that "there will be no extension" to this date. EU national governments and the British parliament have already approved the deal, which was clinched in late December, and the European Parliament's ratification is the final step before the agreement legally comes into full force. The deal has been implemented since January 1 under provisional application, to avoid the potentially catastrophic consequences of a no-deal, cliff-edge scenario. Source: Politico
The US Wants the EU to Delay Imposing Trade Penalties on Carbon-Intensive Imports, But Is Considering Imposing Its Own. Now, for the first time, nations are planning to make the idea of border carbon adjustments a reality. The European Union Parliament voted overwhelmingly on March 10 in favor of a resolution to create a border adjustment mechanism to protect its manufacturers against cheaper imports from countries with weaker climate policy. Source: Inside Climate News
TIC Council: Press Release: TIC Council Applauds Introduction of Legislation to Protect Consumers from Counterfeit and Stolen Products Sold Online. Yesterday, TIC Council Americas joined with the Buy Safe America Coalition, a diverse group of retailers, consumer groups, wholesaler-distributors, and manufacturers in publicly declaring support of the introduction of the INFORM Consumers Act, legislation to increase transparency and accountability for online marketplaces amid the rapidly growing problem of illicit goods sold online. Throughout the pandemic U.S. e-commerce grew by 44 percent as more families shopped online. Source: TIC Council
UK food exports drop 75% in first month of post-Brexit trade. UK food and drink exports to the European Union dropped by 75% in January, the first month of life outside the EU’s single market, according to data published by the UK’s Food and Drink Federation. Exports to the bloc fell from £1 billion in January 2020 to £256.4 million in the same month the following year, and collapsed by more than 80% to Ireland, Germany and Italy, figures released on Monday (22-03) show. Source: Euractiv
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Recibid un cordial y afectuoso saludo,
Elena García Hernanz
Secretaria Administrativa de EUROLAB-España