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Under the new recommendations member states should not impose any restrictions on travel on the grounds of public health. However, the recommendations keep a number of safeguards in case of a deteriorating epidemiological situation.

Council approves fishing opportunities for 2023 in the Atlantic, North Sea, Mediterranean and Black Sea, as well as for deep sea stocks.

The co-legislators reached a provisional agreement on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which is expected to boost climate-friendly industrial production outside the borders of the EU.

The European Parliament and EU member states are still at loggerheads ahead of decisive talks this weekend to reform the Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), the biggest carbon market in the world and the cornerstone of the EU’s climate policy.

On Wednesday 14 December, the co-rapporteurs on the inclusion of REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans will hold a press conference at 10.30.
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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On Wednesday 14 December, the co-rapporteurs on the inclusion of REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans will hold a press conference at 10.30.
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen will present a new government on Thursday, which, in addition to her Social Democrats party, consists of the Liberals, led by Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, and the Moderates, a new liberal party formed in June and led by former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. It took 43 days to negotiate the political platform for the new Danish grand coalition.

A record number of journalists are being detained globally and the number of those killed is on the rise again, according to a new report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). 

Wednesday, 14 December

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Wednesday, 14 December

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Written by Rafał Mańko (1st edition).

On 1 December 2021, the European Commission tabled a proposal for a horizontal regulation on digitalisation of judicial cooperation and access to justice, intended to apply to both civil and criminal proceedings of a cross-border nature within the EU. It would supplement horizontally, rather than replace, existing rules on the digital delivery of documents, digital hearings and other uses of information technology (IT) for cross-border judicial cooperation. In principle, Member States’ competent judicial or other authorities would be under a duty to use digital channels of communication, whereas for individuals, the use of such channels would be optional.

In the European Parliament, the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) and the Committee on Civil Liberty, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) are dealing jointly (Rule 58) with the proposal. On 14 October 2022, the co-rapporteurs presented their draft report. In the Council, the proposal has been examined by the e-Justice working party.

On 30 June 2022, the Council Presidency summarised the working party’s preliminary findings in a document circulated to Member States’ delegations, with view to continuing work at the political level.

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• December 2022: Digitalising cross-border judicial cooperation (1st edition)

Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the digitalisation of judicial cooperation and access to justice in cross-border civil, commercial and criminal matters, and amending certain acts in the field of judicial cooperation Committees responsible:Legal Affairs (JURI) and Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)COM(2021) 759
1.12.2021Co-rapporteurs:Emil Radev (EPP, Bulgaria) and Marina Kaljurand (S&D, Estonia)2021/0394(COD)Shadow rapporteurs:For LIBE: Nuno Melo, Maria-Manuel Leitão‑Marques, Fabienne Keller, Yana Toom, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Patryk Jaki, Kosma Złotowski, Clare Daly, Emmanuel MaurelOrdinary legislative procedure (COD)
(Parliament and Council on equal footing
– formerly ‘co-decision’) Next steps expected: Adoption of joint committee report

For the energy industry, 2022 will be remembered as the year Russia's invasion of Ukraine accelerated a global energy crisis.

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The United States on Tuesday (13 December) unsealed a 16-count indictment charging five Russian nationals and two US nationals with conspiracy related to a global procurement and money-laundering scheme on behalf of the Russian government.

The European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet for their first summit on Wednesday to deepen economic ties, with European leaders pressing for firm, shared language critical of Russia.

Metsola’s office told EURACTIV that the president gave instructions how to represent the institution’s position and “nothing else”.

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