Rapporter, artikler, nettsider og andre tips
Norge og EU: Betydningen av medlemskap– artikkel av Pernille Rieker og Elsa Lilja Gunnarsdottir (NUPI), Internasjonal Politikk, Skandinavisk tidsskrift for internasjonale studier, vol 81 nr. 4 (2023): «Den sittende regjeringen besluttet våren 2022 å sette sammen et utvalg for å vurdere erfaringene med EØS-avtalen de siste ti årene eller siden sist gang en omfattende utredning av Norges avtaler med EU ble foretatt i 2012 (NOU 2012: 2). I tillegg til å få i oppdrag å vurdere norske erfaringer med EØS-avtalen, har utvalget blitt bedt om å vurdere erfaringene Storbritannia (siden brexit), Sveits og Canada har fra sitt avtalebaserte samarbeid med EU. (...) Med denne fokusspalten ønsker vi (...) å supplere utvalgets rapport, som er planlagt publisert våren 2024, med en analyse av medlemskapsalternativet.»
Klima- og energisaker
Rapport fra European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change: Setting climate targets based on scientific evidence and EU values: Initial advice to the European Commission on an EU-wide 2040 climate target and a greenhouse gas budget for the 2030–2050 period
Splittet EU skal sette mål for utslippskutt i 2040 – artikkel i Energi og Klima – 16. januar 2024
Renewables 2023 Analysis and forecast to 2028 – IEA-rapport fra januar 2024: “It forecasts the deployment of renewable energy technologies in electricity, transport and heat to 2028 while also exploring key challenges to the industry and identifying barriers to faster growth.”
Kunstig intelligens (AI)
EUs lov om kunstig intelligens – en internasjonal pionerinnsats – av spaltist i Alltinget.no, advokat Christian Hambro, 16. januar 2024
EU prepares to push back on private sector carve-out from international AI treaty – artikkel i Euractiv, oppdatert 12. januar 2024
EU set to allow draconian use of facial recognition tech, say lawmakers – artikkel i Politico, 16. januar 2024
Europakommisjonen: Competition in Virtual Worlds and Generative AI – Calls for contributions: “The purpose of these calls for contributions is to gather specific information and views in relation to competition aspects from regulatory experts, academia, industry and consumer organisations. The Commission may organise a workshop with relevant stakeholders to discuss these issues further building on the responses to the consultation.”
Anbefalinger - flyktninger og migrasjon
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR's 2024 Recommendations for the Belgian and Hungarian Presidencies of the Council of the European Union (EU) – 10 januar 2024
IOM Issues Migration Recommendations to the Belgian and Hungarian EU Presidencies
EU-delegasjonen
Energinytt, uke 3, 2024
Samferdselsnytt, uke 50 – 51, 2023
EU-delegasjonens årsrapport om forskning 2023
Nytt fra EU-delegasjonen om kommunal- og regionalpolitikk
EU delegasjonens halvårsrapport om utdanning for høsten 2023
EU-delegasjonens halvårsrapport for energisaker
ESA - pressemelding
ESA godkjenner budsjettøkning i støtteordning til utvikling av infrastruktur for alternative drivstoff
EFTA - pressemeldinger
Siri Veseth Meling appointed EFTA Secretary-General
EFTA and India meet in Delhi for 21st round of negotiations towards a Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement
Forskning og høyere utdanning – planlagt meddelelse og rekommandasjoner
EU-henstilling om en felles europeisk grad innen høyere utdanning – notat om planlagt meddelelse lagt fram av Kommisjonen 9.1.2024 med tilbakemeldingsfrist 6.2.2024 (Kilde: Europalov)
Høyere utdanning: europeisk kvalitetssikrings- og anerkjennelsessystem – notat om planlagt rekommandasjon lagt fram av Kommisjonen 9.1.2024 med tilbakemeldingsfrist 6.2.2024 (Kilde: Europalov)
Høyere utdanning: attraktive og bærekraftige karrierer – notat om planlagt rekommandasjon lagt fram av Kommisjonen 9.1.2024 med tilbakemeldingsfrist 6.2.2024 (Kilde: Europalov)
Have your say (høring)
Report on the General Data Protection Regulation: “The GDPR is the main piece of EU legislation guaranteeing the fundamental right to data protection. It sets out the rights of individuals and imposes obligations on organisations and businesses that process the personal data of people in the EU. This initiative will report on how the rules have been applied, 6 years after their entry into application.”
Pressemeldinger fra Kommisjonen – et utvalg
Commission welcomes agreement on strong EU targets to reduce CO2 emissions from new trucks and urban buses
Commission opens participation to Critical Medicines Alliance
Commission finds that EU personal data flows can continue with 11 third countries and territories
The European Commission and the European Investment Fund join forces to boost investment in defence innovation through the Defence Equity Facility
Pressemeldinger fra Europaparlamentet – et utvalg
The Hungarian government threatens EU values, institutions, and funds, MEPs say
Fundamental rights report finds threats to key freedoms, equality and dignity
Time to criminalise hate speech and hate crime under EU law
Reducing emissions from fluorinated gases and ozone-depleting substances
Deal on a single rulebook against money laundering and terrorist financing
Parliament concerned about the rule of law in Slovakia
Music streaming sector: EU must ensure just pay for artists and fair algorithms
EP vedtager ny lov, der forbyder greenwashing og vildledende produktinformation
Pressemeldinger fra Rådet - et utvalg
Heavy-duty vehicles: Council and Parliament reach a deal to lower CO2 emissions from trucks, buses and trailers
Anti-money laundering: Council and Parliament strike deal on stricter rules
Proposal for a regulation on establishing the Ukraine Facility - Partial Mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament
Eurogroup work programme - Eurogroup's priority policy areas until June 2024
Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform: Council agrees its partial negotiating mandate: “The platform will support investments in critical technologies in the fields of digital and deep tech, clean tech and biotech in the EU. It will reduce the EU’s strategic dependencies and enhance its long-term competitiveness The Council’s negotiating mandate is partial, because its position on additional financial support for STEP will depend on the final outcome of the horizontal negotiations on the mid-term revision of the multiannual financial framework for 2021-2027."
Europaparlamentets utredningstjeneste (EPRS) - et utvalg
Ten issues to watch in 2024
Russia's war on Ukraine: Implications for the Arctic
Towards a common EU system for returns
Second revision of payment services in the EU
Plants produced using new genomic techniques
Plant Health: Revision of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against plant pests
Updating the European digital identity framework
Banking union: Overview and state of play
Revision of the Port State Control Directive
Improving the design of the EU electricity market
Revised rules on the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
Combating microplastic pollution in the EU: Unintentional releases of plastic pellets
International Agreements in Progress - EU-India free trade agreement
Cross-border exchange of information on road safety-related traffic offences
Revision of the EU legislation on design protection
Improving the working conditions of platform workers
Reform of the Qualification Directive
EUs domstoler
C-450/22 Caixabank e.a. (Judicial review of transparency in a collective action) – Advocate General Medina: The transparency of ‘floor clauses’ in mortgage loan contracts can be reviewed in the context of a collective action. That is so even in the case of an action brought against over a hundred Spanish financial institution.
Case C-451/22 RTL Nederland and RTL Nieuws – Disaster involving flight MH17: The confidentiality of certain information concerning aviation safety is justified and proportionate.
Case C-218/22 Comune di Copertino – A worker who was not able to take all of his or her days of paid annual leave before resigning is entitled to an allowance in lieu of that leave. Member States cannot rely on reasons linked to controlling public expenditure to limit that right.
T-46/23 Kaili v Parliament and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office – Lifting of parliamentary immunity: Eva Kaili’s action against the request of the European Chief Prosecutor and the decision of the President of the European Parliament is dismissed.
Case C-621/22 Intervyuirasht organ na DAB pri MS (Women who are victims of domestic violence) Violence against women: The Court clarifies the conditions for qualifying for international protection. Women, as a whole, may be regarded as belonging to a social group, within the meaning of Directive 2011/95, and qualify for refugee status if the conditions laid down by that directive are satisfied. This will be the case where, in their country of origin, they are exposed, on account of their gender, to physical or mental violence, including sexual violence and domestic violence. If the conditions for granting refugee status are not satisfied, they may qualify for subsidiary protection status, in particular where they run a real risk of being killed or subjected to violence.
Case C-563/22 Zamestnik-predsedatel na Darzhavna agentsia za bezhantsite (Refugee status – Stateless person of Palestinian origin) – Advocate General Emiliou: Palestinian applicants for refugee status can claim that UNRWA’s protection has ‘ceased’ in the light of the general living conditions prevailing in the Gaza Strip. Applicants must not be obliged to show that they are specifically targeted or affected by those conditions due to their personal circumstances.
Joint Cases C-662/22 Airbnb Ireland and C-667/22; Amazon Services Europe, Case C-663/22; Expedia, in Joint Cases C-664/22; Google Ireland and C-666/22; Eg Vacation Rentals Ireland; Case C-665/22 Amazon Services Europe – Advocate General Szpunar: A Member State cannot impose general and abstract obligations on an online service provider operating on its territory but established in another Member State.
Cases C-808/21 Commission v Czech Republic and C-814/2 Commission v Poland (Standing as a candidate and becoming a member of a political party) – Advocate General Richard de la Tour: By refusing to grant the right to become members of a political party to Union citizens who are not nationals of Poland or of the Czech Republic but who reside there, those Member States infringed EU electoral law.
C-122/22 P Dyson and Others v Commission – Energy labelling of vacuum cleaners: The Court of Justice definitively dismisses the action for compensation brought by Dyson. In choosing a test using an empty reservoir, the Commission did not commit a sufficiently serious breach of EU law such as to give rise to an entitlement to compensation.
C-252/22 Societatea Civilă Profesională de Avocaţi AB & CD – Environment – Aarhus Convention – Article 9(3) to (5) – Access to justice – Law firm partnership – Action seeking to challenge administrative measures – Admissibility – Conditions laid down by national law – No impairment of a right or undermining of a legitimate interest – Not prohibitively expensive judicial proceedings – Allocation of costs – Criteria.
EFTA-domstolen – nye saker
E-16/23 EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Kingdom of Norway (ESAs avgjørelse er omtalt i EU/EØS-nytt 15. desember 2023)
Høyesterett
Høyesterett slipper inn anke i sak som gjelder driftsstøtte til kommunalt treningssenter og forholdet til statsstøttereglene
Annet
Court of Appeal of Iceland: Extradition of resident to Poland under the European Arrest Warrant does not conflict with an individual’s rights under the European Convention of Human Rights – Nordic Institute of European Legal Studies (NIELS)
Informasjon til Europaudvalget (Danmark) - et utvalg
Liste over judicielle aktiviteter i sager af dansk interesse pr. 15/1-24
Samlenotat vedr. forslag til forordning om kviksølv til tandfyldningsamalgam |Europalov
Grund- og nærhedsnotat om kræftdirektivet
Faktapromemoria (Sverige) - et utvalg
Övervakningsram för resilienta europeiska skogar: “Regeringen instämmer att data och information av hög kvalitet och tillförlitlighet är viktigt för att följa utvecklingen av skogens alla värden. För regeringen är det dock inte tillräckligt tydligt vad mervärdet är av att EU bygger upp en struktur för datainsamling av denna omfattning, både gällande lagförslagets syfte och beaktande den internationella rapportering som redan görs. Regeringen anser att administrativa bördor och dubbelarbete, utan motsvarande nytta, ska undvikas. Regeringen kommer värna om möjligheten att utforma en kostnadseffektiv nationell skogspolitik och stödjande funktioner som Riksskogstaxeringen. Regeringen anser att förslaget behöver uppnå en högre grad av kostnadseffektivitet.” |Europalov
Rekommendation om mobilitet i utbildningssyfte
Förslag till förordning om inrättandet av en EU-talangreserv
Stortingsbiblioteket overvåker norske og internasjonale nyhetskilder, tidsskrifter og nettsider. Formålet er å fange opp nye politiske initiativ, behandlingen av sentrale saker i de nordiske landene, bakgrunn om saker i media og annen relevant informasjon for EU/EØS-arbeidet i Stortinget. Nyhetsbrevet er rettet mot stortingsrepresentanter og ansatte, men eksterne kan også abonnere.
Følgende har bidratt i denne utgaven: Vilde Høvik Røberg (stortingsbiblioteket) , Hanne Camilla Zimmer (utredningsseksjonen) og Per S. Nestande (internasjonal avdeling).