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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12100

21 September 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 31
SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment
Authorisation of pesticides - Recommendations of European Parliament special committee, PEST, are sketched out
Brussels, 20/09/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 20 September, the first broad lines of what could be the recommendations of the European Parliament’s special committee PEST were published in the form of a draft report by Norbert Lins (EPP, Germany) and Bart Staes (Greens/EFA, Belgium), co-rapporteurs for this body created in March to shed full light on the procedure for authorising pesticides in the EU, further to the controversial five-year renewal of the glyphosate licence.

The draft report is a necessary work of...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
MIGRATION: European leaders support increased cooperation with Egypt to fight illegal migration
UNITED KINGDOM: Twenty-Seven set priority target of concluding Brexit negotiations in October
EPP: Joseph Daul assures commitment to rule of law will be reaffirmed in Helsinki
SECTORAL POLICIES
CONSUMERS: Airbnb and Facebook must keep their promises to comply with European law by the end of 2018, says Vera Jourova
MONEY LAUNDERING: Commission awaits clarifications over scandal involving Estonian subsidiary of Danske Bank
JUSTICE: First version of  2019-2023 online justice action plan focuses on artificial intelligence
DIGITAL: Commission clarifies two regulations related to e-commerce
DIGITAL: First inter-institutional negotiations on copyright begin this October
DIGITAL: 24 member states participating in joint undertaking for supercomputers
MIGRATION: Agreement on deploying European border and coast guard teams in Serbia
COHESION: Rapporteur for employment and social affairs committee also wants budgetary strengthening
ENVIRONMENT: Authorisation of pesticides - Recommendations of European Parliament special committee, PEST, are sketched out
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca confirms over 10% drop in cereal production
FISHERIES: Over 150 experts sound warning on overfishing in Mediterranean
TRANSPORT: Violeta Bulc informs EESC about Commission priorities in context of first mobility package
TRANSPORT: Member states reach agreement on third country airlines leasing crewed aircraft
SPACE: Concerns at European institutions about US company participating in Copernicus programme
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: Italy guilty of awarding unlawful State aid to Port authority of Naples
EXTERNAL ACTION
CANADA: Commission satisfied with progress made in a year on provisional implementation of CETA
TRADE: USA becomes EU's main supplier of soya beans
RUSSIA: Sergei Lavrov calls on Europeans to resume dialogue
KAZAKHSTAN: European Parliament delegation calls for release of political prisoners
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CONSUMERS: Court clarifies extent to which a national jurisdiction can examine whether a clause can be considered abusive
AGRICULTURE: Advocate general considers animals products from ritual slaughter without stunning may be given 'organic farming' label
NEWS BRIEFS
BUDGET: EESC President calls for an ambitious post-2020 MFF
SPAIN: Green light from ESM for early repayment of €3 billion
EMPLOYMENT: Eurostat says employment rate is lower in cities than in rural areas
ENERGY: European energy regulators prepare guide on 'bundled products'
ENERGY: EIB invests €1.2 billion in renewable energies and energy efficiency
LIBYA: Launch of project to support free and independent media
FOOD SAFETY: Belgium has good system of authorisation and use of biocide products