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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11062

17 April 2014
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 40
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) mercosur
South American tariff offer perhaps by end of April

Brussels, 16/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - Argentina has made substantial progress in preparing Mercosur's offer to the EU on market access. Brazil has announced a decisive meeting for 29 April.

The head of the Argentinian Cabinet of Ministers, Jorge Capitanich, confirmed on 15 April during a daily press conference that “substantial progress” had been made in the elaboration of the joint proposal from Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela) in the offer of tariff...

Contents

INSTITUTIONNAL
(AE) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2014: Juncker says not respecting election result would be blow to democracy
(AE) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2014: EPP still in the lead according to PollWatch
(AE) COMMEMORATION: Nationalism concerns at Parliament 100 years post WWI
(AE) PARLIAMENT: Schulz bids farewell to three outgoing group leaders
(AE) BELGIUM: Confrontation with Neelie Kroes on car-sharing
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) CONSUMERS: EP wants products to be labelled “Made in Europe”
(AE) BIODIVERSITY: New stage in battle to stamp out invasive species
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Disposable plastic bags - towards clampdown
(AE) BUDGET: MEPs agree on anti-fraud measures
(AE) INSTITUTIONAL: New rules on financing of political parties
(AE) SOCIAL: EP approves agreement on posting of workers
(AE) SOCIAL: EP adopts portable supplementary pensions directive
(AE) TRANSPORT: EP releases €35 million for inland waterways
(AE) TRANSPORT: Greens shun adoption on airport anti-pollution measures
(AE) TRANSPORT: €160.5 million for European Maritime Safety Agency
(AE) TRANSPORT: Electronic EU tag for marine equipment
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: Car re-registration text sent back to committee
(AE) ANIMAL HEALTH: EP steps up measures to tackle animal disease
(AE) FINANCE: MiFID II financial market rules given go-ahead
(AE) UKRAINE: MEPs want new sanctions against Russia
(AE) GEORGIA:
(AE) JHA: New rules on rescuing migrants at sea
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Commission launches Milk Market Observatory
(AE) ENERGY: Belgium and Finland to Court on energy efficiency in buildings
(AE) CLIMATE: Poland to Court for infringement on fluorinated gases
(AE) COMPANIES: SMEs lack feedback on their loan requests
ECONOMY - FINANCES
(AE) PORTUGAL: Further public spending savings of €1.4 billion
(AE) STATE AID: Investigation into aid for Latvian banks
(AE) FINANCE: New rules on pre-contract information
(AE) FINANCE:
(AE) ECONOMY:
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) SWITZERLAND: Still no agreement between Switzerland and EU
(AE) RUSSIA: Cypriot minister warns against sanctions
(AE) ENERGY: Against backdrop of Ukrainian crisis, Gazprom assures EU of reliability
(AE) MERCOSUR: South American tariff offer perhaps by end of April
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN:
(AE) LIBYA:
(AE) MOROCCO: EU provides assurances on fruit and vegetables
(AE) TUNISIA: Need for transparency
(AE) NIGERIA: EU strongly condemns massive rise in Boko Haram attacks