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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11114

4 July 2014
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 36
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) agriculture
Organic, fruit and vegetables and milk on Italian Presidency menu

Brussels, 03/07/2014 (Agence Europe) - Italy is hoping to make progress on various agricultural dossiers during its six-month presidency of the Council of the EU, but is planning to move the Council towards agreements on just two dossiers: the modified rules on organic production and distribution of fruit and milk in schools.

Italian Minister for Agriculture Maurizio Martina (born on 9 September 1978 in Calcinate), a member of the Democratic party, will present the Presidency working...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: Commission's intentions on copyright
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: Italy's number one priority is long-term investment
(AE) DIGITAL: Italy wants agreement on connected continent package
(AE) ENERGY: Italian Presidency to focus on 2030 framework and energy security
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Organic, fruit and vegetables and milk on Italian Presidency menu
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Milk quotas - Italy's €1.4 billion “slate”
(AE) FOOD SAFETY: Acrylamide in food - EFSA consultation
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Circular economy projects have room for improvement
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Presidency prioritises climate and resource efficiency
(AE) JHA: UK again asks for Commission action on Gibraltar
(AE) JHA: Commission looks at asylum-seeker notification
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) ECB: Fewer but more transparent meetings in 2015
(AE) BULGARIA: Banks see off bank run without help from government
(AE) TAXATION:
(AE) CYPRUS: Troika makes rosier forecasts but remains cautious
(AE) GERMANY: First draft balanced budget in 45 years
(AE) GREECE: Athens will prove troika wrong on budget gap (Samaras)
(AE) STATE AID: Belgian state guarantee for ARCO cooperative rejected
(AE) COMPETITION:
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: Paris, Berlin, Kiev and Moscow call for a ceasefire
(AE) BELARUS: Bialiatski calls for continued pressure
(AE) PALESTINE: EU condemns killing of Palestinian and calls for restraint
(AE) DEFENCE: Smith new Atalanta Operation Commander
(AE) TRADE: Russia limits imports of meat from Moldova
(AE) TRADE: Rome wants to unblock trade policy review plans
(AE) TRADE: EU urges China to open up and deepen its reforms
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION - CULTURE
(AE) EMPLOYMENT: Directive on working time for inland waterways
(AE) EDUCATION/YOUTH/CULTURE/SPORT: Italian Presidency priorities
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) EMPLOYMENT: Successive fixed-term contracts can be limited and converted into indefinite contracts in event of abuse
(AE) JHA: Council guilty of two errors of assessment in sanctions
(AE) JHA: Court clarifies scope of individuals' right to be heard
(AE) JHA: Sophie in't Veld wins her case against Council over SWIFT
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) EP 2014: Juncker and Van Rompuy's lunch focused on nominations
(AE) COMMISSION: Vote on Juncker's appointment brought forward to 15 July
(AE) PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES:
SUPPLEMENT
“EUROPE/Documents” No. 2585: Composition of European Parliament committees by name