login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11454

16 December 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 33
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) trade
WTO-Doha Nairobi conference raises great hopes for African continent despite modest results being expected

Nairobi, 15/12/2015 (Agence Europe) - After a few ngoma (Swahili) drum rolls, supposed to bring good results (according to local tradition), Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, Trade Minister Amina Mohamed and WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo declared the 10th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) officially open in Nairobi on Tuesday 15 November. This is the first WTO ministerial conference to be held on the African continent.

It is a conference for which the...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Commission proposes right to intervene on external borders, but stresses that sovereignty of member states will be upheld
(AE) ANIMAL HEALTH: Council notes progress on veterinary medicines
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Real agricultural income down by 4.3% in EU
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Consensus debate in Council on research and bio-economy
(AE) FISHERIES: Progress on 2016 fishing quotas
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: MEPs oppose relaxing diesel car emission test limits
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Council to discuss polluting emissions ceilings, biodiversity and COP 21
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: Interinstitutional agreement on business confidentiality
(AE) REGIONS: Commission adopts seven programmes totalling €740 million
(AE) DIGITAL: Virtually unanimous support for single digital strategy
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) TRADE: WTO-Doha Nairobi conference raises great hopes for African continent despite modest results being expected
(AE) TURKEY: Opening of chapter on economic and monetary policy
(AE) SERBIA: Opening of first two accession negotiation chapters
(AE) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Council calls for European dynamic to be maintained
(AE) IRAQ: EU hails progress in fight against IS in Iraq
(AE) MOROCCO: Warnings and reaffirmation of resolve to cooperate clearly, coherently and securely
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) JHA: Reservation on application of ne bis in idem should be annulled
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) ENERGY: Parliament adopts ambitious position on Energy Union
(AE) FISHERIES: European Parliament stresses Court ruling in its favour over cod plan
(AE) JHA: Parliament approves short-stay visa exemptions between EU and nine third countries
(AE) SINGLE MARKET: Parliament adopts report on European trademark
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Parliament will make sure Paris agreement is followed up
(AE) EMU: Reducing and sharing financial risks go hand in hand, says Dijsselbloem
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) EMPLOYMENT: Slight rise in EU in third quarter of 2015
(AE) TAXATION: Guidelines for member states on exchange of financial information
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) ANIMAL HEALTH:
(AE) CANADA:
(AE) FISHERIES:
(AE) FISHERIES:
(AE) FISHERIES:
(AE) RUSSIA:
(AE) STATE AID:
(AE) YEMEN: