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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11549
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) trade

Possible movement at Council on modernisation of trade defence instruments

Brussels, 11/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - TTIP, CETA, trade-related aspects of the steel sector situation (otherwise known as trade defence) and the regulation on war minerals: these four controversial issues are included on the agenda of the meeting of the trade ministers of the EU, to be chaired by their Dutch colleague, Lilianne Ploumen, in Brussels on Friday 13 May. No decisions will be made on these issues, but it is possible that movement could begin on the highly controversial issue of...

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) JHA: Europol's competences reinforced by new regulation
(AE) JHA: Asylum rules reform goes down moderately well with European Parliament
(AE) JHA: New residence rules for non-EU researchers and students
(AE) MERCOSUR: Clear Parliament support for trade talks but not to detriment of agriculture
(AE) FISHERIES: Parliament calls for better traceability for fisheries products
(AE) COHESION: Parliament challenges Commission on cohesion policy delay
(AE) MIDDLE EAST: MEPs divided on issue of demolition
(AE) HUMANITARIAN AID: Parliament says more than fine words are needed at Istanbul summit
(AE) VENEZUELA: Ongoing institutional conflict has Europeans worried
(AE) FINANCE: Traders in raw materials exempted from certain prudential rules until end of 2020
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) COMPETITION: Commission blocks planned purchase of O2 by Hutchison
(AE) TAXATION: Decision on Panama Papers committee of investigation to be postponed
(AE) TAXATION: Greens/EFA pillory United States, OECD pours oil on troubled waters
(AE) ECONOMY: Juncker plan supports take-off of Ginkgo 2 fund
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) DIGITAL: Council clarifying position on portability of content
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: Member states at virtual standstill over firearms directive
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Mayor of Paris goes to CJEU to oppose diesel engine anti-pollution standards
(AE) AGRICULTURE: CAP accounted for 87% of Northern Irish farmers' incomes
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: Security reinforcement measures agreed
(AE) SYRIA: Funding for new higher education project
(AE) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: EU calls on Sarajevo to continue work on reform
(AE) NIGERIA: Commission proposes migrant readmission agreement
(AE) TUNISIA: Market is a means not an end in itself, argues EU ambassador
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: Sustainable urban development - EU's priorities for Habitat III ready
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: Council urges EU to promote corporate social responsibility
(AE) MERCOSUR: Exchange of offers on market access confirmed
(AE) TRADE: Possible movement at Council on modernisation of trade defence instruments
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) UNITED KINGDOM: Lamassoure says EU is burying head in sand on Brexit
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) ALGERIA:
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(AE) SOCIAL:
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