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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11593

14 July 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 27
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) health
Light work programme for Slovak Presidency of the Council

Brussels, 13/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - The second half of 2016 will be relatively calm at the Council in the field of public health. Addressing MEPs on 12 July, the Slovak Minister for Health, Tomás Drucker, indicated that he would prioritise access to innovative medicines, antimicrobial resistance and non-transmissible diseases.

The Slovak Presidency of the Council of the EU has in fact inherited few legislative dossiers, given the recent agreement on medical devices (EUROPE 11559). The...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: European asylum system reform introduces more rights and responsibilities
(AE) JHA: Commission confident on visa reciprocity with US and Canada
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: More balanced position from MEPs on firearms directive
(AE) ENERGY: Consensus between EU28 and future key role of LNG
(AE) ENERGY: Bulgaria and Slovakia sign Eastring project agreement
(AE) BIODIVERSITY: EU adopts list of invasive species to be contained
(AE) ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: Slovak Presidency of the Council wants European solutions to improve water management
(AE) FISHERIES: Commission proposes lifting trade sanctions on Republic of Guinea
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Slovak Presidency of the Council determined to act to stabilise markets
(AE) HEALTH: Light work programme for Slovak Presidency of the Council
(AE) TOURISM: MEPs concerned by fund concentration on urban areas
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) BANKING: König says there must be burden sharing when a bank is wound up
(AE) FINANCE: EP committee decides on its negotiating position on prospectuses for investors
(AE) FINANCE: Given a frosty welcome when he started at the Commission, Lord Hill has won over MEPs' hearts and minds
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) CHINA: Slow progress towards a common approach to global challenges
(AE) CHINA: Agreement for creation of joint working group on steel
(AE) TRADE: G20 countries want to conclude EGA by end of 2016
(AE) ENLARGEMENT: Slovakia making enlargement a priority of its EU Council Presidency
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) UNITED KINGOM: Charles Michel calls on Theresa May to speedily ativate Treaty Article 50 on leaving the EU
(AE) FUTURE OF EUROPE: Guy Verhofstadt presents his vision of overhauled European institutions
(AE) PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: EU institutions urged to facilitate access to information about their public contracts
COURT OF JUSTICE OF EU
(AE) JHA: Disproportionate ban on Islamic headscarf at work could constitute unlawful direct discrimination
(AE) CONSUMERS: Macroeconomic issues justify limits on invalidity of abusive clauses in mortgage contracts
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) INDONESIA:
(AE) INDUSTRY:
(AE) KYRGYZSTAN:
(AE): APPOINTMENTS