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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11636

1 October 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 41
BREACHES OF EU LAW / Environment
Bulgaria and Slovakia under spotlight for failure to do enough to tackle nitrate pollution
Brussels, 30/09/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 29 September, the European Commission sent reasoned opinions requiring Bulgaria and Slovakia to comply with EU Directive 91/676 on projecting water from nitrate pollution.

The Commission says that the Bulgarian authorities have failed to fully align their national anti-nitrate action plan with EU rules, particularly on the spreading of fertiliser and the annual cap of 170 kg N/ha for livestock farming effluents.

Slovakia needs to designate more nitrate-vulnerable areas and ensure...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: Unanimous agreement at Council for EU to ratify Paris Agreement next week
CLIMATE: Council wants COP to make progress on putting Paris commitments into action
ENTERPRISE: Conmission wants over-indebted companies to be given a second chance
ENVIRONMENT: EFSA to share study data on glyphosate assessment
FOOD SAFETY: MEPs call for legal caps on trans fats
TRANSPORT: Regions and MEPs join in support of small-scale cross-border infrastructure
AGRICULTURE: MEPs say new CAP must create jobs
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca criticise organic fertiliser proposal
FISHERIES: Council adopts update of 2008 cod regulation
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
GREECE: Eurogroup to approve payment of sub-tranche of €2.8 billion 
STATE AID: Lithuanian support to innovative SMEs is not state aid
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: EU wants to boost imports of various Ukrainian products
UNITED STATES: TTIP negotiators to try to nail down as much progress as possible this year
JAPAN: Free-trade talks with EU advancing slowly but surely
AFGHANISTAN: International community will try to maintain financial support at $4 billion per year
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: Setback for work-life balance negotiations
EMPLOYMENT: Eurozone unemployment level unchanged in August
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Michel Barnier takes up duties as Commission's Brexit negotiator
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY: Plenary to focus on Paris Climate Agreement, transparency, women's rights in Poland and the situation in Calais
BREACHES OF EU LAW
SINGLE MARKET: Commission has 14 member states in its sights for breaching free movement of professionals 
SINGLE MARKET: Commission admonishes Slovakia for taking too long to re-evaluate tenders
TRANSPORT: Portugal called on to comply with flag state requirements
TRANSPORT: Lithuania asked to improve rail interoperability
TRANSPORT: France called on to update level of training for seafarers
ENVIRONMENT: Bulgaria and Slovakia under spotlight for failure to do enough to tackle nitrate pollution
ENVIRONMENT:  Ireland called upon to improve treatment of waste water
HEALTH: Germany required to transpose classification and labelling directive
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: two Italian PGIs approved
CJEU: appeal against state aid for Hinkley Point nuclear plant thrown out
COMMISSION: Gerard Kiely becomes new Head of Representation in Dublin
ECONOMY: inflation up to 0.4% in eurozone in September
HOLOCAUST: faced with violence, Donald Tusk says it is our duty to act
INDUSTRY: Alain Vidalies to attend EMIS committee of inquiry instead of Ségolène Royal
INDUSTRY: SMEs and traders up in arms against energy efficiency labelling
IRAN: EU calls on Iran to respect its international obligations on human rights
LIBYA: Council extends sanctions against Saleh, Ghweil and Sahmain for six months
INTERNAL MARKET: technical interinstitutional talks on draft firearms directive
FISHERIES: protecting marine environment in North Sea and Baltic
SOMALIA: further postponement of elections worries EU
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: 3 - 9 October
Other events: 3 - 9 October