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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11636
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BREACHES OF EU LAW / Environment

Bulgaria and Slovakia under spotlight for failure to do enough to tackle nitrate pollution

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