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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11703

14 January 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 6 / 25
SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture
US lifts ban on French beef imports
Brussels, 13/01/2016 (Agence Europe)

The United States announcement of the lifting of the embargo on the import of beef from France was welcomed by the European Commission on Friday 13 January.

For the EU, this decision is a further step towards re-opening a market that has been closed since the BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) crisis of the 1990s.

“Following similar decisions with Ireland, Lithuania and the Netherlands, the Commission welcomes the decision by the United States to allow the import of beef from France....

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: Election of the future President of the European Parliament harder to call than ever
PARLIAMENT: Plenary session will be marked by Tuesday 17 January's election of the new President of Parliament
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
INSURANCE: Transatlantic agreement on insurance and reinsurance measures
GREECE: Athens sees IMF withdrawal as a possible way out
ECONOMY: Commission proposes granting Moldova €100 million in macro-economic aid
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: US lifts ban on French beef imports
AGRICULTURE: Milk crisis not yet over, say farming organisations
INDUSTRY: Dieselgate - Commission says it's prepared to work wth EPA on FIAT question
INDUSTRY: MEPs highlight scheduling issues for Parliament's EMIS committee's work
JHA: Commission denies reports of dispute with Poland over headquarters of new Frontex agency
ENVIRONMENT: ECSA impatient to see list of recycling yards extended to third countries
ENVIRONMENT: Seed producers say neonicotinoid ban has had negative economic and environmental effect
HEALTH: Alarming new report on endocrine disruptors from Générations Futures
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Ministerial meeting to focus on post-conflict Syria and relaunch of Middle East peace process
HUMANITARIAN AID: UNHCR calls for more to be done for refugees in extreme winter conditions in Europe
CANADA: EU manufacturing industry urges European Parliament to ratify CETA
TUNISIA: Additional import quota for olive oil had marginal impact for EU in 2016
NEWS BRIEFS
JHA: Commission asked to properly assess Privacy Shield
JORDAN: Conference in Brussels on 25 January on new trade opportunities with EU
MIGRATION: Efforts to relocate refugees are too weak, says UNHCR
REGIONS: Commission proposes aid for UK in aftermath of floods in December 2015
COHESION: Constanze Krehl sole rapporteur for own-initiative report on Structural Fund simplification
TRANSPORT: ECMTR hails European Commission's report on data protection
CALENDAR
MAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS: 16/01 to 22/01
OTHER EVENTS: 16/01 to 22/01