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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11734

28 February 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 32
EXTERNAL ACTION / Serbia
Belgrade opens two negotiation chapters and closes one provisionally
Brussels, 27/02/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 27 February, Serbia opened the EU accession negotiation chapter on enterprise and industrial policy (Chapter 20), and opened and provisionally closed the negotiation chapter on education and culture (Chapter 26).  With these chapters Serbia has now opened 8 out of 35 negotiation chapters and provisionally closed two.

During a press conference after the accession conference, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn described these...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: Council supports objectives of green energy package, but calls for reality check over deadlines and respecting national specifics
ENERGY: New assurances from Commission that EU does not support Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
COHESION: According to most recent Regional Competitiveness Index, southern regions' situation has stabilised
AGRICULTURE: Trade agreements with three non-EU countries reported to have boosted EU agri-food exports by €1 billion
AGRICULTURE: Maltese Presidency given mandate for negotiating final agreement on organics with MEPs
ETS: Difficult equation to be solved at Council between climate-ambitious and supporters of as many free quotas as possible
FOOD SAFETY: EFSA consultation on risk assessment of substances present in food intended for infants
FISHERIES: European Commission does not have reliable fish biomass data
MIGRATION: Possible recommendations for states to speed up implementation of return decisions for illegal migrants
JHA: Definitive adoption of visa-free regime for Georgia and revised transversal visa suspension mechanism
AUDIOVISUAL: Commercial broadcasters sound alarm
RESEARCH: Commission changes Horizon 2020 rules linked to researchers' pay
EXTERNAL ACTION
SERBIA: Belgrade opens two negotiation chapters and closes one provisionally
FYROM: Hahn calls on president to give Zoran Zaev mandate to form new government
NORTH KOREA: EU imposes new sanctions on Pyongyang
LIBYA: EU hails ceasefire agreement in Tripoli
BURKINA FASO: EU commits €117 million for food security and sustainable agriculture
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: National experts examine conditions for accession to future European deposit insurance system
MONEY LAUNDERING: Publication of beneficial owners of shell companies re-tabled by European Parliament
FINANCE: Equivalence system for third-country rules works but could be more consistent, says Commission
FINANCE: Still many obstacles to cross-border investment, Commission concludes
COMPETITION: LSE/Deutsche Börse merger hits choppy waters
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Content for European pillar of social rights beginning to take shape
SOCIAL: Commission strengthens its defence in suspected conflicts of interest at SCOEL
NEWS BRIEFS
BELARUS: EU extends arms embargo and sanctions on four people for a year
GEORGIA: EU criticises announcement of closure of two crossing points between Georgia and Abkhazia
JHA: Data protection – Trump administration promises not to affect Europeans' rights under Privacy Shield
PHILIPPINES: EU calls for rule of law to be upheld after Leila de Lima's arrest
TRANSPORT: Commission launches public consultation on multimodal transport passenger rights
UNITED KINGDOM: An end to automatic rights for Europeans in UK after triggering article 50?
CIVIL PROTECTION: Commissioner Stylianides attends DEMA emergency response agency exercise in Denmark
EUROPEAN LIBRARY
European Library: N. 1172