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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11740

8 March 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 40
EXTERNAL ACTION / New zealand
End of preparatory talks for potential free trade negotiations with EU
Brussels, 07/03/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 7 March, European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström and New Zealand's Minister of Trade Todd McClay met in Brussels to mark the end of preparatory talks for a potential EU-New Zealand free trade agreement.

At the end of 2015, the EU and New Zealand launched a process for potential free trade negotiations and preparations for these negotiations began in February 2016 (see EUROPE 11491).

Since then the Commission and New Zealand's administration have undertaken a scoping...

Contents

COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JHA: Member states are not obliged to grant humanitarian visas
TAXATION: Absence of reduced VAT rate for online press is legal, says Court
COMPETITION: General Court annuls decision preventing merger between UPS and TNT Express
HEALTH: Scientific consensus is not necessary for establishing a link between an illness and vaccine
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Italy lifts its reservation on mid-term revision of EU multi-annual financial framework
BUDGET: Brexit should bring about end of compensation and rebates, say MEPs
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Cecilia Wikström warns of loss of structural funds for countries opposed to refugee relocation
TERRORISM: Final approval of counter-terrorism directive
JHA: Systematic controls at EU external borders permanently adopted
SPACE: European terrestrial observation programme boosted by new satellite
WOMEN: Celebrations launched for 8 March
AGRICULTURE: Ministers divided over rebalancing between CAP pillars
AGRICULTURE: Commission to extend exceptional aid for fruit producers
AGRICULTURE: Seven countries call for EU legislation on unfair business practices
ENVIRONMENT: NGOs accuse ECHA of possible conflicts of interest on glyphosate toxicity
ENVIRONMENT: Call for immediate EU action on chemical cocktail damaging children's brains
ENERGY: Sefcovic expects General Court OPAL ruling by end April
ENERGY: Sefcovic welcomes Gazprom proposals in anti-trust investigation
ENERGY: CERRE recommends comprehensive reform of EU gas sector
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Excessive government indebtedness is a European problem, says European Left
ECONOMY: Member states call for continuation of 'virtuous triangle' of socio-economic policies
ECONOMY: Council calls for balanced budgetary orientation within Eurozone
TAXATION: Further discussions at Council on reverse-charge mechanism
FINANCE: Venture capital needs to be stimulated, says ESMA
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: Mogherini announces international conference on 5 April
BALKANS: Mogherini says Balkans must not become chessboard of the world's major powers
RUSSIA/UKRAINE: Maroš Šefčovič says situation with Ukrainian gas stocks is under control
AZERBAIJAN: EU criticises sentence handed down to blogger Mehman Huseynov
IRAQ: EU announces €42.5 million in emergency aid for vulnerable populations
HUMAN RIGHTS: EU wants to strengthen child rights protection in its external policy
NEW ZEALAND: End of preparatory talks for potential free trade negotiations with EU
NEWS BRIEFS
AFRICA: Foreign Affairs Council reviews implementation of migration partnership with five countries
STATE AID: Green light to Czech aid in favour of combined heat and power production
STATE AID: Unannounced inspections in kraft paper sector
FUTURE OF THE EU: Paul Magnette sees CETA saga as warning signal for Europe
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Poland wants its alternative candidate to be able to be heard by the European leaders
JORDAN: EU condemns execution of 15 people
MEDITERRANEAN: Women to be focus of industrial development in a UfM project
UNITED KINGDOM: Last General Affairs Council before triggering of Article 50 on withdrawing from EU
HEALTH: Penultimate stage before adoption of rules on medical devices