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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11753

25 March 2017
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NEWS BRIEFS / Agriculture
Calls for candidacies for new sugar and cereals market observatories

24/03/2017 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission has launched a call for applications from experts to sit on the new market observatories, one for sugar and the other for cereals and oilseeds, which will be put in place before summer (see EUROPE 11738). The deadline for the submission of applications is 10 April. Each of the observatories will have up to a maximum of 14 members. Like those that already exist for milk and meat, the new observatories will bring together the various...

Contents

60 YEARS OF THE ROME TREATIES
60 YEARS OF THE ROME TREATIES: Sixth and last instalment of our commemorative series - 2007
FUTURE OF EUROPE: Rome celebrations begin, but future of Europe to be addressed at later date
FUTURE OF THE EU: Moving forwards, possibly at different paces, but all in the same direction
FUTURE OF EUROPE: Aviation stakeholders not on same page when it comes to European project
FUTURE OF EU: EU farming and agri-cooperative organisations call for stronger CAP
FUTURE OF EU: Malmström restates Europe's commitment to free trade and multilateralism
FUTURE OF THE EU: ESA publishes high-resolution shot of Rome to mark 60th anniversary of Treaty of Rome
SECTORAL POLICIES
FOOD SAFETY:  Brazilian rotten meat scandal – EU to harmonise reinforced import controls
FOOD: EFSA preparing opinion on intake of sugar added to food
ENVIRONMENT: Commission urged not to renew glyphosate licence
ENVIRONMENT: Commission moves towards almost total ban of three bee-harming pesticides
JHA: Ministers discuss migration, returns policy and dealing with foreign combatants
JUSTICE: MEPs say Privacy Shield still contains fundamental gaps
FISHERIES: Mediterranean countries to adopt ambitious programme on 30 March
AGRICULTURE: Rural development is important pillar of next CAP, Hogan says
AGRICULTURE: Parliament agriculture committee opinion on reducing food waste
CONSUMERS: Online dispute settlement platform working well
COHESION: Cretu considers a fund for compensating for impact of globalisation
YOUTH
YOUTH: €2.5 million for youth mobility in 2017
EXTERNAL ACTION
NEIGHBOURHOOD: EU launches Young Med Voices Plus initiative
UKRAINE: Commission announces €3 million in funding for OSCE special monitoring mission
TRADE: Cecilia Malmström confident about conclusion of agreements with Japan and Mercosur in 2017
TRADE: Complaint from US biodiesel industry about Argentine and Indonesian exports
TRADE: Germany calls for Commission support for steel industry in US dispute
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Lanzarote Committee flags up Hungarian law exposing minor migrants to risk of sexual abuse
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Calls for candidacies for new sugar and cereals market observatories
CLIMATE: EU supports Earth Hour and will switch electricity off for an hour for climate
SPACE: European Commission following strikes in French Guiana 'closely'
UNITED KINGDOM: Brexit will cost London around €58 billion, says Juncker
TRANSPORT: In Sofia, Bulc sings praises of EFSI for investment in infrastructure
FRANCE: Public deficit falls to 3.4% of GDP in 2016
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institutions: 27/03 - 02/04
Other events of the week: 27/03 - 02/04