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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11774

26 April 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 9 / 30
SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries
Parliament fisheries committee wants protection for Mediterranean small-scale fishing
Brussels, 25/04/2017 (Agence Europe)

The European Parliament’s fisheries committee called on Tuesday 25 April for improvement in the situation of fishermen in the Mediterranean Sea, where 93% of stocks are overfished.

The committee voted by 18 votes to 1, with 1 abstention to adopt the report by Marco Affronte (Greens/EFA, Italy) on the state of the stocks and the socio-economic situation of the fishing sector in the Mediterranean.

Protecting small-scale fisheries. After significant amendment of the initial draft report, MEPs...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: MEPs  adopt position on audiovisual domain, while Council puts finishing touches to its position
DIGITAL: Geo-blocking - MEPs postpone question of audiovisual services
MIGRATION: Refugees should be able to join labour market within two months of asylum application, MEPs say
MIGRATION: New proposals for Council to define concept of 'effective solidarity' in asylum field
MIGRATION: Hotspots are useful but an insufficient means of responding to numbers of migrants still stranded in Greece and Italy
CLIMATE: EU ministers lay groundwork for adaptation strategies adjusted to Paris Agreement
COHESION: Corina Creţu presents actions to improve communication of cohesion policy
COHESION: MEPs put up safeguards between Juncker Plan and ESI Funds
FISHERIES: Parliament fisheries committee wants protection for Mediterranean small-scale fishing
FISHERIES: Parliament fisheries committee endorses ICCAT recommendations
ENERGY: Parliament energy committee paves way for adoption of revised energy labelling
ENERGY: Study highlights key role of energy savings targets in transport
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: Fight against money laundering in Europe by no means won, says TI
TAXATION: 'Interest and royalties' directive – member states invited to take position on a Maltese compromise proposal
EXTERNAL ACTION
DEVELOPMENT: MEPs support EFSD for boosting investment in Africa
USA: EU still awaiting position of Trump administration on TTIP talks
UKRAINE: EU helps Ukrainian police prepare to host Eurovision fans
TURKEY: Johannes Hahn calls for reflection on new cooperation format with EU
INSTITUTIONAL
HUNGARY: European Commission looks at Hungarian case once again
BUDGET: United Kingdom succeeds in getting Council's vote on mid-term revision of multi-annual financial framework postponed
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
TURKEY: PACE reopens monitoring procedure against Turkey
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: PACE president Pedro Agramunt in hearing after his meeting with Bashar al-Assad
NEWS BRIEFS
ENVIRONMENT: New EU regulation restricting use of mercury adopted
JHA: Directive on protection of EU's financial interest adopted
MALDIVES: EU calls for investigation into brutal murder of human rights defender
SINGLE MARKET: Ministers definitively adopt Firearms Directive
DIGITAL: Formal adoption of new rules reorganising spectrum
DIGITAL: Scrapping roaming mobile costs in EU from mid-June
YEMEN: EU increases humanitarian aid by €116 million
CORRIGENDUM
INDUSTRY: ACEA press conference on impact of Brexit on car sector