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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11805

10 June 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 33
EXTERNAL ACTION / Serbia
Hahn announces upcoming opening of two new negotiation chapters
Brussels, 09/06/2017 (Agence Europe)

While visiting Belgrade on Thursday 8 June, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn announced the opening of two negotiation chapters with Serbia very soon.

"I expect two negotiation chapters to be opened in Brussels in the coming days", he said at a press conference with Serbia's new president and former prime minister Alexander Vucic.  These are reportedly Chapters 7 (on rights and intellectual property) and 29 (on customs union)....

Contents

The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: UK elections cast doubt on Brexit timetable
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: In view of stalemate on Dublin Regulation, several member states call for dossier to be put on ice temporarily
JHA: Political agreement at Council on ETIAS system for authorising third country nationals to enter EU
ENERGY: Commission seeks Council mandate to negotiate Nord Stream 2 agreement with Russia
DIGITAL: Council still on defensive over telecoms code
TRADE: Council agreement on cross-border parcel delivery
DIGITAL: Ministers discuss personal data, connectivity, cybersecurity and circulation of data
COHESION: Member states increasingly favour differentiation after 2020
TRANSPORT: Commission aviation proposals quite well received
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: WTO again speaks out against illegal aid to Boeing
TRADE: Commission measures against excessive Chinese public subsidies in steel industry
DEFENCE: Juncker says Defence Europe is not a loss of member state sovereignty
DEFENCE: Establishment of military planning and conduct capability
SERBIA: Hahn announces upcoming opening of two new negotiation chapters
NORTH KOREA: EU adopts further sanctions against Pyongyang
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE: European Parliament's S&D group calls on ALDE to withdraw its compromise on country-by-country reporting
TAXATION: MEPs approve idea of tax dispute resolution mechanism
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: 'Post UK election' plenary session dominated by preparations for European summit
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: No new Maltese compromise text on posted workers ahead of next ministerial meeting
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EMPLOYMENT: Requiring a worker to take leave before he knows whether he will be paid for that leave is incompatible with EU law
NEWS BRIEFS
BUSINESS: Single platform to access information on EU companies
JUSTICE: European Parliament committee on culture adopts restrictive opinion on whistleblowers
KENYA: EU to observe general elections on 8 August
MONTENEGRO: Hahn announces opening of two new negotiation chapters
DIGITAL: Belgium joins bid to build European high-performance calculators
PARLIAMENT: Four UK MEPs heading for Westminster
PARLIAMENT: Accusations of false MEP assistants' jobs against French party MoDem
REGIONS: Catalonia plans self-determination referendum for 1 October 2017
SOCIAL: CoR stresses role of regions in social security coordination
TRANSPORT: Shipowners welcome Council conclusions on maritime transport
TRANSPORT: ESTC welcomes Council road safety conclusions
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: 12/06 - 18/06
Other events: 12/06 - 18/06