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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11808

15 June 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 39
EXTERNAL ACTION / Ukraine
Preliminary inter-institutional agreement on plan for additional trade preferences
Brussels, 14/06/2017 (Agence Europe)

During a trialogue meeting on Tuesday 13 June, negotiators from the European Parliament, led by their rapporteur Jaroslaw Walesa (EPP, Poland), and from the Maltese Presidency of the EU Council reached a preliminary agreement on the plan for temporary autonomous trade preferences for certain Ukrainian agricultural and industrial products – in addition to what the EU already offers as part of the EU-Ukraine free trade area.

This preliminary agreement is now due to be approved by member...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
CLIMATE: European Parliament deplores Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from Paris Agreement and reassures Marshall Islands president
CLIMATE: Parliament slightly improves draft regulation on non-ETS effort sharing
TAXATION: Green/EFA MEPs ask Commission to investigate in Malta
AFRICA: Ouattara calls for greater solidarity and cooperation on migration
BANGLADESH: Parliament urges Dhaka to do more to protect textile workers
AGRICULTURE: Parliament narrowly backs EFA pesticide ban
FYROM: European Parliament calls for cooperation between political parties
SERBIA: European Parliament hails Belgrade's continuing work on European path
KOSOVO: European Parliament calls for swift formation of government
RESEARCH: European Parliament adopts Euro-Mediterranean research and innovation programme, Prima
ENTERPRISE: European Parliament adopts own-initiative report on cross-border mergers and divisions
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECOFIN: VAT, reducing financial risks and budget policy on Council's agenda
COMPETITION: Formal investigations opened into practices by Nike, Sanrio and Universal Studios in licensing and distribution
FINANCE: City expresses concern at new proposal on central counterparties outside EU
BREACHES OF EU LAW
MIGRATION: Commission gives Budapest, Warsaw and Prague a month to take action on asylum seeker relocation
AUDIT: Croatia before Court over incomplete transposition of auditing rules
ENERGY: Czech Republic and Netherlands in trouble over energy performance of buildings directive
ENERGY: Reminder for Netherlands over offshore safety
ENERGY: Netherlands under fire over two directives of third package on liberalisation of single market
TRANSPORT: Commission urges Spain to finalise transposition of rules setting up single railway area
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Preliminary inter-institutional agreement on plan for additional trade preferences
UKRAINE: EU calls on Kiev to continue its progress on human rights
ALBANIA: Europeans call for full implementation of justice reform
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU adopts Annual Action Programme 2017 of the Partnership Instrument
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Council expected to reach new political agreement for protecting workers against carcinogenic and mutagenic agents
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
DIGITAL: Site operators make protected works available in 'bit torrents' without right holders' consent and in breach of copyright
CONSUMERS: Designations reserved for animal-based products do not, in principle, apply to purely plant-based products
CONSUMERS: In disputes, states may require mediation before any court proceedings
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: European pillar of social rights & fight against overweight on Council's agenda
TERRORISM: Theresa May and Emmanuel Macron want action plan to tackle Internet terrorist propaganda
AGRICULTURE: New food prices monitoring tool
NEWS BRIEFS
COLOMBIA: Federica Mogherini calls on FARC to complete disarmament
ENERGY: ERDF support for Lwówek-Odolanów gas pipeline
PARLIAMENT: Jean-Marie Le Pen's parliamentary immunity lifted
REGIONS: CoR welcomes European Parliament vote on cohesion policy's future
REGIONS: European Parliament seeking to enhance cohesion policy visibility
SOCIAL: Unions putting on the pressure ahead of Employment and Social Policy Council for a strong social Europe
TRANSPORT: Commission launches roadmap on road infrastructure and tunnel safety
TUNISIA: EBRD loan to UBCI for on-lend to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises