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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11819
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

EU revises organic farming rules with great difficulty

The EU institutions reached agreement in Brussels on Wednesday 28 June on a text updating the rules on organic products. The new text, the result of a compromise in this the 18th trialogue meeting and after 20 months of negotiation, will apply from July 2020.

Parliament’s rapporteur and chief negotiator Martin Häusling (Greens/EFA, Germany) expressed his satisfaction on Thursday 29 June with a compromise reached after 10 hours of trialogue discussions. Among the gains secured, he...

Contents

G20 SUMMIT
G20 SUMMIT: EU affirms unity on climate and trade ahead of Hamburg summit
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Commission presents its new pan-European label for personal pension products
ENTERPRISE: Major uncertainty a week ahead of European Parliament vote on country-by-country tax reporting
BANKS: European Parliament starts work on revision of hierarchy of creditors called upon to contribute in event of bank resolution
MONEY LAUNDERING: No agreement on revision of 'anti-money laundering' directive
TAXATION: Estonian Presidency of Council intends to work on notion of permanent establishment
FRANCE: French government keeps its commitment to contain deficit at 3% of GDP in 2017
STATE AID: Green light to sale of Italian bridge bank Nuova Carife to BPER
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: EU presents new action plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance
MIGRATION: Commission offers reassurances as Italy is overtaken by arrivals of migrants from Libya
MIGRATION: Inter-institutional political agreement on new European asylum agency
JHA: Eu-LISA agency mandate strengthened to ensure perfect long term interoperability of European information systems
AGRICULTURE: EU revises organic farming rules with great difficulty
AGRICULTURE: Aid for young farmers could be more effective, say auditors
ENERGY: Grant of €4 million for France-Ireland interconnector
TRANSPORT: Sector actors argue clean and connected mobility are inseparable
EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL/HEALTH: Provisional inter-institutional agreement finally reached on carcinogens and mutagens
EXTERNAL ACTION
JAPAN: Cecilia Malmström and Phil Hogan in Tokyo to try and finalise trade agreement
TRADE: Cecilia Malmström defends European model of protecting labour rights in free trade agreements
USA: Karoline Graswander-Hainz MEP demands review of mandate if TTIP negotiations resume
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: Divisions reappear in EPP over single seat for Parliament
BUDGET: European Parliament committee on budgets approves negotiating mandate on 2018 budget
BUDGET: MEPs' mixed reaction to reflection document on future EU budget
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JHA: A state can refuse to implement European arrest warrant if it guarantees implementation of sentence pronounced in another member state
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca oppose all co-financing in direct aid
AGRICULTURE: New book of recipes from EU agricultural organisations published
EU2017EE: Secondary migration within EU has to be discussed
UK: New negotiation documents published
SOCIAL: EESC calls for more attention to be paid to social economy
TRANSPORT: European Union and US want to work together to strengthen air transport safety
TUNISIA: European aid more focused 'on limited number of areas'