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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11829
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COUNCIL OF EUROPE / Justice

Belgium urged to ensure minimum service if prison staff go on strike

The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) issued a statement on Thursday 13 July criticising the persistent incapacity of the Belgian authorities to introduce a minimum service to ensure the respect of detainee rights in the event of a strike by prison staff.

Exceptionally, this procedure was decided by a two-thirds majority and only applies if a state does not collaborate or refuses to improve a situation in the light of the CPT’s recommendations.

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Contents

BREACHES OF EU LAW
HUNGARY: Commission steps up action against two controversial laws of Orbán government
MIGRATION: Belgium sent to ECJ for incomplete transposition of rules on non-EU workers
DIGITAL: Commission takes Belgium, Croatia and Slovakia to Court over cost of broadband
INDUSTRY: Commission pursues infringement procedures against five member states as part of 'Dieselgate' investigation
PLANTS: Italy receives reasoned opinion for not doing enough to stem Kylella fastidiosa
SOCIAL: Commission takes Croatia to European Court over 'posted workers' directive
BIODIVERSITY: Commission demands immediate suspension of tree-felling in Bialowieza Forest
ECONOMY: Slovenia before Court of Justice over transposition of budgetary rules
INTERNAL MARKET: Croatia taken to Court for failure to amend law on privatisation of energy company
INTERNAL MARKET: Belgium will have to explain to ECJ why it is restricting chartered accountants
FINANCE: Spain referred to Court over incomplete application of rules on market abuses
ENERGY: Austria, Croatia, Italy, Portugal and Czech Republic in dock over 'radioactive waste' directive
INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: Warsaw tightens up its legal system another notch
UNITED KINGDOM: Michel Barnier consults three British opposition leaders
UNITED KINGDOM: Brexit will mean the UK withdrawing from Euratom treaty, Guy Verhofstadt warns
BUDGET: European Parliament protests against Council's cuts in draft 2018 budget
COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Lambertz would like to review way in which CoR members work
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Jean-Claude Juncker calls on Kiev to get to grips with fight against corruption
BALKANS: Western Balkans commit to strengthening their economic cooperation
TRADE: EU institutions hope for agreement in September on new anti-dumping methodology
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: European ministers set out paths for encouraging eco-innovation as an engine of the circular economy
ENVIRONMENT: Plan to renew authorisation of glyphosate for ten years to be debated on 19 and 20 July
HEALTH: War breaks out over future tobacco product tracking and follow-up system
CUSTOMS: EU wants to stem financing of terrorism through sale of antiquities
INDUSTRY: European Parliament 'internal market' committee adopts position on updated fertiliser rules
AGRICULTURE: Ministers to discuss CAP, organics, labelling and trade on 17 and 18 July
AGRICULTURE: Cereal production down and increased acreage devoted to sugarbeet
MIGRATION: Frontex figures confirm increased migrant arrivals in Italy
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EMU: Angela Merkel open to debate on Eurozone budget and European finance minister
ECONOMY: Negotiations on extending 'Juncker' investment plan resume in early September
TAXATION: FTT, transparency of tax intermediaries – Pierre Moscovici lays into member states
FINANCE: ESMA authorises renewal of short selling prohibition on Liberbank securities
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: Judge indicates how to decide which court covers cases of corporate defamation online
SINGLE MARKET: Spain condemned over delay in liberalising certain port services
SINGLE MARKET: Statute of limitations to take action against vendor of faulty second-hand item cannot be less than two years
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
JUSTICE: Belgium urged to ensure minimum service if prison staff go on strike
RUSSIA: Council of Europe denounces Russian law on foreign agents
NEWS BRIEFS
COMPETITION: Slovak aid for paper manufacturer Mondi SCP given go-ahead
FRANCE: Pierre Moscovici says French budget trajectory measures are credible
LIBYA: Agreement between member states to renew EUBAM until 31 December 2018
REGIONS: Three regions win Enterprising European Region (EER) prize