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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11832
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Health

Digital innovation and combating excessive alcohol consumption at heart of informal ministerial meeting

The launch of the Estonian Presidency is now well underway: it will open the informal Health Ministers’ meeting on Thursday 20 July, with a discussion on the free movement of data. The following day will include EU28 discussions about European policy on alcohol.

The European Commission is currently preparing a legislative initiative on the free movement of data (see other article). On a number of occasions, it has indicated that it would be prepared to consider derogations to this...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Member states acknowledge importance of ending unjustified data localisation obligations
DIGITAL: Proposal on free flow of data will 'most likely' be a draft regulation, says Andrus Ansip
AGRICULTURE: EU-Mercosur trade negotiations worry several ministers
AGRICULTURE: Co-financing of CAP direct aid rejected by Council
AGRICULTURE: Slovenia might refer delegated act on 'Teran' wine to Court
REGIONS: Commission launches two pilot projects as part of smart specialisation strategies
ENVIRONMENT: Environmental activists call on member states to oppose new glyphosate authorisation
ENVIRONMENT: Council of EU could accept Aarhus Convention complaint
GMO: Though most were against, member states reach no decision on import of herbicide-resistant soybeans 
CLIMATE: EU ready to ratify Kigali amendment to Montreal protocol
HEALTH: Digital innovation and combating excessive alcohol consumption at heart of informal ministerial meeting
TRANSPORT: Mutual aircraft certification agreement between EASA and Singaporean counterpart
EXTERNAL ACTION
MEXICO: Progress in discussions to update comprehensive agreement with EU confirms objective of political agreement in 2017
MERCOSUR: Plans for review of market access offers in free trade talks with EU
FYROM: Mogherini says fresh start to relations between EU and Skopje
TURKEY: EU has responsibility for nurturing relations with Turkey
UZBEKISTAN: Abdulaziz Kamilov calls for partnership agreement to be updated
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Financial actors call for rethink of finance to include sustainable and inclusive growth
STATE AID: Former Belgian support to three airlines incompatible with EU law
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EMPLOYMENT: German law on employee participation can reserve specific rights for employees in a group based in Germany
TRANSPARENCY: Commission may not oppose access to written submissions of member states held by it on sole grounds that they relate to court proceedings
TAXATION: States must remove any statutes of limitations that would make it impossible to sanction VAT fraud, says Advocate General
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Tension continues over financial settlement
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
POLAND: Council of Europe deeply concerned at latest Polish judicial reforms
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Green light to public service compensation in favour of Inverness Airport
BOSNIA: Federica Mogherini calls for new momentum in reforms
ENVIRONMENT: EU ready to ratify Gothenburg Protocol to reduce air pollution
GULF: Federica Mogherini in Kuwait on Sunday 23 July
IRAN: Meeting of joint commission of joint action plan on 21 July
PORTUGAL: Pierre Moscovici says that reduction of Portuguese deficit is sustainable
RUSSIA: EU condemns ban on Jehovah's Witnesses