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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11832
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

Slovenia might refer delegated act on 'Teran' wine to Court

At the Agriculture Council in Brussels on Tuesday 18 July, Slovenia, backed by a number of delegations, again protested against the delegated regulation that will allow producers of Croatian wines under the protected designation of origin “Hrvatska Istra” to label their wines with the name of the “Teran” grape variety (see EUROPE 11792).

Slovenia criticised this challenge to the “Teran” protected designation of origin (PDO), highlighted that there is no tradition in Croatia of...

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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