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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11837

27 July 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 24
SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration
Council has mandate to negotiate with European Parliament on Blue Card directive
Brussels, 26/07/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 26 July, the committee of permanent representative of the member states to the EU adopted its mandate for negotiations on the Blue Card directive covering the entry and residence conditions for highly qualified workers from third countries.  This single residence and work permit should enable the EU "to compete with the American Green Card or the Canadian points system", Estonia's Interior Minister Anders Anvelt stated in a press release.

The Blue Card directive aims to make...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: Commission prepared to trigger article 7 within one month unless Warsaw complies with its observations on rule of law
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JHA: Planned agreement between EU and Canada on transfer of air passenger data cannot be concluded in current form
MIGRATION: Advocate General rejects challenge to compulsory relocation of asylum seekers mechanism
MIGRATION : Court confirms member state of first entry must examine any request for asylum, even when cases involve mass inflows of migration
MIGRATION: Asylum seeker can contest a decision by a state to transfer him to another state for failure to respect procedural deadlines
TERRORISM: EU General Court should not have annulled Hamas’ retention on European list of terrorist organisations
SOCIAL: According to Advocate General, on-call time at home does not 'automatically' correspond to working time
ENERGY: France may, subject to conditions, include subsidiaries of major companies among protected clients on its gas market
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Commission continues action against Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic over decisions to relocate asylum seekers
MIGRATION: Commission President proposes new assistance measures to Italy
MIGRATION: Council has mandate to negotiate with European Parliament on Blue Card directive
TERRORISM: Adjusting existing tools to terrorist threat remains major challenge, says Commission report
AGRICULTURE: Ministers invited to discuss strengthening crisis management tools
HEALTH: Two experts' committee meetings on criteria defining endocrine disruptors being examined
ENERGY: EU counting on Kazakh leadership in sustainable energy in central Asia
EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: EU promises to respond if it is penalised by new US sanctions
VENEZUELA: EU urges Maduro regime to refrain from any decision further polarising Venezuelan society
LIBYA: EU hails agreement between Sarraj and Haftar as 'significant contribution towards drawing up a political solution'
CHAD: Antonio Tajani and Idriss Deby discuss fight against insecurity in Libya and Sahel
NEWS BRIEFS
ECB: ECB seeks undertaking from foreign exchange market players to respect global code of conduct
PAKISTAN: EU determined to strengthen cooperation on counter-terrorism
PARLIAMENT: TI complains about three MEPs they believe are breaching ethics rules
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU assists France in tackling forest fires
REGIONS: Karl-Heinz Lambertz officially takes up post as head of CoR