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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11881

12 October 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 26
SECTORAL POLICIES / Industry
Sefcovic wants to present roadmap for EU strategy for electric batteries in early 2018
Brussels, 11/10/2017 (Agence Europe)

After a high-level meeting with ministers and industry on electric batteries in Brussels on Wednesday 11 October, European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic said the EU will give itself a strategy for developing the manufacturing of electric batteries and to this end, the European Commission wants to unveil a road map in February 2018 for a European battery alliance.

‘There is a consensus and the first building bloc is in place’ explained Sefcovic about the establishment of a full...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Commission stresses that it is not watering down ambition of Banking Union
STATE AID: Green light to restructuring plan and aid to sale of Novo Banco
TAXATION: MEPs adopt opinions on two VAT texts
ECONOMY: Disagreements at Council on Commission's margin of appreciation on structural budgetary efforts
SECTORAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY: Sefcovic wants to present roadmap for EU strategy for electric batteries in early 2018
ENERGY: European Parliament committee decides on its negotiating position on revised directive on performance of buildings
DIGITAL: Council ready to negotiate on electronic communication code
DIGITAL: In copyright arena, European Parliament commissioned study opposes creation of neighbouring rights for press editors
JAI: Differences expected on Schengen during first exchange of views between Ministers of the Interior
JUSTICE: European justice ministers prepare to endorse creation of European Public Prosecutor's Office
JUSTICE: Towards European e-justice, Estonian style?
ENVIRONMENT/AGRICULTURE: MEPs disappointed with public hearing on Monsanto Papers
CONSUMERS: Dieselgate  – BEUC asks Juncker to propose collective redress procedure in EU
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: No progress at Council on major questions relating to posted workers directive
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: EU and UK to cooperate with WTO countries on Brexit implications for their commitments
TRADE: Council approves inter-institutional agreement on new EU anti-dumping rules
SERBIA: Belgrade denies being close to Russia
UKRAINE: Anders Fogh Rasmussen calls on EU and its member states to do more
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Court upholds judgement of General Court in Cactus case
NEWS BRIEFS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EEAS and Eurojust want to develop information exchange
BALKANS: Commission expected to publish Balkans strategy in early 2018
PATENTS: António Campinos elected head of European Patents Office
INDUSTRY: Council apparently ready to give Commission mandatory role in monitoring motor vehicle market
OLAF: Giovanni Kessler seconded to Italy's Customs and Monopoly Agency, Nicolas Ilett takes his place at OLAF
TRANSPORT: According to independent study, SESAR programme has attained its objectives
TRANSPORT: Public consultation on cooperative and intelligent transport systems