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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11882

13 October 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 30
EXTERNAL ACTION / Australia/new zealand
European Parliament wants free trade agreements that open up public procurement and protect sensitive agricultural products
Brussels, 12/10/2017 (Agence Europe)

Ahead of the EU Council granting the European Commission negotiating mandates and directives for free trade agreements (FTAs) with Australia and New Zealand, MEPs in the European Parliament's international trade committee adopted draft recommendations (with 30 votes in favour, 5 against and 3 abstentions) on Thursday 12 October in which they underline the need to protect, or even exclude, the most sensitive agricultural sectors.

Among their main demands, MEPs want the two future FTAs to...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: There will be no more ‘favourable winds’ unless they come from the citizens! (Part IV)
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Criminal records, Council divided over adding double nationality Europeans to ECRIS-TCN
JUSTICE: Ministers from 20 member states formally approve creation of European Prosecutor's Office 'whose doors are not closed'
JUSTICE: EU ministers call for preventive confiscation of criminal assets
MIGRATION: MEPs say member states should take 20% of the world's refugees annually
JHA: Germany and Denmark have provided notification that they intend to extend their internal border controls as from mid-November
DIGITAL: MEPs adopts limited provisions on parcel price transparency
HEALTH: Endocrine disruptors, Commission warns MEPs not to issue further objections
ENVIRONMENT: Political agreement in sight at Council on sharing non-ETS effort and Lulucf, ahead of COP 23
CLIMATE: EU says it will join $USD 100 billion a year plan by 2020
ENERGY: Foratom wants immediate talks on Brexit implications for nuclear industry
TRANSPORT: Report on road hauliers' qualifications and training is unanimously adopted
TRANSPORT: Own-initiative report on enhancing vehicle safety is adopted by large majority
TRANSPORT: Austria lodges proceedings for failure to fulfil an obligation against Germany over its road toll project
SPACE: Space industry calls for long-term commitment to Copernicus from European institutions
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Deadlock on Brexit budget figures a week ahead of the European Summit
EP2019: Opinions differ greatly at European Parliament on creating pan-European constituency
EXTERNAL ACTION
USA: EU wants to strengthen security and defence cooperation 
SERBIA/KOSOVO: Mogherini hopes for qualitative leap in normalisation of relations by end of 2018
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND: European Parliament wants free trade agreements that open up public procurement and protect sensitive agricultural products
TRADE: European Parliament's trade committee supports inter-institutional agreement on new EU anti-dumping rules
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: EBA's recommendations to minimise regulatory disturbances resulting from Brexit
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Committee of the Regions calls for introduction of European unemployment insurance fund
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: PACE adopts list of rule of law criteria
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: PACE worried at new Ukrainian education law
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Green light to prolongation of Danish aid for promoting rail freight
ENVIRONMENT: Member states to vote on 25 October on plan to authorise glyphosate for ten more years
EUROGROUP: ESM to remunerate Jeroen Dijsselbloem until end of his mandate
GEORGIA: First EU-Georgia high-level strategic dialogue on security
IRAQ: EU releases another €60.4 million for country's stabilisation