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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11885
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NEWS BRIEFS / Transport

International Road Transport Union calls for greater clarity on trade and customs side of Brexit

17/10/2017 (Agence Europe) – The International Road Transport Union (IRU) called in a press release on Friday 13 October for greater clarity on customs and trade issues after the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, although the organisation welcomed the White Paper published on 9 October by the British government on these topics. The IRU wants the British authorities to come up with tangible solutions for a transition period. ‘We must not forget that road freight transport...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: EU27 in favour of beginning preliminary work for second phase of Brexit talks
CORRUPTION: EU shocked by murder of Maltese blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Financial industry criticises slow pace of Brexit talks and calls for transition period to be set as soon as possible
UNITED KINGDOM: OECD  urges London to maintain close links with EU to meet challenges of Brexit
ENTERPRISE: Estonian Presidency of the EU Council wants to allow multinationals to omit information from their public reports
ECONOMY: Annual inflation rate stable at 1.5% in Eurozone in September
FRANCE: Pierre Moscovici urges France to continue efforts to reduce structural deficit
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: e-privacy, EPP unhappy with compromise amendments
DIGITAL: Audiovisual, negotiations stumble over failure to comply
DIGITAL: Ministerial meeting on implementing single digital strategy
JUSTICE: MEPs look at relations between Eurojust and future European Prosecutor's Office
CLIMATE: EU and member states paid out €20.2 billion in 2016 to support developing countries' efforts
ENVIRONMENT: Andrieu says Commission is irresponsible for sticking with 10-year glyphosate re-authorisation
HEALTH: Council elects not to oppose criteria for determining endocrine disrupting properties
EXTERNAL ACTION
TURKEY: Relations with Ankara remain essential even if Turkish attitude irritates Europeans
IRAQ: Federica Mogherini calls for restraint and dialogue for country's unity
KYRGYZSTAN: EU hails peaceful, orderly and competitive presidential election
JORDAN: EU approves first €100 million loan as part of second macrofinancial assistance programme
DEVELOPMENT: CONCORD warns EU will need 30 years to really allocate 0.7% of GNI to development assistance
HUMANITARIAN AID: ESSN programme for refugees in Turkey has achieved its goal, says Stylianides
SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa to take more advantage of opportunities offered by EU-SADC EPA
TRADE: Malmström critical of American blocking of appointments to WTO dispute settlement body
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Posted workers, big gap between European Parliament's view and Commission proposal
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: A company's centre of interest is not necessarily where it does the most business
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: EU taking part in pre-COP 23 ministerial conference in Fiji
CULTURE: Public consultation on 'Europeana'
HUMAN RIGHTS: Council of EU reaffirms commitment to promoting human rights
ENERGY: ENTSO-G confident of European gas system this winter
SPACE: Commission points out that EU funding helped discover merging of two neutron stars
SPAIN: Sharp cut in growth forecast in draft budget for 2018
JUSTICE: Commission helps judicial authorities make better use of European arrest warrant
CIVIL PROTECTION: Europeans come to aid of countries affected by fires or storms
SERBIA/KOSOVO: EU regrets delay requested by Serbia for justice agreement
TRANSPORT: International Road Transport Union calls for greater clarity on trade and customs side of Brexit