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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11887

20 October 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 34
EXTERNAL ACTION / Gulf
EU and Gulf countries want to strengthen cooperation despite stalemate in trade negotiations
Brussels, 19/10/2017 (Agence Europe)

At a conference on economic and trade relations between the EU and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – which was organised at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday 18 October, the participants called for closer dialogue on trade and investment between the two partners.  Negotiations for a free trade agreement were launched in 1990 but have been at a dead end for several years.

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Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
CATALONIA: Donald Tusk rules out any EU mediation in Catalan crisis
TAXATION: EU to take account of OECD's work on taxing internet giants
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Leaders threaten North Korea with new measures
MIGRATION: European leaders want to close the central Mediterranean route completely
ENERGY: Commission wants to bypass blockage on its negotiating mandate with Russia on Nord Stream-2
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: MEPs approve asylum system reform running counter to avenues explored in Council
MIGRATION: MEPs ready to negotiate with Council on travel authorisation system for non-EU nationals
DIGITAL: e-privacy, MEPs want to ban cookie walls
ETS/ICAO: Parliament and Council agree to extend ETS derogation for long haul flights
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs urge Commission to reconsider and propose glyphosate ban
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Packaging directive revision - EUROPEN and 126 organisations call on EU to preserve internal market
JUSTICE: Eurojust reform – committee on civil liberties adopts its position
JUSTICE: First positive reactions to assessment of Privacy Shield mechanism
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: France calls for single rate for future turnover tax on Internet giants
TAXATION: Pierre Moscovici pledges to work for qualified majority in taxation matters
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Update of TDI – ball in Council's court
GULF: EU and Gulf countries want to strengthen cooperation despite stalemate in trade negotiations
MEDITERRANEAN: UfM takes action to boost investment in sustainable energy
GEORGIA: Mikheil Janelidze calls for strong EU position on occupied territories
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF THE EU: Jeremy Corbyn calls for strong cooperation between the EU and UK
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Social partners agree and disagree on social legislation and seconded worker directive
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
UKRAINE: Court upholds freezing of assets of Yanukovych and his son for March 2015 - March 2016
JOBS: Advocate General says a disabled worker may be dismissed if he takes repeated absences due to his disabiliy
SINGLE MARKET: Spanish legislation on selling at a loss reaches EU law on unfair trade practices
CONSUMERS: European citizens may choose court in which they seek compensation when there is a connecting flight, Advocate General says
CUSTOMS: Hungarian motor vehicle tax incompatible with EU-Turkey Customs Union
NEWS BRIEFS
NORTH KOREA: EU bans port access for four vessels
CONSUMERS: Internet-connected watches: BEUC urges EU to introduce binding safety legislation
COURT OF AUDITORS: Audit into control of fraud in EU expenditure
ECONOMY: Commission should exclude costs caused by fires in Spain and Portugal from calculation of budgetary deficit
JUSTICE: MEPs in plenary to discuss protection of journalists in Malta rather than protection of whistleblowers
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Commissioner Thyssen attends launch of European Disability Card in Belgium, financed by the EU
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Kozłowska-Rajewicz appointed as rapporteur on directive on work/home balance
STATISTICS: Approval of appointment of Enrico Giovannini as head of the European Advisory Council for Statistical Governance