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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11891

26 October 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 36
EXTERNAL ACTION / Japan
Commission confident of finalising free-trade agreement by end of year
Strasbourg, 25/10/2017 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission is “confident” that “by the end of 2017” it will be possible to resolve the issues that remain pending – including that of investment – in negotiations on a free-trade agreement between the EU and Japan, a Commission source told EUROPE on Wednesday 25 October.

In addition to the issues on investment and the investment protection mechanism, some technical points remain to be settled in the chapters on rules of origin, services, non-tariff measures and...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SEXUAL HARASSMENT: MEPs commit to #MeToo
BUDGET: European Parliament calls for proactive 2018 budget to tackle economic, social and migratory challenges
BUDGET: European Parliament warns EU cannot do more with less
GMO: Parliament puts veto on authorisation of MON1507 and other GMOs for food
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European Parliament wants to ease market access for organic fertilisers low in cadmium
JHA: European Parliament calls for equal rights for Roma community and end to hate speech against it
SOCIAL: European Parliament calls for strengthened minimum income systems in member states
SOCIAL: European Parliament ready to negotiate with Council on reform of posted workers directive
EMPLOYMENT: European Parliament endorses inter-institutional agreement to strengthen directive on carcinogens and mutagens
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: Member state vote on renewal of glyphosate licence postponed
TRANSPORT: Karima Delli opposes à la carte social Europe
MIGRATION: Cecilia Wikström critical of sluggish pace of negotiations at Council for asylum system reform
ENERGY/HEALTH: Cross-party MEP coalition calls for end of twice yearly clock change
ENERGY: Households and businesses have benefitted from fall in energy prices in 2016, ACER reports
JHA: Despite Left's disapproval, entry/exit system for regulating entry flows of travellers into EU is adopted at European Parliament
JUSTICE: Věra Jourová invites citizens to obtain greater awareness about exercising their legal rights
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Commission sets three priority action areas for 2018
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Mogherini urges Sarajevo to continue with reform agenda
KOSOVO: Mixed assessment of local elections
MIDDLE EAST: EU and eight member states to call on Israel in next few days to return confiscated equipment
JAPAN: Commission confident of finalising free-trade agreement by end of year
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Withdrawal of proposed reform of banking structure comes under fire
FINANCE: CCP resolution framework – no unanimity between member states on decision-making process
GREECE: Greece must continue its efforts on economic front, says Wolfgang Schäuble
STATE AID: Green light to prolongation of aid to Irish credit union restructuring scheme
STATE AID: Green light to Hungarian aid measure to MOL petrochemical plant
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MIGRATION: A member state must examine a request for asylum if it has not transferred the asylum seeker within the deadline period to the EU state of first entry
ENTERPRISE: Member states must not require companies wishing to move headquarters to another member state to enter liquidation
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Prolongation of public support measure for combined transport in Italy approved
STATE AID: Green light to extension of Austrian measures to promote combined transport for freight
EDUCATION: Call for proposals as part of Erasmus + programme that will receive € 2.7 billion funding in 2018
INDUSTRY: European Parliament criticises withdrawal of proposal to simplify motor vehicle reregistration
NEPAL: European Parliament sends election observation mission, headed by Željana Zovko
DIGITAL: Forthcoming action plan on cyber-security strategy
REGIONS: Italy to receive €1.2 billion from EU Solidarity Fund
UNITED KINGDOM: EU27 begin to think about future relations with UK