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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11900

9 November 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 4 / 27
SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment
Glyphosate, EU28 to vote on 9 November on five-year renewal of authorisation with no ban in the longer term
Brussels, 08/11/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 8 November, the European Commission said it will be inviting member states’ experts to express their views on 9 November on the latest proposal it unveiled on 27 October for a five-year renewal of the licence for the glyphosate pesticide in the EU (see EUROPE 11893).

This emerged from a debate on the matter by the College of European Commissioners on Wednesday, ahead of a vote by the standing committee on plants, animals, food and feed (PAFF).  Speaking to reporters after the...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: Car and van CO2 emissions- Commission suggests 30% cut for 2030 and incentives for low-carbon vehicles
TRANSPORT: Commission unveils its second 'mobility' package to support clean transport
ENERGY: Commission proposes amendment to Gas Directive to cover gas pipelines entering EU from third countries
ENVIRONMENT: Glyphosate, EU28 to vote on 9 November on five-year renewal of authorisation with no ban in the longer term
JHA: Council ready to negotiate with European Parliament on new Schengen Information System alerts
JUSTICE: Several options for legal cases envisaged at Council that include dual nationals in ECRIS-TCN system
DIGITAL: No agreement on 'audiovisuals' directive – negotiators to meet again on 28 November
SPACE: Ministers advocate appropriate budget for continuing Copernicus  programme
AGRICULTURE: European beef professionals present a plan to safeguard sector
AGRICULTURE: Bumper olive harvest in EU in 2017 despite Xylella fastidiosa
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Commission seeks to ensure that VAT rules will leave no room for abuses
ENTERPRISE: France and Germany call for national insolvency frameworks to be harmonised
ECONOMY: Member states approve inter-institutional agreement extending 'Juncker' investment plan
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: EU side hopes for progress on divorce terms at start of new round of talks
EU2018BG: Future Bulgarian Presidency of the Council – 'United we stand strong'
CATALONIA: Spanish Constitutional Court annuls Catalan declaration of independence
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: Mogherini says EU considering new sanctions related to chemical weapons
IRAN: Mogherini calls on US Congress to uphold nuclear agreement
TRADE: Talks drag on updating EU trade defence instruments
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Trade Unions call for legislative initiative to revise 'written declaration' directive
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
TURKEY: Ankara no longer wishes to be major contributor to Council of Europe budget
NEWS BRIEFS
COLOMBIA: FARC soon to be removed from EU list of terrorist organisations
DEFENCE: Italy's Claudio Graziano to chair EU Military Committee from November 2018
JUSTICE: COREPER endorses agreement on faster European monitoring of legal highs
INTERNAL MARKET: European business confident about future, says Eurochambres poll
DIGITAL: BEUC denounces obstacles to non-EU e-commerce
TURKEY: European Commission prepares pre-accession fund options for 12 December