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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11914

29 November 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 23
NEWS BRIEFS / Catalonia
17 MEPs to visit Catalan prisoners ahead of December elections

28/11/2017 (Agence Europe) – Around 17 MEPs from the Greens/EFA, GUE/NGL, ALDE and ECR are planning to make a visit “over the next few weeks” to Spanish prisons where several Catalan politicians are being held following the referendum vote on 1 October last. This news was reported in a press release from the office of Jordi Solé (Greens/ EFA, Spain), on Monday evening 27 November. These MEPs include Martina Anderson, Izaskun Bilbao, José Bové, Mark Demesmaeker, Jill Evans, Eleonora...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: MEPs tweak EU's level of ambition over renewable energy and energy efficiency
TRANSPORT: Significant obstacles could delay finalisation of inter-institutional negotiations on EASA
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament committee gives up opposing five-year renewal of glyphosate licence
ENVIRONMENT: EU should promote global ban on animal cosmetics testing, say MEPs
FOOD SAFETY: MEPs veto phosphate use in kebabs
HEALTH: MEPs reject EFDD objection on traceability of tobacco products
JUSTICE: Main progress and stumbling blocks becoming clearer on inter-institutional negotiations on Eurojust reform
JUSTICE: MEP Virginie Rozière concerned at Jourová's lack of ambition on whistleblowers
DIGITAL: European Parliament's research service supports e-commerce directive liability exemption
FISHERIES: Legislative proposals on managment plans and monitoring for Mediterranean and Atlantic expected by April
REGIONS: France applies for solidarity funding for Saint Martin and Guadeloupe
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: Vera Jourova calls for inter-institutional agreement as soon as possible on fifth 'anti-money laundering' directive
TAXATION: GUE/NGL group concerned at impact of CCCTB proposal
BANKS: British banking system will continue to be resilient even in event of disorderly Brexit, says Bank of England
EXTERNAL ACTION
MIGRATION: Commission and Italy criticised at European Parliament on effects of their action on migrants in Libya
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Dieselgate draws European Parliament into debate on mutagenic and carcinogenic agents
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
INSURANCE: Compulsory civil liability insurance does not cover damages caused by work vehicles that are not used mainly as a means of transport
NEWS BRIEFS
CATALONIA: 17 MEPs to visit Catalan prisoners ahead of December elections
ETS: Green light from Parliament's environment committee for agreement linking Swiss and EU ETS
ETS: Environment committee endorses inter-institutional agreement on post-2020 reform
JUSTICE: In joint European action tackling money-laundering 159 arrests are made and 766 cash courrierss identified
SOCIAL: European Commission and Sweden present their final report on Social Summit
TRANSPORT: European Court of Auditors consultation on passenger rights