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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11914

29 November 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 3 / 23
SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment
European Parliament committee gives up opposing five-year renewal of glyphosate licence
Brussels, 28/11/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 28 November, MEPs from the European Parliament's environment committee gave up vetoing the European Commission's proposal to renew the licence for the active substance glyphosate for five years, without eventually banning it.  The proposal to object tabled by the GUE/NGL group was rejected by a slim majority (29 votes in favour, 27 against and one abstention).

The situation was different back in October, when the whole European Parliament had vetoed the Commission's proposal to...

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