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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11916

1 December 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 38
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Foreign affairs
Parliament's green light to future instrument contributing to stability and peace
Brussels, 30/11/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 30 November, the European Parliament approved the inter-institutional agreement reached in mid-October on the future instrument contributing to stability and peace (IcSP), by adopting the report by Arnaud Danjean (EPP, France) by a strong majority (473 votes in favour to 163 against with 81 abstentions).

Nearly all the Greens/EFA and GUE/NGL MEPs voted against.  The ambassadors to the EU of the 28-member states had given their agreement to this at the end of October (see...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: We can’t let the Irish take the hit!
SECTORAL POLICIES
INTERNAL MARKET: Political agreement on digital single gateway
INDUSTRY: Member states call for long-term industrial strategy for EU
INDUSTRY: Competitiveness Council holds limited discussion of position of diesel vehicles in future car industry
TRANSPORT: Political agreement reached on reform of European Aviation Safety Agency statutes
TRANSPORT: Ministers will examine social aspects of first mobility package
TRANSPORT: European Court of Auditors believes European Single Sky programme can be improved
HEALTH: Spotlight on criteria to identify pesticides containing endocrine disruptors
DIGITAL: Negotiating mandate for SatCab to be discussed again at next European Parliament plenary
JUSTICE: Application of data protection rules from May 2018 marks start of new era, says Buttarelli
MIGRATION: Cecilia Wikström says Estonian plans on asylum reform will not be accepted as they are
EXTERNAL ACTION
AFRICA: Africa and Europe focus on their partnership to create sustainable growth young people need
MIGRATION: EU and Africa pledge to increase efforts against traffickers and to speedily repatriate migrants trapped in Libya
AFGHANISTAN: Cooperation agreement to enter into force provisionally on Friday 1 December
TRADE: Clear Parliament support for EU multilateral investment court plans
CANADA: First meeting of joint EU-Canada ministerial committee in Brussels on 4 December
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Work at Council making swifter progress on reducing financial risks than sharing them
EUROGROUP: Four finance ministers stand to take over from Jeroen Dijsselbloem
TAXATION: European Parliament Greens/EFA group wants to prevent UK from becoming tax haven after Brexit
TAXATION: Pierre Moscovici already distances himself from future EU blacklist of tax havens
COMPETITION: Beer giant AB InBev suspected of abuse of dominant position on Belgian market
FINANCE: British companies' confidence at a low amid continuing uncertainty over Brexit negotiations, ACCA reports
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: Commission welcomes good Erasmus + results for 2016
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
2018 BUDGET: European Parliament approves EU budget for 2018
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Parliament's green light to future instrument contributing to stability and peace
YEMEN: European Parliament urges new European strategy on Yemen
BANKS: European Parliament approves revised rules on hierarchy of creditors to be mobilised in the event of bank resolution
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: European Parliament approves interim rules on application of IFRS 9 standard
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: Advocate General says requirement for ritual slaughtering to be carried out in an approved slaughterhouse does not infringe right to religious freedom
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Green light to Irish support scheme for SMEs in difficulties
PATENTS: Commissioner Bieńkowska regrets ratification protocol for unitary patent still on hold
BREXIT: Tusk and Varadkar to take stock of negotiations in Dublin on 1 December
CONSUMERS: EU adopts regulation on stronger cooperation against online scams
JHA: Bulgarians and Romanians no longer need to apply for visa to enter Canada
JUSTICE: MEPs address letter to Mr Timmermans to raises his awareness about subject of whistleblowers
HEALTH: Tobacco traceability system adopted despite numerous abstentions
TRANSPORT: Avior Airlines from Venezuela added to European airline company blacklist
TRANSPORT: €1 billion for 39 transport projects