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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11917

2 December 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 34 / 34
CALENDAR / Other events
04/12 - 17/12

 

Monday 4 December

  • Tallinn (Estonia) (and 05/12). Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR): “Research Policy balance sheet: Future of SCAR in bio-economy”. Info: http://bit.ly/2iHM3qH
  • Brussels. EESC public hearing on “Promoting climate friendly action by non-state actors”. Organiser: European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). Info: http://bit.ly/2zWVgVP
  • Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (to 07/12). European training seminar on nuclear safeguards. Organiser: European...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Without agreement of Ireland, member states will not move on to second phase Brexit talks
SECTORAL POLICIES
SPACE: Commissioner Bieńkowska calls for 'taboo' to be broken on defence question in space domain
RESEARCH: Member states working on post-2020 EU research programme
TRANSPORT: Estonian Presidency of Council proposes compromises on unfair competition in aviation
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: All eyes on 17 December to try to conclude waste package negotiations
CONSUMERS: Jourová outlines 'new deal' on consumer rights expected in April
TELECOMS: Reform of regulators' body on ministers' agenda
DIGITAL: Negotiators on audiovisual media services making steady progress
PATENTS: Proposals for tackling piracy and counterfeiting divide economic operators
AGRICULTURE: Member states consider suspending automatic dairy market intervention in 2018
FISHERIES: Experts recommend developing aquaculture and improving enforcement of rules for future of fisheries
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: Nineteen to elect their next president
TAXATION: Ministers to discuss several burning tax dossiers
ECOFIN: Reduction and sharing of bank risks, European Semester and tax transparency on ministers' agenda
ENTERPRISE: Revision of 'insolvency' directive – member states put finishing touches to their position
FINANCE: Commission consults on best ways of simplifying financial reporting
EXTERNAL ACTION
TUNISIA: 2018 will be important for strengthening bilateral relations
TUNISIA: EU strongly involved in promoting women's rights
ECONOMY: As G20 rotating president, Argentina wants to mobilise against protectionism
TRADE: EU and G20 and OECD countries agree to curb global steel overcapacity
TRADE: Faint hope of agreement on domestic support in agriculture at Buenos Aires WTO conference
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Parliament formulates recommendations to enhance integration of persons with disabilities
NEWS BRIEFS
BUDGET: Ministerial conference to discuss future multi-annual financial framework, in Sofia on Friday 9th March
COMPETITION: Acquisition of three regional savings banks by Cariparma approved
ENVIRONMENT: Risk assessment - step towards transparency of scientific studies in EU on 12 December
USA: Rex Tillerson to meet EU counterparts at informal Foreign Affairs Council on Tuesday 5 December
JUSTICE: 'Article 29' group set up task force into hacking of Uber data
FISHERIES: International agreement to prevent unregulated fishing in arctic
TRANSPORT: SESAR programme launches project to provide single European aviation traffic overview
PLANTS: Ten countries agree Xylella fastidiosa roadmap
VIETNAM: EU calls for release of citizens detained for expressing their opinions
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
The B-Word: The Brexit sands
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institutions: 04/12 - 10/12
Other events: 04/12 - 17/12