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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11919

6 December 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 30
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Gender equality
Requiring a transgender person to be unmarried to qualify for retirement pension breaches EU law, says Advocate General
Brussels, 05/12/2017 (Agence Europe)

A requirement in national law for a person who has changed gender to be unmarried in order to qualify for a state retirement pension is unlawful, amounts to direct discrimination on the basis of sex and contravenes European Union law, says Advocate General Michal Bobek in an opinion delivered on Tuesday5 December (case C-451/16).

MB, a UK national, was born in 1948, registered at birth as male, and married in 1974. After beginning to live as a woman in 1991, MB underwent gender reassignment...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: EU establishes blacklist of 17 non-cooperative jurisdictions
TAXATION: EU would favour international solution to taxation of digital
TAXATION: Rules on VAT on e-commerce adopted
FINANCE: Commission adopts equivalence decision on American regulated trading platforms
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Divisions persist between member states on social aspects of first 'mobility' package
TRANSPORT: Differences within Council on road charging
DIGITAL: Council Presidency adds to list of situations in which data processing is permitted
DIGITAL: Council examines communications code in view of forthcoming meeting with Parliament
TERRORISM: MEPs decide position on strengthening cross-border cash flow controls
JHA: EU interior ministers asked to adopt new eu-LISA rules to prepare for interoperability of information systems
COHESION: Polish priorities on post-2020 cohesion policy
COHESION: Committee of Regions names its three Subsidiarity Task Force members
FISHERIES: EU-Norway agreement on 2018 North Sea quotas but not for snow crab
BIODIVERSITY: NGOs call for total ban by member states on bee-killing neonicotinoids
ENVIRONMENT: Study on great cost of human exposure to chemicals sounds alert
EXTERNAL ACTION
USA: EU and Washington promote their cooperation despite many subjects of disagreement
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Johannes Hahn urges Bosnian leaders to make promised reforms
ALBANIA: Commission could recommend opening EU accession negotiations in six months
DEVELOPMENT: Neven Mimica announces €100 million for Global Partnership for Education
TRADE: WTO decision on domestic support reform in agriculture expected to be postponed for two years
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: MEPs express concern at paucity of data to measure impact of Youth Employment Initiative
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
GENDER EQUALITY: Requiring a transgender person to be unmarried to qualify for retirement pension breaches EU law, says Advocate General
TAXATION: Protection of EU's financial interests must take account of principle of legality of crimes and sentences
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Chinese Xiaomi group fails to register 'MI PAD' sign as EU trademark following opposition from Apple
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Irish government to start collecting Apple's tax arrears in early 2018
BANKS: Number of banks directly under ECB's supervision falls to 119
CATALONIA: Spain withdraws European arrest warrants on Puigdemont and his ministers
CULTURE: Nine historical sites awarded European Heritage Label
YEMEN: EU calls for de-escalation of tension
RUSSIA: Moscow criticises EU position on visit of Omar al-Bashir from Sudan