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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11931
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade

EU’s new trade defence rules to be in place by June 2018

On Wednesday 20 December, the Council of the EU confirmed, at the level of the ambassadors of the member states (Coreper), the inter-institutional agreement in principle concluded on 5 December on the revision of the EU’s trade defence instruments, proposed by the Commission in April 2013 (see EUROPE 11920).

Under this agreement, the new rules will increase the transparency and predictability for the imposition of provisional anti-dumping measures and anti-subsidy measures, by providing...

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END OF YEAR CLOSURE: Our offices are closing for the end of year holidays and will re-open on 4 January.  The EUROPE 11932 issue will be dated Friday 5 January.  We wish you a merry Christmas and a very happy 2018
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: Parliament-Council agreement on effort sharing in sectors not covered by ETS
DIGITAL: First Commission meeting in 2018 will tackle issue of high-performance information technology
JHA: Dialogue with US on visa reciprocity continues
JHA: Commission says Western Balkan countries and Eastern Partnership are respecting visa liberalisation requirements
EXTERNAL ACTION
MEXICO: Closing in on final goal, talks for EU/Mexico trade agreement 2.0 will be concluded at beginning of 2018
TRADE: EU’s new trade defence rules to be in place by June 2018
SWITZERLAND: Equivalency of stock exchanges – Commission under fire from Berne
SYRIA: EU welcomes adoption of UN resolution on cross-border humanitarian operations
RUSSIA: EU extends economic sanctions
BELARUS: EU calls for efforts to be made on human rights
YEMEN: Mogherini condemns launch of missile against Riyadh
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
EMPLOYMENT: Commission wants to dust down European framework for contractual relations between employers and employees
EMPLOYMENT: Employers unhappy and trade unions relatively satisfied with written statement directive
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Two loans granted to ILVA in 2015 were illegal, says Commission
BANKS: Results of EBA's impact assessment of new Basel III prudential rules
TAXATION: EU somewhere between wait-and-see and reactivity on American tax reform vote
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: Exam papers contain personal data to which candidates have right of access, says Court
SINGLE MARKET: Company cannot oppose import of products under its trademark if that trademark is single and global
EMPLOYMENT: Fixed-term workers may benefit from same special leave as permanent civil servants
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: First cross-border protected designation of origin for a wine is registered
MONEY LAUNDERING: Member states approve agreement on anti-money laundering directive
CLIMATE: Inter-institutional agreement on Lulucf regulation approved by member state ambassadors
TRADE: EU opens anti-subsidies procedure against electric bicycles from China
ESM: Mário Centeno appointed Chairman of Board of Governors for Eurozone’s permanent bailout fund
DIGITAL: Member states approve inter-institutional agreement on parcel deliveries
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