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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11940

17 January 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 33
EXTERNAL ACTION / Philippines
Manilla defends positive impact of EU trade preferences under SPG + and hopes they will be maintained
Brussels, 16/01/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 15 January, the Philippines Minister for Trade and Industry, Ramon Lopez, said that he was confident that the trade preferences granted by the EU to the Philippines under the special SPG + system of generalised preferences (SPG) would be maintained.

The Philippines Department for International Trade was able to present the EU with an update on the positive impact of the SPG + system of generalised preferences during the most recent meeting between Lopez and the Commissioner for...

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
ENERGY: Ambition of progressive forces in European Parliament stalled on revision of 'energy efficiency' directive
FISHERIES: Parliament calls for end to pulse trawling
FISHERIES: Parliament adopts position on fisheries management in South Pacific
UNITED KINGDOM: Tusk says EU hearts are still open to UK
IRAN: MEPs call for political protestors to be freed
TURKEY: Antonio Tajani criticises removal of 1995 Sakharov Prize winner parliamentarian Leyla Zana
COLOMBIA: European Parliament left criticises right's refusal to reaffirm EU support in writing for peace process
REGIONS: European Parliament hopes to reinforce macro-regional strategies in forthcoming budgetary period
GENDER EQUALITY: Parliament highlights particular climate change situation affecting women
PARLIAMENT: Czarnecki faces having his European Parliament Vice President title removed following insults with Nazi connotations
SECTORAL POLICIES
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Commission presents EU plastics strategy as opportunity for recycling industry
TRANSPORT: Ms Revault d’Allonnes Bonnefoy wants to go further than Commission on revision of 'Eurovignette' directive
DIGITAL: Bulgarian Presidency of Council presents new compromises on communications code
JHA: Growing impatience at US continuing visa requirement for five EU countries
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Commission wants to leave states free to set their own reduced and super-reduced VAT rates
BANKS: ECB's crisis management mechanism works, but could be better, says auditor
BANKS: Downwards trend of non-performing bank loans continues, but is still modest, says EBA
STATE AID: 2017 scoreboard highlights good results for modernisation of state aid policy
EXTERNAL ACTION
KOSOVO: Europeans call for calm after murder of Oliver Ivanović
FYROM: Europeans hail Parliament's ratification of agreement on good relations with Bulgaria
SYRIA: Syrian opposition asks EU to increase pressure on Bashar al Assad's regime
LIBYA: EU hails complete elimination of so-called Category 2 chemical materials
CHILE: Second round of negotiations in Santiago for update of EU-Chile association agreement
MEXICO: Extension of trade talks as part of EU-Mexico global agreement review
PHILIPPINES: Manilla defends positive impact of EU trade preferences under SPG + and hopes they will be maintained
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
STATE AID: General Court upholds Commission decision demanding recovery of €1.37 billion to French state from EDF
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: EU wants to ensure that London applies rights of free movement until end of post-Brexit transition period
NEWS BRIEFS
SAUDI ARABIA: Institutional rapprochement with EU
COMPETITION: Commission confirms carrying out random inspection in kraft paper sector
IRAQ: EU reaffirms commitment to country after new attacks
INTERNAL MARKET: Bienkowska criticises member states and their lack of determination to apply European law
POLAND: New Polish Minister for Foreign Affairs wants to meet Frans Timmermans
SOCIAL: European Parliament's legislative timetable on balance between professional private life begins to take shape