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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11945

24 January 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 41
SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture
Given prevalence of fraud, MEPs want to enhance value of EU honey
Brussels, 23/01/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 23 January, in Brussels, a large majority of the European Parliament committee on agriculture (38 votes for, 1 against) adopted an own-initiative report on the prospects and challenges facing the EU apiculture sector (see EUROPE 11849).

Norbert Erdös (EPP, Hungary), the rapporteur, said: “The cornerstone of the text is to call for the current, misleading label ‘Blend of EU and non-EU honey’ to be replaced by a clear indication of the country or countries from which the...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EMU: Differences of opinion at Council on reduction and sharing of bank risks
BANKS: European ministers satisfied over reduction of non-performing loans
TAXATION: Member states accused of opacity over black list of tax havens
TAXATION: Towards phased roll-out of CCTB in EU
FINANCE: Resolution framework for CCPs – stumbling blocks revisited before European Parliament committee vote
STATE AID: In-depth investigation opened into restructuring aid for Polish regional railways
SECTORAL POLICIES
TERRORISM: New measures in April to combat terrorist funding
JHA: European home affairs ministers invited to set out course to follow for Dublin asylum reform
SPACE: European Commission wants to boost Galileo and Copernicus programmes
ENERGY: Integration of Western Balkan markets is priority of Bulgarian presidency of Council of EU
TRANSPORT: Posting of transport workers still gives rise to many questions at European Parliament
TRANSPORT: MEPs support draft report by Van de Camp on lorry drivers' rest times
DIGITAL: Corazza Bildt announces European Parliament plenary vote in June on free flow of data
DIGITAL: Bulgarian Presidency of Council of the EU provides update to MEPs
DIGITAL: €50 million cyber skills pilot project coming soon
AGRICULTURE: Given prevalence of fraud, MEPs want to enhance value of EU honey
FOOD SAFETY: Public consultation on transparency of scientific risk assessments by EU
FOOD SAFETY: EFSA confirms potential danger of hydroxyanthracene derivatives in food complements
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2019: MEPs suggest number of elected members should be reduced to 705 as of May 2019
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Ekaterina Zaharieva says much more must be done for Western Balkans
IRAN: Alaeddin Boroujerdi warns Iran's missile capability not negotiable
BURMA/MYANMAR: EEAS assures EU will monitor return of Rohingya Muslims carefully
DRC: EU stresses responsibility of Congolese authorities to guarantee full exercise of fundamental freedoms
MEXICO: Race against clock to seal revised EU-Mexico global agreement before 1 March
INDIA: Assessment of difficult issues in April ahead of resuming EU-India free trade negotiations
JAPAN: Cecilia Malmström trusts EU/Japan free trade agreement will take effect early in 2019
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Inter-institutional negotiations on 'posted workers' directive to be continued on 7 February
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: Court clarifies conditions for applying European arrest warrant
COMPETITION: Court finds that Roche-Novartis agreement could be described as restriction of competition 'by item'
NEWS BRIEFS
BELARUS: EU criticises two further death sentences
ECB: Procedure to appoint future Vice-President gets underway
CLIMATE: European Commission consults on establishing post-2020 ETS innovation fund
TRADE: European Parliament committee confirms inter-institutional agreement on recast of trade defence instruments
EDUCATION: Compromise reached with Council on European Parliament committee endorsed Europass
SPACE: ESA and EU Satellite Centre want to enhance their security cooperation
INDUSTRY: MEPs support inter-institutional agreement on approval and surveillance of vehicle market
MOLDOVA: EU calls for progress in justice and fight against corruption
CIVIL PROTECTION: Christos Stylianides continues tour of capitals to present 'RescEU' mechanism
SINGAPORE: EU's validation process of free trade agreement text could be opened in spring
TRANSPORT: MEPs approve European Parliament/Council agreement on reform of EASA statutes
TRANSPORT: MEPs approve European Parliament/ Council agreement on cross-border parcel delivery services