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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11945

24 January 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 37 / 41
NEWS BRIEFS / Moldova
EU calls for progress in justice and fight against corruption

23/01/2018 (Agence Europe) – At the end of meetings with Moldova's new Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Iurie Leanca, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy Johannes Hahn and High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini underlined, in two separate statements, that justice and the fight against corruption remained essential areas for reform in Moldova.  "The EU is closely following developments with regard to 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