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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11950

31 January 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 28
NEWS BRIEFS / United kingdom
Brexit - ETUC says end-date of transition period is 'arbitrary and potentially very damaging'

30/01/2018 (Agence Europe) – In a press release dated 29 January, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) seems to regret the date for completing the transition period for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU, set by ministers at 31 December 2020 (see EUROPE 11949).  ETUC Confederal Secretary Esther Lynch said: “The transition end date of 31 December 2020 seems arbitrary and potentially very damaging – especially for the UK and Ireland – if a new relationship is not...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: Vella gives nine countries under threat of referral to Court ten days to submit written commitments on air quality
INDUSTRY: Ministers to examine EU industrial policy up to 2030
COHESION: Karl-Heinz Lambertz says attempting to provide definitive and objective definition of subsidiarity is a 'wasted effort'
REGIONS: CPMR meets Barnier to make the case for the territorial dimension in Brexit negotiations
AGRICULTURE: M. Hogan sounds alarm over milk market
JHA: Future Europol Director wants to make agency more responsive to threats to and needs of member states
JUSTICE: SMEs concerned by delayed implementation of General Data Protection Regulation
TRANSPORT: Stakeholders say monitoring respect for rules is essential factor in first mobility package
EXTERNAL ACTION
MERCOSUR: EU offers Mercosur beef import quota of 99,000 tonnes to try and seal agreement
TRADE: Review of EU anti-dumping duties on Turkish, Russian, Korean and Malaysian iron or steel tube and pipe fittings
BELARUS: Hahn and Makei hail EU and Minsk moving closer together
SWITZERLAND: Eleven countries not happy with stock market equivalence treatment for Bern
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU announces €37.5 million for vulnerable populations of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Procedures for avoiding double taxation of cross-border investment are still slow and costly
LAUNDERING: Saga of European black list of high risk countries approaches end
FINANCE: Experts recommend creating sovereign bond-backed securities market
FINANCE: Agreement on finalising Basel III prudential framework upholds promise, says ECB and EBA
ECONOMY: GDP up 0.6% in fourth quarter of 2017 within EU and eurozone
INSTITUTIONAL
BREXIT: Italy may challenge choice of Amsterdam for Medicines Agency
UNITED KINGDOM: UK economy would lose out in every case after Brexit, says internal report
NEWS BRIEFS
ECB: Philip Lane of Ireland in race for ECB vice-presidency
SOUTH KOREA: EU and Korea could strengthen cooperation on cybersecurity
HONG KONG: EU concerned at limitation of candidatures for Legislative Council elections
INDUSTRY: EESC calls for Small Business Act to be binding
APPOINTMENTS: Herman Van Rompuy new president of International Centre for European Studies
UNITED KINGDOM: Brexit - ETUC says end-date of transition period is 'arbitrary and potentially very damaging'
TRANSPORT: Council gives go-ahead to EU-US air transport agreement
CORRIGENDUM
TRADE: Clarification in article on WTO condemnation of EU anti-dumping duties on Indonesian biodiesel