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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11968

24 February 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 27
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Consumers
ECJ judge opposes further energy labelling for vacuum-cleaners
Brussels, 23/02/2018 (Agence Europe)

European Court of Justice (ECJ) advocate-general Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe said in conclusions on Thursday 22 February in case C-263/16 that suppliers and sellers of vacuum-cleaners should not use extra labels to reproduce or explain information on the energy label foreseen in delegated regulation 665/2013. 

Since September 2014, an energy label must be placed on vacuum-cleaners sold in the EU, under delegated regulation 665/2013 in order to give consumers information about the device’s...

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EUROPEAN COUNCIL
BUDGET: Most member states in favour of increasing EU budget post-2020
EP2019: EU27 refuses to consider automatic accession of lead candidate as Commission president
UNITED KINGDOM: Donald Tusk calls London's vision of future relations a 'pure illusion'
SYRIA: Europeans call for immediate ceasefire in Eastern Ghouta
TURKEY: Donald Tusk calls into question leaders' summit on 26 March
POLAND: Donald Tusk urges PiS to repair country's damaged image
EXTERNAL ACTION
SAHEL: Another €86 million pledged by EU and its member states to G5 Sahel force
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Situation in Syria could be on the Council agenda
TRADE: EESC supports planned multilateral investment court and is preparing an opinion for May
INDONESIA: Friends of the Earth wants moratorium on palm oil in EU-Indonesia trade negotiations
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Herbert Dorfmann wary of subsidiarity proposed by Commission for future CAP
DIGITAL: Council now only considering licences of at least 10 years
ENERGY: Austria goes to CJEU against Hungarian-Russian nuclear project Paks-2
TRANSPORT: Cargonexx, Cocolis, Klaxit and MaaS Global win first European Startup Prize for Mobility
COHESION: Karl-Heinz Lambertz calls on European Council to safeguard cohesion budget after 2020
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Annual inflation rate down to 1.3% in Eurozone in January
FINANCES: Reform of European supervisory authorities – EESC warns against general increase in costs of supervision
INSTITUTIONAL
BREXIT: MEPs call for assurances over EMA relocation process
ROMANIA: Romanian government seeks to remove head of anti-corruption office
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CONSUMERS: ECJ judge opposes further energy labelling for vacuum-cleaners
AGRICULTURE: Advocate general explains EU law on geographical indications
AGRICULTURE: Member states must foresee ways to access farmland for inspection purposes
NEWS BRIEFS
BELARUS: EU prolongs sanctions for a year
TRANSPORT: Car manufacturers support Commission's action plan on alternative fuel infrastructure
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: The Brexit basket case
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: 26/02 - 04/03
Other events: 26/02 - 11/03