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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11980

14 March 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 33
SECTORAL POLICIES / Food safety
EU Knowledge Centre is launched to help combat food fraud
Brussels, 13/03/2018 (Agence Europe)

A scientific Knowledge Centre was officially launched in Strasbourg on Tuesday 13 March by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission.  The aim is to boost the quality of foodstuffs and to combat fraudulent food practices in the European Union.  This comes at the height of a scandal surrounding Veviba meat, which is hitting the headlines in Belgium.

Formed of a network within the Commission and its member states, this Knowledge Centre for Food Fraud and Quality has a dual...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Council agreement of the EU on transparency of tax intermediaries
BANKS: Member states postpone agreement on banking risk reduction package until May
GREECE: Moscovici describes future Greek growth strategy as a “credibility test”
EMU: Eurozone aid plans would have cost less under a European deposit insurance scheme, says Regling
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Commissioner presents proposition for European Labour Authority
SOCIAL: European Commission launches raft of recommendations to improve social protection access
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
BUDGET: Oettinger anticipates envelope of 60% of EU budget for agriculture and cohesion after 2020
DIGITAL: Agreement on parcel delivery adopted by Parliament despite EFDD amendment
WOMEN: Parliament disagreement over Istanbul Convention
TRADE: European Parliament wants to strengthen gender equality in EU's trade agreements
TRANSPORT: Parliament endorses inter-institutional agreement on road transport workers' qualifications and training
TRANSPORT: MEPs approve own-initiative report on introduction of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems
INDUSTRY: Go-ahead for Françoise Grossetête for negotiations on programme to support defence industry
REGIONS: Parliament highlights role of cities and regions in COP21 implementation
REGIONS: Parliament makes macro-economic conditions less exacting
PARLIAMENT: Jens Nilsson MEP passes away
PARLIAMENT: Jean-Paul Denanot resigns as MEP
SECTORAL POLICIES
FOOD SAFETY: EU Knowledge Centre is launched to help combat food fraud
CONSUMERS: Jourova presents member states with 'New Deal for Consumers' anticipated for 11 April
ENVIRONMENT: Special “PEST” committee of Parliament, chaired by Eric Andrieu, is to begin work on 12 April
AGRICULTURE: Alcoholic drinks industry presents its nutritional labelling project to Commission
ENERGY: With regard to EESC opinion, stakeholders express some reservations about amendment to gas directive
EXTERNAL ACTION
USA: Assessment of latent trade dispute with Washington expected at European Parliament, with Cecilia Malmström
TRADE: EU still concerned about piracy and counterfeiting in China, and also in India for medicines
PALESTINE: EU calls for investigation into attack on prime minister's convoy
RUSSIA: Frans Timmermans calls for EU solidarity with London after poisoning of Russian spy in UK
HUMAN RIGHTS: Thorbjørn Jagland warns against Russia leaving Council of Europe
INSTITUTIONAL
BREXIT: Relocation of EMA to Netherlands goes through European parliamentary committee stage
UNITED KINGDOM: Juncker says London still needs to provide clarity about post-Brexit relations it wants with EU
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Nils Muižnieks urges French MPs not to vote for “asylum and immigration” law
NEWS BRIEFS
COMMISSION: Ms Schültke becomes legal service's main legal advisor
TAXATION: Three countries added to EU blacklist and three countries removed
RESEARCH: Eurospace and ESRE call for €2.5 billion envelope allocation to Space as part of post-2020 framework programme