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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11990
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NEWS BRIEFS / Trade

Commission hosts stakeholder information meeting on creation of MIC on 13 April

27/03/2018 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission is to report back to the stakeholders on recent developments concerning the multilateral process reforming the way disputes between investors and states are settled, including the creation of a Multilateral Investment Court (MIC), at a meeting arranged for this purpose and to be held in Brussels on 13 April (for more information, go to: https://goo.gl/XbX4AE). On 20 March, the Council of Ministers of the EU approved the negotiation...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: copyright, Council shifts to neighbouring right for newspaper publishers accompanied by originality criterion
DIGITAL: No agreement yet in Parliament/Council audiovisual services discussions on livestreaming
JUSTICE: EU has still not finished bringing Facebook to account for Cambridge Analytica affair
AGRICULTURE: Commission preparing limited legislative harmonisation to address unfair trade practices
CLIMATE: CO2 from heavy duty vehicles - Parliament and Council reach agreement on MRV system
CLIMATE: ACEA says post-2021 CO2 standards for cars and vans must be conditional on availability of infrastructure
COHESION: MEPs call for ESF to remain within post-2020 Cohesion Policy
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
PAYMENTS: European Commission tackles practice of dynamic currency conversion
FINANCE: All in agreement in Parliament on sustainable finance
EMU: Moscovici and Dombrovskis defend idea of EMF within framework of EU law
TAXATION: Europe must exercise its fiscal sovereignty collectively, says Pierre Moscovici
COMPETITION: Stakeholders invited to present their observations concerning TenneT's commitments
STATE AID: Green light to German measure reducing offshore surcharge for certain energy-intensive companies
EXTERNAL ACTION
TURKEY: Summit without progress, but not without division
SERBIA/KOSOVO: EU says authorities should show necessary restraint and maturity
LEBANON: Johannes Hahn calls for reforms
YEMEN: EU condemns launch of several missiles by Houthi
CENTRAL ASIA: EEAS says EU considers closer links with region very important
BELARUS: EU considers authorities' response to unauthorised rally 'disproportionate'
DRC: EU announces over €60 million in emergency aid ahead of donors' conference on 13 April
USA: Uncertainty remains over how to make working methods operational in EU-US discussions on trade irritants
MEXICO: New round of talks in Brussels in mid-April on trade section of revised EU-Mexico global agreement
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: Oettinger battles hard to defend Martin Selmayr's express appointment
UNITED KINGDOM: Northern and Southern Irish feel abandoned by London with regard to Brexit, says Terry Reintke
CITIZENSHIP: EESC and CoR recommend more ambitious reform of European Citizens' initiative
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: MEPs set diesel value limits in effort to protect workers
NEWS BRIEFS
TRADE: Commission hosts stakeholder information meeting on creation of MIC on 13 April
ENERGY: EIB loan of €100 million to support energy efficiency efforts in Greece
GREECE: ESM approves disbursement of tranche of aid of €6.7 billion
JUSTICE: Commissioner Jourová regrets fast track adoption of CLOUD Act
JUSTICE: Rachida Dati proposed by Parliament to sit on European Prosecutor's Office members selection committee
PARLIAMENT: Girling elected EPP deputy coordinator on environmental issues
TRANSPORT: European pilots requested to answer questionnaire on working conditions
INTERNAL MARKET: Parliament/Council start talks on single digital gateway
REGIONS: CoR wants 20% of European Defence Fund to go to cross-border projects