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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12002

17 April 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 6 / 29
EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade
Process to approve EU/Japan and EU/Singapore free-trade agreements launches on 17 April
Brussels, 16/04/2018 (Agence Europe)

This Tuesday 17 April, the European Commission will adopt and then submit to the Council of the EU and the European Parliament the texts of the EU/Japan and EU/Singapore free-trade agreements for signature and ratification, a Commission spokesperson confirmed on Monday 16 April.

According to our information, the approval process by the Council of the two agreements will not run simultaneously but consecutively, due to a lack of resources in the form of lawyer-linguists.

The Council will...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: Europeans give moderate support to Western airstrikes targeting Syrian regime
IRAN: EU ministers continue to strive for balance over maintaining nuclear agreement
SOUTH SUDAN: Council demands halt to hostilities yet again
CANADA: Macron and Trudeau promote progressive Euro-Canadian economic vision through CETA
MEXICO: Resumption of talks on trade section of revised EU-Mexico global agreement
TRADE: Process to approve EU/Japan and EU/Singapore free-trade agreements launches on 17 April
TRADE: Council adopts new trade defence regulation
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SECURITY: EU to step up fight against cyber-threats
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Ministers hail proposal on unfair trade practices in food supply chain
FISHERIES: Council welcomes plan for management of 'western waters'
ANIMAL HEALTH: Welfare of broiler chickens has improved
DIGITAL: Commission proposes to provide consumers with better information before making intra-EU international calls
DIGITAL: Confidentiality of communications - Council considers increasing number of reasons for authorising metadata processing
CLIMATE: IMO agreement on reducing CO2 emissions in maritime sector looks promising, Europeans say
MIGRATION: Human Rights Watch expresses concern at French asylum bill
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: During informal meeting ministers will have discussions about implementing European pillar of social rights
SOCIAL: Around 50 charities call on Macron to take action over balance between professional and private life
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: ESMA opposes planned framework for liquidity contracts in France
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Reduction in duty on sweetcorn imports from United States
STATE AID: Italian support measure for liquidation of failing small banks approved
COHESION: Committee of the Regions presents its preliminary 'Reflecting on Europe' report
ECONOMY: Udo Bullmann backs creation of European Monetary Fund
HUNGARY: New meeting at Commission between Frans Timmermans and George Soros
JUSTICE: Commission postpones its 'whistleblowers' initiative again to Monday 23 April
ARAB LEAGUE: Arab and European countries must work together closely to relaunch Middle Eastern peace process, says Mogherini
FISHERIES: Commission may trigger talks with Morocco on fisheries agreement
TRANSPORT: Public consultation on rules applicable to drone operations
TRANSPORT: Campaign launched to prevent airspace infringements and collisions
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 1218