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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12002

17 April 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 9 / 29
SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture
Ministers hail proposal on unfair trade practices in food supply chain
Brussels, 16/04/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 16 April, the agriculture ministers of the European Union came together in welcoming the proposal for a directive aimed at strengthening the position of farmers in the food supply chain (see EUROPE 12000).

The Danish and British ministers were the only ones to express reticence regarding the proposal, which will be examined on 23 April by experts from the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA).  Two Council working groups will scrutinise the text from a technical aspect.

Several...

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