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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12009
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Algeria

European Commission and Algerian authorities want to appease trade tension

The director of the European Commission's DG Trade responsible for relations with neighbouring countries, Ignacio Garcia Bercero, is to visit Algiers on Thursday 26 April to try and iron out the differences of opinion between the EU and Algeria on trade relations.

"There will certainly be a dialogue.  Bercero is coming to talk to his counterparts.  Declarations have been made.  It is now time to let the experts talk calmly", the head of the EU delegation in Algiers, John O'Rourke,...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: MEPs withdraw Turkey from list of so-called safe countries of origin
JHA: Council and Parliament civil liberties committee approve rules of new travel authorisation system in EU
JHA: Member states called on by Parliament to redouble efforts to return to normal functioning of Schengen area
DIGITAL: Commission paves way forward for artificial intelligence
DIGITAL: Commission presents series of measures to facilitate public and private data flow
DIGITAL: Commission hopes to lift barriers to transfer of health data
BUSINESS: Commission intends to introduce European company law into digital era
BUSINESS: Harmonised procedures on company cross-border mobility
TRANSPORT: European Parliament confusion on rental rules for non-EU aircraft and airline crews
TRANSPORT: MEPs call for Commission to take action against odometer fraud
INTERNAL MARKET: Germany wants exemptions to directive on notification procedure for services
INTERNAL MARKET: Council and Parliament moving towards agreement on single digital portal
INDUSTRY: UEAPME concerned by Parliament debates on revised definition of SMEs
ENVIRONMENT: Representatives of three national authorities to appear before PEST special committee
ENERGY: Environmental groups defend viability of energy system completely based on renewables
ENERGY: Cities and local authorities want to be stakeholders in energy-climate governance system
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: At conference of donors, EU pledges €560 million in aid to most vulnerable Syrians and neighbouring countries in 2018
SYRIA: International community convinced of need to relaunch political process
IRAN: Federica Mogherini rules out any renegotiation of agreement on Iranian nuclear programme
QATAR: Qataris ask Europeans to stand alongside them in face of blockade from other Arab countries
ALGERIA: European Commission and Algerian authorities want to appease trade tension
SWITZERLAND: Bern concerned at possible EU safeguard measures on steel and aluminium
TRADE: EESC supports EU competence for control of FDI from third countries when it has impact on several member states
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: Spain pulls out all stops to be awarded headquarters of Operation Eunavfor Atalanta
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Outlines of legislative proposals on post-2020 CAP
BUDGET: Greens/EFA group in Parliament has no faith in prospect of agreement on post-2020 MFF before May 2019
EP2019: EU electoral law reform hampered by Italian indecision
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECOFIN: In Sofia, EU financial policy-makers will discuss Banking Union, deepening of EMU and taxing digital sector
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
DIGITAL: Advocate General clarifies scope of law on availability of protected photographs
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Compensation measure to Sumburgh airport gets green light
SPACE: United Kingdom examining possibility of launching its own satellite navigation programme
MOLDOVA: EU hails progress in Transnistria settlement process
HEALTH: EPP Group in Parliament dreams of eradicating cancer by 2040
SOCIAL: MEPs ratify inter-institutional agreement on posted workers directive
TRANSPORT: River transport social partners call for measures to tackle violence against women and LGBTQI workers
TRANSPORT: Wim van de Camp spends night in lorry parked in secure parking area
CORRIGENDUM
MIGRATION: Clarification on term 'allocation of asylum seekers' in migration crises