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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12010

27 April 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 36
EXTERNAL ACTION / Usa
German scepticism over permanent exemption for EU from US steel and aluminium duties
Brussels, 26/04/2018 (Agence Europe)

Ahead of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Washington, the German government has expressed scepticism over permanent exemption for the EU from US customs duties of 25% on imports of steel and 10% on aluminium imports which came into effect on 23 March. The EU has been provisionally exempted from these duties until 1 May. At his meetings with American President Donald Trump this week, President Emmanuel Macron of France also called for the exemption from the duties to be made...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Commission considers 'basket' of new own resources to cover 22% of EU budget in 2027
HUNGARY: Tense exchanges in Parliament with Hungarian Foreign Minister
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: EU co-legislators agree audiovisual rules
DIGITAL: Commission seeking to re-establish balance between platforms and their professional users
DEMOCRACY: In context of disinformation, Commission is giving platforms 'a chance'
JUSTICE: Jourová wants to work with member states to tackle digital threats affecting election process
HEALTH: Commission presents non-binding vaccination proposal
ENVIRONMENT: PEST special committee calls for harmonisation of national authority methods for approving pesticides
CLIMATE: Paris Agreement - seven member states call on EU to raise targets through long-term strategy
TRANSPORT: European Parliament's employment committee on first mobility package contains genuine social tone
TRANSPORT: Transport actors call for more funds to be allocated to Connecting Europe Facility
AGRICULTURE: French and German farmers call on their governments to oppose cut in post-2020 CAP
FISHERIES: Commission proposes negotiation of new fisheries agreement with Madagascar
FISHERIES: Not all stocks will be managed according to MSY by 2020, fisheries scientific committee says
ENERGY: Sefcovic urges Slovenia to become catalyst in sustainable energy at regional level
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
GREECE: Jean-Claude Juncker praises resilience of Greek people in address to Vouli
ECB: Institute opts for monetary status quo
FINANCE: Obstacles to enlightened information for consumers persist, says Commission
EXTERNAL ACTION
TURKEY: Recep Akdağ says more pledges of donations and fewer speeches are needed to help Syrians
MIDDLE EAST: John Dugard calls for end to EU-Israel cooperation
SERBIA: Tusk says it is for Belgrade alone to choose its future
KOSOVO: Tusk reiterates importance of political consensus
BURMA/MYANMAR: EU extends and strengthens its arms embargo
TRADE: EU establishes prior surveillance system for imports of certain aluminium products
USA: German scepticism over permanent exemption for EU from US steel and aluminium duties
MERCOSUR: Hogan intractable on inclusion of SPS standards in EU-Mercosur trade agreement
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
UKRAINE: General Court upholds freezing of Azarov's assets for period 2016-2017
TAXATION: Spanish regional taxes on large retail establishments are compatible with EU law, says Court
TRANSPORT: Advocate General holds that a member state can subject carriage of goods crossing its territory from Turkey to authorisation under certain conditions
EMPLOYMENT: Advocate General holds that there can be a perception of discrimination by an employer when a breastfeeding employee has to carry out night shift work
NEWS BRIEFS
EGYPT: EU and Egypt update their energy cooperation to direct it, apart from gas, towards clean energies
SPACE: Successful launch of Sentinel-3B satellite in Copernicus programme
JUSTICE: Mark Zuckerberg may appear before Parliament hearing in Cambridge Analytica affair this May
DIGITAL: No inter-institutional breakthrough on electronic communications code
DIGITAL: Digital policy at forefront of European Parliament
CORRIGENDUM
TRANSPORT: Translation clarification in article dated 25 April on aircraft