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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12011

28 April 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 41
SECTORAL POLICIES / Patents
United Kingdom ratifies agreement on Unified Patent Court
Brussels, 27/04/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 26 April, the United Kingdom announced that it has reified the agreement on a unified patent court (UPC), taking the number of ratifications to 16 member states.  All eyes are now on Germany, the last of the big three countries to have not reified the agreement. 

‘Today's ratification by the UK brings us a decisive step closer to achieving the entry into force of the Unitary Patent. We are now within touching distance of a new patent for Europe that will support our...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
GREECE: Eurogroup welcomes return to health of Greek economy, but will keep close eye on finalisation of aid plan
FINANCE: Ministers set three priorities to complete Capital Markets Union in 2019
EUROZONE: Pierre Moscovici advises against rushing Bulgaria's accession to Eurozone
STATE AID: Green light to Italian investment plan in favour of motorways
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: New talks needed at Council over reform of copyright
DIGITAL: Agreement on audiovisual services under scrutiny
DIGITAL: Commission suggests simplifying use of .eu domain name
TELECOMS: Commission publishes guidelines on substantial market power
BIODIVERSITY: Member states back almost complete ban on three bee-killing neonicotinoids
ENVIRONMENT: REACH: member states in agreement on reducing citizens' exposure to carcinogenic and reprotoxic substances
MIGRATION: Five countries from south of EU sceptical about directions taken on Dublin Regulation reform
INTERNAL MARKET: Notification procedure – inter-institutional negotiations stumbling over the consultation period
PATENTS: United Kingdom ratifies agreement on Unified Patent Court
JUSTICE: Co-legislators still divided over whether to include double nationality (EU-non-EU) individuals in ECRIS-TCN
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca against cut in post-2020 agriculture budget
AGRICULTURE: MEPs stress access to land for young farmers
AGRICULTURE: European code of conduct on agricultural data sharing
COHESION: Traditional methods of communication on cohesion policy are most effective, study shows
EXTERNAL ACTION
USA: With 1 May fast approaching, EU insists on permanent unconditional exemption from taxes on steel and aluminium
JAPAN: European and Japanese committed to swift conclusion of their talks on protecting bilateral investment
MERCOSUR: Still no breakthrough for agreement in principle in EU-Mercosur free trade negotiations
KOREAN PENINSULA: Mogherini announces EU ready to help denuclearisation of peninsula
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Tusk says EU ready to help with electoral reform
FYROM: Donald Tusk supports reconciliation with Greece
RUSSIA: 45 MEPs call for further sanctions against Moscow
DEVELOPMENT: MEPs want enhanced, updated and effective ACP-EU partnership after 2020
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Facing 'indisputable' corruption scandal, PACE aims for 'zero tolerance'
NEWS BRIEFS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU and OIC agree to strengthen dialogue
AGRICULTURE: New cost options for rural development are better, says Court of Auditors
BIODIVERSITY: Court rules against Bulgaria for breach of birds directive
COHESION: Cohesion policy must lay emphasis on secondary cities, says World Bank
EUROZONE: ESM and Commission sign document on cooperation methods
TAXATION: Bruno Le Maire hoping for agreement on taxation of Internet giants by end of 2018
INDUSTRY: UEAPME calls for SMEs to be better taken into account in next European budget
MIGRATION: Treatment of asylum seekers in Hungary has worsened according to GRETA
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Raft of organisations call for next EU budget to focus on tackling child poverty
FOOD SAFETY: Andriukaitis argues case for proposed reform on transparency and independence of scientific assessments
VENEZUELA: Federica Mogherini fully supports action of political opposition to Maduro regime
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
The B-Word: Customs disunion
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institutions: 30/04 - 06/05
Other events: 30/04 - 13/05