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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12015

5 May 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 29
SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture
Derogation granted to British farmers regarding crop diversification
Brussels, 04/05/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Friday 4 May, the European Commission announced it was agreeing to the rules on crop diversification being relaxed for British farmers whose land has been affected by excessive rain.

Rain has delayed crop planting and European Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has confirmed he will agree to UK requests for EU rules on crop diversification to be relaxed.

Since 2015, in order to receive the green payment (“greening”) which corresponds to 30% of direct aid, farmers have been under an...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: States water down Commission's proposal on unfair competition from non-EU airlines
JUSTICE: Bulgarian Council presidency still has ambition of reaching agreement on Eurojust reform by end of June
COHESION: CPMR says cuts in post-2020 Cohesion Policy could reach 35%
REGIONS: MEPs call for greater investment in transport sector in western Balkans
AGRICULTURE: Derogation granted to British farmers regarding crop diversification
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament's special PEST committee is off on mission to EFSA on 7 and 8 May before its meeting on 15 May
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Council and Parliament continue to disagree on how to fund defence-related industrial development programme
EXTERNAL ACTION
TURKEY: Johannes Hahn says state of emergency will not help free and fair elections
TURKEY: Time is running out for adoption of financing terms for second tranche of facility for refugees
IRAN: Europeans and Iranians speak about Yemen
DEVELOPMENT: EDF budgetisation is an innovation of external action instrument from EU post 2020 budget – details to be revealed on 14 June
USA: EU maintains focus in transatlantic trade quarrel, despite cacophony between Berlin, Paris and Rome
CHINA: Bilateral economic relations at centre of European Parliament delegation's visit on 6-9 May
TRADE: Commission requires registration of imports of electric bicycles from China
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Danièle Nouy further clarifies competences of ECB in framework of Latvian ABLV bank case
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CONSUMERS: General Court dismisses action for damages against regulation on real driving conditions tests
CONSUMERS: Advocate General explains when member states' courts may rule on whether a clause may be deemed abusive
YOUTH
YOUTH: Recasting of structured dialogue at core of discussion on new EU youth strategy
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: Slamming 'sham' social dialogue, staff unions threaten calls to strike
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Green light to extension of Irish regime to support SMEs in difficulty
COHESION: France notes shortcomings in Commission's post-2020 proposals
ECONOMY: Political agreement at Council on revision of structural reform support programme
DIGITAL: Expiry of transposition deadline for cybersecurity directive
FISHERIES: EU contributes to combating illegal fishing in Western Africa
CSDP: Frank Van der Mueren is new head of EUCAP Sahel Niger mission
TRANSPORT: Vehicle hire and toll road interoperability systems to follow standard procedure at Council
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: Brexit’s false dilemma
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institutions: 07/05-13/05
Other events: 07/05-20/05