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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12023

19 May 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 32
NEWS BRIEFS / Enterprise
Pierre Gattaz elected President of BusinessEurope

18/05/2018 (Agence Europe) – Pierre Gattaz of France has been unanimously elected by the Council of Presidents of BusinessEurope to take over from the current President, Emma Marcegaglia, a press release issued on Friday 18 May announced. He will take up his duties on 5 July for a period of two years renewable once. Gattaz is most notably a member and former President of MEDEF, the Mouvement des entreprises de France.(PH)

Contents

PENTECOST: Please note that our offices will be closed for the Belgian public holiday on Monday 21 May. EUROPE 12024 will be dated 23 May 2018
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: EU officially launches measures to counter US extraterritorial sanctions
IRAN: Miguel Arias Cañete in Tehran this weekend to boost EU-Iran energy cooperation
KOSOVO: EULEX mission to change after 30 June
MALAYSIA: EU hails release of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim
DEVELOPMENT: Post-Cotonou partnership, Emergency Trust Fund for Africa and post-2020 EU budget on ministerial agenda
HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission wants all child victims of humanitarian crises to return to school within three months
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND: France wants free trade agreements ambitious on climate protection and sustainable development
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: On revision of 'insolvency' directive, Bulgarian Presidency proposes flexible compromise in view of partial approach this June
RESEARCH: Franco-German initiative to boost breakthrough innovations
INTERNAL MARKET: Council and Parliament still clashing on extent of directive's scope on accessibility requirements for products and services
ENTERPRISE: MEPs call for Small Business Act to be updated
AGRICULTURE: Council to adopt new regulation on organic farming on 22 May
AGRICULTURE: Low sugar price worries sector
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2019: Greens get ready for European elections
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
INTERNAL MARKET: Court clarifies conditions for use of trademark when re-importing products to member states
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Green light to shareholder loan awarded by France to France Télécom in 2002
TRADE: Phil Hogan awaits upcoming re-opening of Chinese market to European beef
TRADE: Anti-dumping duty on Chinese ceramic kitchenware to be re-examined
ENERGY: Twenty member states challenged on transposition and/or implementation of nuclear waste directive
ENERGY: Nine member states at fault over transposition of EU radiation protection legislation
ENTERPRISE: Pierre Gattaz elected President of BusinessEurope
SPACE: Netherlands and GSA open Galileo Reference Centre
TAXATION: Commission orders Hungary to end its discriminatory taxation practice on spirits
JUSTICE: CNUE launches 'Authentic acts in Europe' website
FISHERIES: Ireland asked to implement points system in fisheries
FISHERIES: UK must put in place functioning system for managing producer organisations
DRC: Commission makes emergency aid available to tackle Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of Congo
CORRIGENDUM
SOCIAL: Clarification of translated article on provisional regulation of EFS+
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: Countdown to (another) crisis?
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institutions: 21/05 - 27/05
OTHER EVENTS: 21/05 - 03/06