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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12049

27 June 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 32 / 37
NEWS BRIEFS / Intellectual property
Several businesses in advertising sector committed to tackling counterfeiting with Commission

26/06/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 25 June, the European Commission announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on online advertising and intellectual property rights by 27 businesses and organisations in the advertising sector to tackle counterfeiting and piracy on the Internet. The aim is to: minimise product placement on websites and mobile apps, which infringe copyright or disseminate counterfeit products, in order to reduce these sites' revenues. This memorandum of...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: Ministers finally agree on possible opening of accession negotiations with FYROM and Albania in June 2019
TURKEY: EU criticises unequal conditions in election campaign
MONTENEGRO: Opening of new EU accession negotiation chapter
SERBIA: Belgrade opens two new EU accession negotiation chapters
USA: EU remains ready to discuss agreement restricted to tariff liberalisation on industrial products
CANADA: Cecilia Malmström stresses that CETA is good for Italian exports
TRADE: EU obtained removal of 45 barriers to trade and investment in third countries in 2017
TRADE: EU could implement provisional safeguard measures for steel sector by mid July
TRADE: EU Council's green light to WTO negotiations on Brexit-related adjustments
TRADE: EU services industry wants adequate post-Brexit regulatory framework for its activities
INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: Warsaw faces unprecedented hearing from peers on rule of law
BUDGET: Differences of opinions at Council on MFF 2021-2027 proposals confirmed
CITIZENS' INITIATIVE: Council comes into line with Commission's initial position
PARLIAMENT: Parliament interpreters extend strike warning until mid-September
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: European Council prepares to bury reform of Dublin regulation for time being
MIGRATION: Parliament's civil liberties committee wants member states to increase number of exemptions to criminalisation of aid to migrants
JUSTICE: Several Facebook representatives in Parliament assert that no European data had been transmitted to Cambridge Analytica
TRANSPORT: European Court of Auditors provides harsh account of high-speed railway lines in EU
CLIMATE: Long-term strategy to contain various scenarios, including net zero emissions by 2050, says Cañete
BIODIVERSITY: France recommends same approach as for climate for COP15 2020 on biological diversity
ENVIRONMENT: Authorisation of pesticides - member state representatives before special PEST committee of Parliament on 28 June
FOOD SAFETY: Two MEPs recommend maximum residue levels for chlordecone in fish and crustaceans
URBAN AGENDA: Council calls for cities to be taken into better account as part of development programmes
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EMU: Mario Centeno identifies main areas for work to deepen Eurozone
TAXATION: Parliament's 'TAX 3' committee accuses Bulgarian Presidency of Council of flouting principle of sincere cooperation
TAXATION: Ecommerce Europe up in arms against taxation of digital platforms
COMPETITION: In-depth investigation opened into planned acquisition of Solvay's nylon activities by BASF
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
GENDER EQUALITY: Court concludes that pension right requirement for transgender individual to be single infringes EU law
NEWS BRIEFS
FYROM: NATO to invite Skopje to become member only once name process is finished
DIGITAL: New 5G corridor between Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia
DIGITAL: Digital Assembly underlines the importance of data in health field
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Several businesses in advertising sector committed to tackling counterfeiting with Commission
FISHERIES: Interinstitutional technical meeting on Friday 29 June on technical measures for fishing
UNITED KINGDOM: Law on United Kingdom leaving EU promulgated
UNITED KINGDOM: Eurochambers calls on London to shed light on Brexit terms 'without further delay'
MARITIME SECURITY: EU revises action plan on maritime security
TRANSPORT: Council approval for reforming European Aviation Safety Agency statutes