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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12057

7 July 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 27
SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate
CoR calls for formal involvement of local governments in governance and higher NDCs thanks to cities and regions
Brussels, 06/07/2018 (Agence Europe)

Without using local and regional contributions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and without the formal involvement of local and regional governments in climate governance, it will be impossible to put the Paris Agreement into practice, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) says.

That was the view expressed by the CoR ahead of COP24 in Katowice, Poland (3-14 December), in a debate on Thursday 5 July on “Climate governance after 2020: a European and global perspective” and an opinion...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Commission to propose new measures in September to make EU external borders secure
JUSTICE: Researchers unveil artificial intelligence programme for detecting clauses breaching GDPR regulation
AGRICULTURE:  Council discussions under Austrian Presidency to be dominated by post-2020 CAP
AGRICULTURE: Parliament rapporteurs on post-2020 CAP proposals named
CLIMATE: CoR calls for formal involvement of local governments in governance and higher NDCs thanks to cities and regions
COHESION: CoR offers raft of proposals for improving territorial cooperation
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Bilateral summit with EU to reiterate fundamentals
IRAN: EU, Germany, France, UK, China and Russia commit to supporting Iranian oil
TRADE: EU to implement provisional safeguard measures on steel in mid July
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Hartwig Löger sceptical over Franco-German proposals for Eurozone budget
STATE AID: In-depth investigation launches into tax breaks for companies in free zone of Madeira
ECB : European Ombudsman stands firm over ECB's 'denial' of Mario Draghi's membership of 'Group of Thirty'
INSTITUTIONAL
UK: In response to Horst Seehofer's doubts on EU strategy, Jean-Claude Juncker calls for EU27's cohesion to be maintained
2019 BUDGET: Member states of EU reach position on draft 2019 budget
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Work-life balance, MEPs prepare to set paid leave at 80% of gross salary
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COMPETITION: Advocate General clarifies conditions for application of jurisdiction clause in event of dispute concerning anti-competitive practices
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Commission gives green light to reducing nuclear levy for electro-intensive users in Slovakia
STATE AID: Green light to Luxembourgish system of compensating heavy energy consumption companies
INSURANCE: EU updates its non-life insurance agreement with Switzerland
PATENTS: EPO foresees at least 20 member states participating by the time it is launched
TAXATION: VAT and customs duty on e-commerce come under scrutiny of Court of Auditors
MAGHREB: EU aid of €90.5 million to deal with migration
INTERNAL MARKET: Pierre Gattaz, new president of BusinessEurope, criticises ambient protectionism
FOOD SAFETY: EFSA publishes guidance on assessing nanotechnology safety
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: Chequers, mate
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: 09/07 - 15/07
Other events: 09/07 - 22/07