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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12057

7 July 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 27
EXTERNAL ACTION / Ukraine
Bilateral summit with EU to reiterate fundamentals
Brussels, 06/07/2018 (Agence Europe)

The presidents of the European Council, Donald Tusk, and European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, and Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko will meet again on Monday 9 July for the 20th EU-Ukraine summit. No concrete announcement is expected from this summit.

The meeting – and the joint statement that will be adopted – will be the opportunity to review progress on the reform process in Ukraine, on EU-Ukraine cooperation, and on the situation in the east of the country and in Crimea.

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