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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12062

14 July 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 47
NEWS BRIEFS / Agriculture
Delegated act presented on aid greening

13/07/2018 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission has forwarded the draft delegated act simplifying the aid greening provision of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to the European Parliament and Council. This relates to concrete implementation of the provisions that had been introduced as part of the agricultural section of the “omnibus regulation” which took effect on 1 January 2018. Such simplifications concern adaptation of the definition of permanent grasslands, an extension –...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: Austria confident in its ability to resolve controversy over rule of law with Warsaw
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Council prepared to move fast on cross border access to electronic evidence in criminal and counter-terror investigations
JUSTICE: New attempt to reach compromise at Council on including double nationals in 'ECRIS-TCN' database
AGRICULTURE: On 16 July, ministers will discuss ways of simplifying Common Agricultural Policy
AGRICULTURE: Eight countries deem new aid conditionality provision too complex
TRANSPORT: Parliament and Council want to finalise talks on interoperability of electronic tolls before end of year
TRANSPORT: Violeta Bulc and Karima Delli want to tackle delays in civil aviation
ENVIRONMENT: Pesticides - EU28 fail to take stance on proposal aimed at prohibiting four toxic active substances
DIGITAL: Copyright, Andrus Ansip calls on Parliament to return to initial proposal
DIGITAL: Council of Europe calls for greater obligations for video platforms
COMPETITIVENESS: Future of European industry and Horizon Europe are two major themes of informal ministerial meeting
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHINA: EU-China summit in Beijing to confirm the relatively good current trade relations
CHINA: EU and Beijing may adopt common declaration, on 16 July, on climate change and clean energy
CHINA: EU and Beijing could seal Oceans Partnership on 16 July
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU expected to adopt sanctions against Maldives
USA: Washington urges Europeans to isolate Iran economically
ALBANIA: EU and Tirana start preparatory work 12 months before formal opening of negotiations to the EU
FYROM: Hahn in Skopje on Tuesday 17 July to launch screening of EU acquis
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Mogherini and Hahn warn much remains to be done on reforms
LATIN AMERICA: Venezuela situation on agenda of EU-CELAC ministerial meeting
SINGAPORE: Singapore hopes for swift ratification of free trade and investment agreements with EU
CANADA: Italy confirms threat of its parliament rejecting CETA
TRADE: American anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duty on Spanish olives confirmed
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Double deadlock at Council over 'VAT' dossiers
EUROZONE: Eurogroup opens door for Bulgaria to join exchange rate mechanism and Banking Union
GREECE: ESM gives green light in principle to disbursement of final tranche of aid
EMU: Centeno confirms Eurogroup's intention of publishing package of proposals on future of EMU by December
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: Scope of European Labour Authority gives rise to debate among MEPs  
EMPLOYMENT: Automation could affect up to 69% of jobs in some member states, Commission says
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EUROZONE: General Court rejects actions for compensation by individuals and companies in framework of restructuring of Cypriot banking sector
BANKS: General Court says ECB could not refuse six French banks leave to exclude certain exposures from leverage ratio calculation
INSTITUTIONS: European Parliament and EIB condemned to pay €10,000 to victims of psychological harassment
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Go-ahead to Dutch measure to compensate damage to real estate caused by gas extraction
AGRICULTURE: Commission proposal on use of copper for treating organic wines worries the profession
AGRICULTURE: Delegated act presented on aid greening
FINANCE: British companies called to order over deadlines to submit their post-Brexit authorisation applications
GEORGIA: EU and Georgia strengthen cooperation on civil protection
DIGITAL: SatCab, informal proposals on direct injection
DIGITAL: Council presidency unveils vague priorities
DIGITAL: Parliament committees endorse three dossiers that have already been negotiated
FISHERIES: Difficult negotiations on renewing EU/Morocco fisheries agreement
MIDDLE EAST: EU calls on Israel to re-open Kerem Shalom crossing point
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: MEPs concerned about stronger connection between ESF+ funding and the European Semester post-2020
TRANSPORT: Civil society welcomes recent Parliament vote on combined transport
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: The Brexit (r)evolution
CALENDAR
Main events of the European Institutions: 16/07 - 22/07
Other events: 16/07 - 22/07