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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12095

14 September 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 34
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Internal market
European Parliament endorses interinstitutional agreement on Single Digital Gateway
Brussels, 13/09/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 13 September, an overwhelming majority of MEPs (539 for, 61 against and 17 abstentions) endorsed the interinstitutional agreement reached in May on the regulation for a European Single Digital Gateway.

“The new rules will establish a user-friendly, interactive European Single Digital Gateway which, based on people’s  needs, will guide them to the most appropriate services and will provide access to all the necessary information and administrative procedures needed to move...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
FYROM: Zoran Zaev says referendum on name is referendum for a second independence
ISRAEL: European Parliament calls for suspension of order to demolish Khan al-Ahmar
CONSUMERS: European Parliament recommends ban on double standards in quality of products sold in EU
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European Parliament recommends ban on micro-plastics in cosmetics and detergents by 2020
HEALTH: European Parliament recommends new measures to reduce use of antibiotics
BUDGET: European Parliament criticises cuts made by Council to draft 2019 budget
DEFENCE: European Parliament defends ban on autonomous weapons systems
JUSTICE: European Parliament gives go-ahead to interinstitutional agreement on processing of personal data by EU bodies
JHA: European Parliament favours visa-free regime for Kosovars making short stays in EU
INTERNAL MARKET: European Parliament endorses interinstitutional agreement on Single Digital Gateway
TRANSPORT: European Parliament wants to take advantage of development of new technologies in the sector
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: Health technology, MEPs support compulsory common clinical evaluations
MIGRATION: Commission wants to speed up returns and toughen conditions of detention for persons whose asylum request has failed
TERRORISM: Internet giants will have one hour to withdraw terrorist content, failing which they will be fined
COHESION: European Court of Auditors unhappy with Commission and member states' management of structural fund absorption 2007-2013
COHESION: State of the Union speech, regions not satisfied
ENERGY: Greenpeace reveals €58 billion in 'hidden' subsidies for coal, gas and nuclear
DIGITAL: Commissioner Gabriel sets out challenge of cyber-security proposals to safeguard EU's 'digital sovereignty'
TRANSPORT: Council should move to similar position to the European Parliament on hiring of aircraft and crew from non-EU companies
ECONOMY - FINANCE
ECB: Quantitative easing is not intended to finance government deficits, Mario Draghi warns
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2019: Dimitrios Papadimoulis presents hemi-cycle with his pro-European alliance project
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
UKRAINE: Sanctions for Russian banks and energy companies in connection to annexation of Crimea upheld
JHA: Court says any refusal to grant subsidiary protection must be founded on precise assessment of applicant's situation
FINANCE: National authorities must weigh up interests related to preserving professional secrecy against defence rights, says Court
CONSUMERS: Selling SIM cards containing pre-activated chargeable services constitutes an unfair aggressive commercial practice if the consumer is not informed, says Court
EXTERNAL ACTION
HUMAN RIGHTS: NGOs making rescues in Mediterranean, Seyran Ateş, Caesar, Oleg Sentsov and Nasser Zefzafi nominated for Sakharov Prize 2018
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: €87.8 million in  EU funding for financial instruments in favour of Romanian farmers
ENERGY: Electricity - Italy withdraws its signature from working document on capacity mechanisms
HUNGARY: Poland to veto any move aiming to sanction Budapest on respect of rule of law
IRAN: EU and Tehran to continue consultations on regional issues
FISHERIES: No agreement on scallops in 2018
SOCIAL: Trade unions annoyed by little importance given to social question by Juncker
SOCIETY: Work on end of hour change begins at Council working group
UKRAINE: EU gives six months' prolongation to targeted measures linked to violation of territorial integrity