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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12110

5 October 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 34
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Energy
EUCJ validates Italian regulation on obligation to present certificates of sustainability for bioliquids
Brussels, 04/10/2018 (Agence Europe)

In a ruling of Thursday 4 October (Case C-242/17), the judges of the European Union Court of Justice (EUCJ) considered that Italian legislation - making it an obligation for all operators active in the field of bioliquids to present certificates of sustainability - is in line with EU law.

An Italian company owning a printing works and an installation fuelled by bioliquids was recognised as working with renewable energy sources and therefore benefitted from public support from 2012 to 2014. ...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Manuel Valls in Barcelona - a giant leap for Europe of the citizens?
INSTITUTIONAL
UK: Ireland and EU reiterate their unified viewpoint as Brexit negotiations enter final stretch
COURT OF AUDITORS: European auditors flag under-execution of EU budget
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CYBERDEFENCE: EU and NATO condemn Russia's cyber attacks
NATO: Within NATO, EU member states strengthen their defence cooperation
NATO: Russia to be observer at NATO 'Trident Juncture' exercise
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Transatlantic relations, WTO reform and Mercosur on agenda for informal ministerial meeting in Innsbruck
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Hungary and Poland challenge the legality of the revised Posted Workers Directive before Court
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
YEMEN: European Parliament urges member states to refrain from selling weapons to Saudi Arabia
DEVELOPMENT: Human rights - European Parliament invites EU to support adoption of binding UN treaty for multinationals
MIGRATION: Renewed pressure on Member States to develop a real European response to the migration challenge
MONEY LAUNDERING: European Parliament calls for work on 'anti-money laundering' to speed up
ANIMAL HEALTH: MEPs are outraged by the conditions under which broilers are raised
DIGITAL: European Parliament gives green light to free movement of non-personal data
JUSTICE: European Parliament approves new rules on mutual recognition of decisions to freeze assets of criminal origin
JUSTICE: European Parliament approves reform of Eurojust model of governance
SECTORAL POLICIES
COHESION: Frédéric Vallier - 'Commission has not understood the force that the regions can give to the European project'
DIGITAL: Copyright, the right to remuneration discussed at the next inter-institutional negotiation meeting
DIGITAL: Commission's approach to online misinformation is disappointing
CONSUMERS: Directive on European system of collective redress - Mady Delvaux criticises delay in presenting 'Didier' report
FISHERIES: A draft inter-institutional compromise on electric fishing is already causing outrage
FISHERIES: NGO Our Fish criticises high rate of Baltic cod discards
AGRICULTURE: Commission counts on 5% drop in EU cereal production
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ECB: Quantitative easing does not constitute monetary financing of the States, says Advocate General
CONSUMERS: An individual publishing several sales advertisements on a website does not automatically belong to a ‘professional’ group
ENERGY: EUCJ validates Italian regulation on obligation to present certificates of sustainability for bioliquids
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: EU increases its emergency humanitarian assistance by €20 million
STATE AID: Green light to Slovakian investment aid for Jaguar Land Rover
INDONESIA: EU increases its help to earthquake victims through EU civil protection mechanism
EP2019: Pierre Moscovici will not run to be Spitzenkandidat of Party of European Socialists
EP2019: Benoit Hamon wants European Spring movement to put Spitzenkandidat forward for European elections
POLAND: Netherlands is third EU country to delay extradition to Poland
ANIMAL HEALTH: 65% of Europeans no longer want animals in circuses
UKRAINE: EU hails extension of validity of law on special status of certain parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions