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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12119

18 October 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 27
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Jha
'Returns' directive applies when a member state has temporarily reinstated controls on the internal borders of the EU, says Advocate General
Brussels, 17/10/2018 (Agence Europe)

The European rules on returns of third-country nationals residing illegally apply in a situation in which a member state has temporarily reinstated controls on the internal borders of the European Union, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar states in conclusions returned on Wednesday 17 October (case C-444/17).

Abdelaziz Arib, a Moroccan national, was checked in France close to the land border between France and Spain on board a coach coming from Morocco. As he had previously been subject to an...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
UK: EU27 give Theresa May a little more time to succeed on orderly Brexit
MIGRATION: routine discussion on migration, with no expected breakthrough on reform of European asylum system
SECURITY: European leaders expected to call for sanctions against perpetrators of cyber attacks
JUSTICE: Twenty-Eight should call for the adoption of several priority security issues
EMU: Eurozone summit to prepare for decisive December meeting
CLIMATE: European leaders will send message of multilateral ambition to COP24
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: Transatlantic differences of opinion over progress in bilateral trade negotiations
VIETNAM: On eve of ASEM, Commission confirms third trade agreement with an Asian country is on track
EXTERNAL ACTION: for Ms Mogherini, accession of Balkans would not be an enlargement, but a unification of EU
INSTITUTIONAL
BREXIT: Member States validate  rules governing relocation to EU of European agencies located in London
EPP: Alexander Stubb and Manfred Weber are  two Christian Democrat candidates in contention for the Commission Presidency
EPP: Viktor Orban case the subject of discussions at EPP Summit again
BUDGET: Commission mobilises €1 billion in flexibility for expenditure related to the migration crisis
BUDGET: Commission slightly reduces agricultural spending for 2019
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Member States could easily achieve a general approach on road infrastructure safety management without great difficulty
ENERGY: Commission and Bill Gates launch €100 million fund for clean energy
INDUSTRY: Automobile manufacturers urge negotiators to find agreement on Brexit
INDUSTRY: Automobile manufacturers seek to weaken general safety regulation, a group of NGOs criticise
ENVIRONMENT: NGO coalition 'Rethink Plastic' calls on European Parliament to be ambitious for stopping pollution by plastic
FISHERIES: EU renews its sustainable fishing partnership agreement with Cape Verde
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Parliament and Council reach an agreement on the reform of Cedefop and EU-Osha, but not on Eurofound
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JHA: 'Returns' directive applies when a member state has temporarily reinstated controls on the internal borders of the EU, says Advocate General
NEWS BRIEFS
BANKS: Europol and European Banking Federation launch campaign to raise awareness of cyber-scams
YOUTH: DiscoverEU, 12,000 additional tickets ready for distribution
JUSTICE: postponement of inter-institutional negotiations on the 'ECRIS-TCN' system until 20 November
MIDDLE EAST: EU urges immediate halt of rocket fire from Gaza
SOCIAL: Poverty declining in EU, according to Eurostat