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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12121

20 October 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 33
INSTITUTIONAL / European parliament plenary
Disposable plastics, tap water, Cambridge Analytica and European Council results on agenda
Brussels, 19/10/2018 (Agence Europe)

MEPs meeting in plenary session will work from Monday 22 to Thursday 25 October on the ban on disposable plastics, improving tap water quality, the Facebook/CambridgeAnalytica scandal and the conclusions of the European Council of 17 and 18 October. 

Ban on disposable plastics. MEPs will vote on Wednesday 24 October on the proposal for a directive to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic products in the EU, on which Parliament’s ‘environment’ committee voted on...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
ASEM: Europeans and Asians defend multilateralism and forge closer links
SOUTH KOREA: Towards strengthening trade relations between EU and Seoul
SINGAPORE: Trade and investment agreements finally signed
VIETNAM: EU and Vietnam sign a voluntary partnership agreement to combat illegal logging
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Austrian Presidency of Council presents draft compromises with minimum changes on 'mobility' package
JUSTICE: only 44% of companies consider themselves in compliance with general data protection regulation, according to an IAPP study
JUSTICE: civil society warns Commission about a binding solution to online misinformation
ENVIRONMENT: limitation of single-use plastics, right will seek to slow down European Parliament's ambition on Wednesday 24 October
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament rapporteurs to present draft reports on CAP post-2020 on 21 November
AGRICULTURE: Latest report on farm economy shows rise in farmers' income
AGRICULTURE: Commission prepares complaint to WTO against US duties on Spanish olives
ENERGY: electricity, negotiators have made progress on regional cooperation
INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: European Court of Justice calls on Poland to immediately suspend Supreme Court Act
HUNGARY: Budapest has referred matter to Court of Justice to protest European Parliament vote on rule of law
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY: disposable plastics, tap water, Cambridge Analytica and European Council results on agenda
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ITALY: draft budget for 2019, Mr Moscovici lists three questions to be answered by Rome
FINANCE: Pan-European framework for covered bonds – principal stumbling blocks taking shape at European Parliament
FINANCE: Businesses ask EU for more involvement in sustainable finance matters
ENTERPRISE: European rules on transparency of mining industries work but could be better, says TI
STATE AID: Green light to Greek financial support to build section of motorway
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: MEPs divided on thematic concentrations of European Social Fund+
SOCIAL: European Parliament committee vote on revision of 'written statement' directive pleases unions, but not employers
NEWS BRIEFS
CATALONIA: Ernest Maragall argues Catalan case in Brussels
COMPETITION: Green light to Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub
ENERGY: EIB loan of €60 million for floating wind farm in Portugal
EP2019: Gregor Gysi believes in a left-wing Commission provided that progressive forces are united
S&D: MM. Timmermans and Maroš Šefčovič are two candidates for appointment of Social Democratic Spitzenkandidat
SYRIA: Macron-Merkel-Erdoğan-Putin Summit on October 27
TRANSPORT: European pilots welcome conclusion of European Parliament/Council negotiations on leasing of aircraft with airline crew outside EU
CORRIGENDUM
UK: Clarification on Theresa May's statement at end of European summit
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: What’s in a backstop?
CALENDAR
Principal activities of the European institutions: 22/10 - 28/10/2018
Other events: 22/10 - 04/11/2018