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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12123

24 October 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 30
NEWS BRIEFS / Digital
End of geoblocking for online sales effective from 3 December

23/10/2018 (Agence Europe) – Regulation 2018/302 on the end of unjustified geographical blocking on the Internet will apply from 3 December 2018. "Just before Christmas", European Commission Vice-President Andrus Ansip and Poland's Róża Thun (EPP), who negotiated the dossier for the European Parliament, welcomed at a press conference on Tuesday 23 October. This small ‘communication coup’ also enabled the MEP to emphasise that the text instructed the Commission to carry out a first...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ITALY: Commission asks Rome to review its budgetary copy for 2019
TAXATION: Bruno Le Maire asks MEPs for their help to win over those opposed to taxing digital giants
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
ENVIRONMENT: narrow majority in European Parliament to promote access to safe tap water for all European citizens
FUTURE OF THE EU: Klaus Iohannis pledges to do all in his power to defend a united Europe and a Romania that is irreproachable on rule of law matters
BUDGET: European Parliament prepares to adopt an ambitious but realistic position on the draft 2019 budget, says Daniele Viotti
TAXATION: In wake of CumEx Files scandal, European Parliament calls for extended EU-wide automatic exchange of information
JUSTICE: European Parliament refines its position before vote on resolution on Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal
JUSTICE: joint draft resolution emerges in European Parliament on rise of neo-fascist violence
JHA: Amending agreements adopted at European Parliament on visa-free regimes of several Indian Ocean and Caribbean islands
SOCIAL: European Parliament gives green light for financial support for young job-seekers and redundant workers in Portugal
ECONOMY: European Parliament approves renewal of Wilhelm Molterer and Iliyana Tsanova at head of EFSI investment committee
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: ‘mobility’ package I, European Parliament negotiators still at odds
CLIMATE: Court of Auditors denounces lack of funding for EU carbon capture and storage projects
JUSTICE: MEPs believe that other Treaty articles can strengthen legal basis for ‘Whistleblowers Directive’
JHA: MEPs from civil liberties committee want to toughen conditions for re-establishing internal Schengen border controls
ENERGY: Technical update on Crude Oil Inventories Directive
AGRICULTURE: France confirms that it is a candidate for FAO General Directorate
DIGITAL: Economic and Social Committee calls for more resources for e-skills after 2020
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: Commission to make fewer proposals in 2019 due to number of dossiers still to be negotiated
INSTITUTIONAL: Commission puts forward a series of measures to improve subsidiarity in European legislation
EP2019: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party gets going for European elections
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: African Union asks for EU's support over financing for its Peace Fund
EXTERNAL ACTION
AFGHANISTAN: EU hails good turnout for parliamentary elections despite incidents and attempts of intimidation
TRADE: WTO concerns about Chinese restrictions on waste imports
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: European Parliament rapporteur proposes to triple Erasmus+ budget after 2020
NEWS BRIEFS
ACP: Second ACP-EU negotiation meeting on 5 November regarding post-Cotonou partnership
RULE OF LAW: Manfred Weber says it is European leaders' turn to discuss Orbán case
RO2019EU: Mr Tajani expects Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU of first Semester 2019 to make progress on Dublin reform and MFF
DIGITAL: end of geoblocking for online sales effective from 3 December
CORRIGENDUM
COHESION: clarification on article relating to CPMR General Assembly