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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12137

15 November 2018
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Wto
Reform of notification system, China suspicious
Brussels, 14/11/2018 (Agence Europe)

A reform project to improve compliance with the notification obligations of World Trade Organisation (WTO) members, in order to improve the transparency of the multilateral trading system, has been given a frosty welcome by China, according to sources in Geneva. 

At a meeting of the WTO Council for Trade in Goods/Goods Council on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 November, members discussed a proposal to improve the compliance of WTO members with their notification obligations. Indeed, countries...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Habemus Brexit, say Theresa May and Michel Barnier
BUDGET: EU Council and European Parliament will try to agree on 2019 budget on Friday 16 November
EP2019: launch of European Parliament's ‘What Europe is doing for me' website
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
CLIMATE: reduction of CO2 emissions from new heavy goods vehicles, ambition narrowly triumphs in European Parliament
RULE OF LAW: the European Parliament reiterates its call for a 'comprehensive, permanent and objective' monitoring mechanism to protect democratic pillars
MIGRATION: MEPs are divided on Global compact for migration, but generally disappointed by withdrawal of some countries
TERRORISM: European Parliament Committee on Terrorism sets out concrete ways to prevent attacks in EU without excluding some controversial elements
BUDGET: EP endorses its ambitious position on multiannual financial framework 2021-2027
DIGITAL: new electronic communications code validated by European Parliament
CULTURE: film Woman at war wins 2018 edition of Lux Prize
SOUTH AFRICA: President Ramaphosa celebrates a partnership with EU based on shared values
GEORGIA: MEPs welcome sustained reform process
MOLDAVIA: Parliament denounces a democratic setback in Moldova
WEAPONS: European Parliament calls for tighter controls on arms exports
FINANCES: MEPs call on Commission to put an end to 'Far West' of crypto assets
JUSTICE: European Parliament calls for action to protect 2019 European elections from foreign interference
COMPETITION: Parliament gives green light to Interinstitutional Agreement strengthening means given to national competition authorities
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ITALY: meeting on 21 November for Commission's assessment of Italian budgetary situation
TAXATION: Two rapporteurs present a first draft of recommendations in European Parliament’s special committee 'TAX3'
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Member States ready to negotiate with European Parliament on post-Brexit ship inspections
JHA: security of identity and residence cards, Council has its negotiating mandate with European Parliament
JUSTICE: Commission gives its opinion on future US privacy rules
INTERNAL MARKET: political agreements expected from Council on programme for single market and motor vehicle safety
ANIMAL WELFARE: European Court of Auditors finds errors in compliance with animal welfare rules
AGRICULTURE: 191 million euros to promote agri-food products in EU and abroad in 2019
EXTERNAL ACTION
ALBANIA: EU calls on Tirana to deepen its reform movement
LIBYA: little progress at Palermo summit, but clearly visible tensions
SOUTH AFRICA:  seventh EU/South Africa Summit to strengthen bilateral cooperation and multilateralism
WTO: services, a simplified procedure for ratifying European commitments to organisation
WTO: reform of notification system, China suspicious
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: ‘Work life balance’ directive, Member States give green light for paternity leave
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COMPETITION: Athens fined €10 million and a biannual penalty payment for failure to recover illegal state aid
INTERNAL MARKET: imposing a public monopoly on custody of funeral urns is contrary to EU law, according to Court
INTERNAL MARKET: Croatian law retroactively providing for nullity of loans granted by foreign banks infringes EU law, according to Advocate General
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: green light on German aid for greener buses
UNITED STATES: Malmström and Lighthizer provide an update on trade issues
INDUSTRY: notification directive, no negotiating mandate for Austrian Council Presidency
JUSTICE: MEP Sophie in't Veld calls for a thorough investigation into Maltese company 17 Black
SOCIAL: ‘working conditions' directive, EPP Group asks for confirmation of negotiating mandate in Parliament plenary session
TRANSPORT: 'Mobility I' package soon to be discussed at political level by Member States again