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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12138

16 November 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 32 / 36
NEWS BRIEFS / Digital
Copyright, a new text expected at EU Council (Coreper) on 23 November

15/11/2018 (Agence Europe) – Work is continuing in preparation for the third negotiation meeting between Parliament and the Council on copyright reform. The latest event: a meeting of the Council's working group on the rights of newspaper publishers (Article 11), the value gap (Article 13) and the right to remuneration (Article 14). According to a source close to the case, the discussions were lengthy, but did not lead to any decision. The Austrian Presidency should use these discussions...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Quo vadis, Italia?
BREXIT
UNITED KINGDOM: extraordinary summit on Brexit announced on Sunday 25 November despite political storm across the Channel
UNITED KINGDOM: draft agreement on an orderly Brexit gives concrete form to what British voted for, says May
FISHERIES: EU Fisheries Alliance welcomes progress on Brexit, but remains vigilant about future arrangements
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: European Parliament eagerly awaits Council's position on multiannual financial framework for 2021 to 2027
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
MIGRATION: Unable to support a position on humanitarian visas, European Parliament will be called upon to vote again
TRANSPORT: European Parliament opposes possibility for a railway company to exonerate itself from liability vis-à-vis a customer for 'extraordinary circumstances'
SOCIAL: directive on working conditions, European Parliament votes on mandate of Mr Calvet Chambon
GENDER EQUALITY: European Parliament calls for improved personal care systems
HEALTH: lyme disease could be included in list of notifiable diseases
BANGLADESH: Dhaka must stop repressing political opposition and civil society, urges European Parliament
VIETNAM: European Parliament condemns persistent violations of human rights
EXTERNAL ACTION
SOUTH AFRICA: EU and South Africa revive their strategic partnership and faith in multilateralism
NORTH KOREA: Deva calls on the EU to strengthen its ties with Pyongyang
UN: Belgium may not sign Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Single Resolution Board expectations regarding banking resolution in context of Brexit
INSURANCE: European Court of Auditors notes systemic weaknesses in supervision of insurance sector
COMPETITION: Conditional green light for DS Smith's acquisition of Europac
SECTORAL POLICIES
COHESION: Karl-Heinz Lambertz warns Member States: 'simplification of European policies cannot mean their recentralisation'
TRANSPORT: ‘mobility I' package, still a lot of work to do for the Council, negotiators in European Parliament still in uncertainty
ENERGY: Regarding electricity, negotiators have progressed on local energy communities but are blocking capacity mechanisms
AGRICULTURE: continuation of discussions in Council on post-2020 common agricultural policy
FISHERIES: Council is expected to reach agreement on Monday 19 November on deep-sea quotas
BIODIVERSITY: ahead of CBD COP 14, Karmenu Vella calls for a global awakening
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CONSUMERS: Court specifies in which currency fares for passengers on an intra-Community flight must be expressed
EUROZONE: Greek court has jurisdiction to rule on a dispute between Greece and a foreign investor affected by forced restructuring of Greek debt, Court confirms
STATE AID: Spanish tax regime for amortisation of 'financial' goodwill is incompatible with EU law, Court confirms
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
RUSSIA: ECHR recognises political dimension of arrests of Navalny, opposition leader of Putin
NEWS BRIEFS
SPACE: European satellite navigation programme Galileo can now access US territory
JHA: agreement in EU Council on reinforced network of 'immigration liaison officers’
INTERNAL MARKET: A mayors' front denounces ‘notification' directive
DIGITAL: copyright, a new text expected at EU Council (Coreper) on 23 November
DIGITAL: Telecom Council programme of 4 December drafted
SOCIAL: second revision of ‘carcinogens’ directive, MEPs support interinstitutional agreement introducing limit values for diesel
TRANSPORT: Central, Eastern and peripheral European carriers denounce Austrian draft compromises on the ‘mobility’ package I
TURKEY: Mr Panzeri denounces murder of Turkish trade union leader Abdullah Karacan