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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12141
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Companies

MEPs give green light to rules to facilitate online company registration

The MEPs of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) adopted, on Tuesday 20 November, by a large majority (22 votes in favour and 1 abstention) the draft report prepared by Tadeusz Zwiefka (EPP, Poland) on new rules to facilitate the use of digital tools for online company registration (see EUROPE 12009). 

Tadeusz Zwiefka wanted to remain as faithful as possible to the Commission's original proposal. The final report maintains the scope of the Directive, in particular on the form of the...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: MEPs extend scope of ‘whistleblowers’ directive
JUSTICE: no European Parliament/Council agreement on 'ECRIS-TCN' system, but progress on inclusion of dual nationals
MIGRATION: European Coastguard and Border Guard Agency is increasingly diversifying its missions, according to Mr Leggeri
DIGITAL: copyright, negotiating team in Parliament on its knees
TRANSPORT: European Parliament/Council agreement on interoperability of electronic toll systems
TRANSPORT: imminent political agreement in Council on road infrastructure safety management
INDUSTRY: EU sets maximum cadmium content of phosphate fertilisers at 60 mg/kg
ENVIRONMENT: European Floods Directive, European Court of Auditors points out shortcomings in Member States' planning
CLIMATE: 2050 strategy, CAN Europe is pleased that 10 countries are putting pressure on Commission for zero net emissions
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: EU strategy on plastics, Commission welcomes voluntary pledges of recycling industry
FISHERIES: agreement in Council on deep-sea fish stocks for 2019 and 2020
SOCIETY: progress report on end of time change will be submitted to Transport Council on 3 December
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: MEPs strengthen provisions of regulation on coordination of social security systems
SOCIAL: MEPs extend powers of European Labour Authority beyond cross-border mobility
SOCIAL: ‘Work-Life Balance’ directive, inter-institutional negotiations get bogged down
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: operation EUnavfor Med Sophia, Ms Mogherini calls for an interim solution on disembarkation of migrants
CSDP: Ministers agree on creation of a civilian CSDP compact
CSDP: Council extends competencies of Military Planning and Conduct Capability
PESCO: ministers agree on 17 additional projects
CYBER DEFENCE: Council updates EU's strategic framework for cyber defence
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: European Parliament/Council agreement on screening of third-country investments in EU
TRADE: MEPs adopt an ambitious position on WTO reform
INDIA: EU expresses its wish to strengthen its strategic partnership with New Delhi
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCES: MEPs set their requirements for pan-European framework for covered bonds
COMPANIES: MEPs give green light to rules to facilitate online company registration
GREECE: Food insecurity has doubled in eight years due to imposed economic austerity, according to three NGOs
EMU: Mário Centeno confirms to European Parliament divergences of assessment regarding fiscal capacity for euro zone
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: European Commission and MEPs again note lack of positive developments in Poland
UNITED KINGDOM: Theresa May in Brussels on Wednesday to meet Jean-Claude Juncker in preparation for European summit on 25 November
BUDGET: deadlock in interinstitutional negotiations on 2019 EU budget
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
SEA: participating in definition of marine protected areas in Antarctica is not an exclusive competence of EU, according to Court
NEWS BRIEFS
ARMS: New EU strategy against illegal firearms
COMPETITION: Conditional green light for Takeda's takeover of Shire
DEFENCE: Council adopts their position on European Defence Fund
CSDP: Council agrees on extension of EUTM Somalia and modification of its mandate
HEALTH: MEPs bring us up to date on work of medicines agency