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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12154

7 December 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 34
EXTERNAL ACTION / Indonesia
Initiation of an anti-subsidy investigation against Indonesian biodiesel imports into EU
Brussels, 06/12/2018 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission opened an anti-subsidy proceeding on imports of biodiesel originating in Indonesia on Thursday 6 December. 

This decision follows a complaint lodged by the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) on 22 October on behalf of producers representing more than 25% of total biodiesel production in the Union. 

"The Indonesian industry is highly subsidised and export-oriented: we cannot compete with these products", EBB Secretary General Raffaello Garofalo told EUROPE. "We are...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
TERRORISM: EU ministers want terrorist content on Internet removed within an hour
MIGRATION: Vienna considers that it has made progress in six months on Dublin reform and reflections on solidarity measures
MIGRATION: Council approves part of reform of European Coastguard and Border Guard Agency
CONSUMERS: MEPs pave way for collective redress in EU for consumers harmed by same company
JUSTICE: civil society invites Council to review its copy of proposal for a Regulation on electronic evidence
JUSTICE: upcoming negotiations on 'ECRIS-TCN' on 11 December, Council will still defend inclusion of dual nationals
COHESION: Committee of Regions asks to review level of ambition for post-2020 cohesion policy
DIGITAL: intermediation services, MEPs choose to include operating systems
DIGITAL: interinstitutional political agreement on reform of .eu domain name
ENERGY: failure of European Parliament/Council negotiations on 'capacity mechanisms' in electricity sector
TRANSPORT: European Court of Auditors calls on EU and Member States to make targeted investments
AGRICULTURE: Commission will have to decide whether to trigger safeguard clause on rice
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Slovakia, Latvia and Cyprus want to host future headquarters of European Labour Authority
SOCIAL: Hungary and Poland block Council conclusions due to the mention of LGBTQI
SOCIAL: Member States make recommendations on access to social security for employees and self-employed more flexible
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: for Michel Barnier, scenario of a no-deal Brexit cannot yet be ruled out
PES: Party of European Socialists will officially appoint Mr Timmermans as social democrat Spitzenkandidat
TRANSPARENCY: MEPs will have to make their meetings with lobbyists known
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: cross-border mobility of companies, European Parliament adopts a position that focuses on strengthening employee consultation
BANKS: minimum coverage of losses inherent in future stock of non-performing loans, European Parliament/Council negotiations should be concluded quickly
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Europeans try once again to reassure Americans about European defence
EXTERNAL ACTION
UN: Linda McAvan condemns withdrawal of EU countries from Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
TRADE: Member States still seeking a compromise on control of exports of dual-use items
INDONESIA: initiation of an anti-subsidy investigation against Indonesian biodiesel imports into EU
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: Court emphasises automatic and unconditional nature of European recognition system
INTERNAL MARKET: taxing export of electricity produced in territory of a Member State is contrary to EU law, according to Court
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: CoR calls for regions' role in implementation of CAP to be maintained
AGRICULTURE: Commission publishes a report on performance of CAP
STATE AIDS: green light for prolongation of Greek and Polish bank guarantee schemes
TAXATION: France threatens to introduce its own national tax in case of failure on digital taxation at European level
JUSTICE: Council adopts its action plan on e-justice for 2019-2023
SEA OF AZOV: Ms Mogherini expressed her concerns to Mr. Lavrov about resurgence of tensions
TRANSPORT: interinstitutional negotiations on combined transport will start in January
TRANSPORT: Number of air passengers in EU exceeded one billion in 2017