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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12156
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries

Brexit, Scotland does not want a link between seafood trade and access to waters

The Scottish Fisheries Secretary, Fergus Ewing, announced on Monday 10 December that he had written to the UK Government to highlight the “potential damage” to Scotland’s aquaculture and seafood interests, in the UK's current orderly withdrawal from the EU agreement (see EUROPE 12152). 

Fergus Ewing reports “serious concerns” at the failure of the UK Government to ensure tariff-free access to the European market for Scottish seafood exports. He warns that non-tariff barriers...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Azov Sea, Mr Klimkin leaves Brussels with promises, but without concrete EU announcements
UKRAINE: Free trade agreement to renegotiate to prevent 'pirate' imports of chicken breasts
LIBYA: EU Council supports revised plan of UN Special Representative
BURMA: EU Council announces its intention to take additional restrictive measures
WESTERN BALKANS: Ms Mogherini admits to 'quite major' difficulties in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina
DRC: EU extends its targeted sanctions against prominent persons by one year
AFRICA: EU Foreign Ministers set milestones for EU/AU Ministerial Meeting in January
UN: Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is endorsed without an EU common position
SWITZERLAND: Uncertainty regarding inclusion of framework agreement negotiations with Bern in Commission agenda
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
UNITED KINGDOM: UK government can unilaterally revoke its decision to leave EU
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Theresa May postpones British Parliament's vote to save draft Brexit agreement negotiated with Twenty-Seven
PES: I would like to work in the next European Commission, Maroš Šefčovič says
PES: Frans Timmermans officially nominated Spitzenkandidat of the social-democratic family
GENERAL MATTERS: Rule of law in Poland and Hungary, post-2020 EU budget and EU summit on ministerial agenda
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: European Commission concerned about rise of anti-Semitism in EU
JUSTICE: at European Parliament, Birgit Sippel identifies main legal issues raised by electronic evidence regulation
JUSTICE: European Parliament green light for financial sanctions for European parties manipulating personal data for political purposes
FISHERIES: Brexit, Scotland does not want a link between seafood trade and access to waters
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems, the negotiate mandate of MEP Guillaume Balas on a knife-edge
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: green light for Swedish support for modal shift in freight transport
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
ROMANIA: Committee of Ministers questions Romanian legislative reforms
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Member States confirm final agreement on spirit drinks
STATE AID: commission approves French financing for offshore wind farm off Dunkirk
STATE AID: green light for prolongation of Slovenian tonnage tax scheme in maritime transport
FUTURE OF THE EU: 120 intellectuals and politicians call for major reform of EU and a fourfold increase in its budget
COMPETITION: conditional green light for Knaufto acquire Armstrong's ceilings business outside Americas
HUMAN RIGHTS: Member States' Foreign Ministers call on EU to work on a universal sanctions regime
INDIA: Council supports development of enhanced and extended bilateral cooperation
YOUTH: European Solidarity Corps: launch of 2019 call for project proposals
MIGRATION: Migration Pact, a political tool for far-right parties
UN: women, peace and security: council reiterates EU's commitment to implement UN agenda
CSDP: Council of EU extends mandate of EUCAP Somalia mission until 31 December 2020
VEGETABLES: strengthening level of plant protection in EU
VENEZUELA: Ms Mogherini confident in establishment of an international contact group