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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12161

18 December 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 38
COUNCIL OF EUROPE / Hungary
Council of Europe denounces the immigration tax and is concerned about the 'administrative courts' package
Brussels, 17/12/2018 (Agence Europe)

Legal experts of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe called for the repeal of the immigration tax that came into force in August, in a joint opinion with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on Friday 14 December. 

Hungarian law requires NGOs active in the field of immigration to pay 25% of their funding - from foreign or domestic sources - received for any immigration support activity. The Orbán government wants to allocate the money collected...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Presidency of the next Commission: the road to complexity
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Budgetary uncertainty complicates negotiations on post-2020 CAP
AGRICULTURE: Unfair trading practices, Austrian Presidency of Council proposes negotiations to the European Parliament for 19 December
AGRICULTURE: bioeconomy is a priority of future Romanian Presidency of Council
FISHERIES: NGOs put pressure on Council to meet deadline for eliminating overfishing
CLIMATE: EU pleased that COP 24 has at least saved the Paris Agreement by adopting multilateral implementation rules
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: limitation of disposable plastics polluting oceans, Council is ready to be a little flexible
DIGITAL: against all expectations, no agreement expected in December 2018 on digital content
DIGITAL: copyright, Commission's proposals on value gap still relevant today
ENERGY: Clean energy package and climate on Council's agenda on 19 December
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: Council is about to endorse new competences for EBA to prevent risks of money laundering
FINANCE: agreement in sight in Council on two new 'green' benchmarks
ECONOMY: French and Italian budgets for 2019, common need to reduce structural deficits
STATE AIDS: Commission is asking Bucharest to recover 335 million euros in illegal state aid
EXTERNAL ACTION
SWITZERLAND: Commission links six-month extension of equivalence for Swiss stock exchange to negotiations on framework agreement
KOSOVO: a stabilisation and association council marked by tensions
UKRAINE: Mr Groysman tries to reassure on fight against corruption
SYRIA: EU calls on Ankara to refrain from any unilateral action
SYRIA: EU announces new support of €122 million
DEVELOPMENT: development aid must focus on results, says European Court of Auditors
SOUTH KOREA: EU launches consultations to improve sustainable commitments in trade agreement for first time
TRADE: EU provides its latest texts on state of its negotiations with Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: EU strengthens EUBAM  Libya mission
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: British Parliament will re-examine draft exit agreement negotiated with EU the week of 7 January for a vote scheduled the week of 14
POLAND: European Court of Justice confirms that Polish Government must immediately suspend implementation of Supreme Court law
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUNGARY: Council of Europe denounces the immigration tax and is concerned about the 'administrative courts' package
NEWS BRIEFS
COMPETITION: Bulgarian Energy Holding group fined €77 million for abuse of dominant position
COMPETITION: Guess fined €40 million for blocking cross-border sales of its products
ECONOMY: Inflation at 1.9% in November in euro area
ENVIRONMENT: limit value for content of four phthalates in certain plasticised materials will apply from June 2020
HUNGARY: Commission expresses its concern about respect for rule of law after further demonstrations against Hungarian authorities
INSTITUTIONAL: European confidence in EU is returning with economic recovery, according to Eurofound
JORDAN: more jobs for Syrian refugees through an improved trade agreement
FISHERIES: Council adopted 2019 quotas in Black Sea, which remain stable
FISHERIES: Formal adoption of 2019/2020 deep-sea fishing opportunities
SOCIAL: COFACE calls for a European agreement to support childcare
SOCIAL: trade unions call for a radical change in collective bargaining
TRANSPORT: European Federation of Inland Ports is satisfied with European Parliament's vote on EIM 2021-2027