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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12162

19 December 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 2 / 26
SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment
Search for a political agreement on reducing CO2 emissions from heavy vehicles will dominate Council meeting on 20 December
Brussels, 18/12/2018 (Agence Europe)

Following COP 24, the last meeting of EU Environment Ministers under the outgoing Austrian Presidency will be dominated by a climate issue on Thursday 20 December in Brussels. 

The Austrian Minister for Sustainability and Tourism, Elisabeth Köstinger, who will chair the session, is keen to reach a political agreement (a general approach) on the May 2018 proposal for a regulation establishing, for the first time, CO2 emission reduction standards for heavy duty vehicles after 2020. 

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Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: CO2 from cars, European Parliament and Council negotiators agree on a 37.5% reduction in emissions by 2030
ENVIRONMENT: search for a political agreement on reducing CO2 emissions from heavy vehicles will dominate Council meeting on 20 December
FISHERIES: EU ministers seek solutions on by-catch
AGRICULTURE: ministers reviewed measures taken after fipronil-contaminated egg scandal
JUSTICE: interinstitutional agreement on Insolvency Directive, which is about to be approved by Council
JUSTICE: ‘whistleblowers’ Directive, negotiations in Council will continue in 2019
JHA: Member States invited to validate an important part of reform on interoperability of information systems
INDUSTRY: 18 Member States call on next Commission to adopt an ambitious post-2020 industrial strategy
INDUSTRY: Paris and Berlin will identify credible consortia for sustainable battery production in EU in early 2019
DIGITAL: High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence releases a first draft of ethics guidelines on AI
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: European Parliament/Council agreement on minimum coverage of losses inherent in future stock of non-performing loans
FINANCE: agreement in view of Council on transparency requirements for sustainable investments
STATE AIDS: green light for €1.75 billion support for a first project of common European interest to four countries in microelectronics
EXTERNAL ACTION
AFRICA: Africa-Europe Forum in Vienna has laid foundations for a win-win partnership for investment and employment in the continent
SERBIA: Belgrade calls for regional stability
KOSOVO: Ramush Haradinaj denounces EU's policy towards his country
KOSOVO: Europeans ask Pristina that creation of army not have a negative impact on dialogue with Belgrade
TUNISIA: third meeting of European and Tunisian negotiators to move towards a free trade agreement
TRADE: for 37% of European exporters, rules of origin are a major constraint
INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: Commission is satisfied with legislative changes in Warsaw after Court of Justice has confirmed merits of its action
BUDGET: financial support for NGOs must be more transparent, says European Court of Auditors
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AIDS: green light for German measure to support very high-speed Internet
STATE AIDS: green light for a Greek reduction measure on a renewable surcharge for energy-intensive companies
STATE AIDS: green light for Italian measure supporting noise reduction in rail freight transport
BANKS: Member States will not validate ‘Risk Reduction’ legislative package by end of 2018
JUSTICE: European Parliament consulted again on recast of ‘Brussels II bis’ Regulation