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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12164

21 December 2018
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Wto
EU in search of new legal avenues to solve Chinese challenge
Brussels, 20/12/2018 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission announced to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Thursday 20 December that it is launching a new procedure against forced technology transfers imposed by China on European operators. This action should make it possible to test extended legal avenues with a view to resolving the challenge posed by the Chinese economic model to the WTO. 

The European authorities accuse China of making any operation by European companies on its territory conditional on technology...

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CHRISTMAS: We wish our subscribers and loyal readers a merry Christmas and a very happy 2019! We are closed from December 21 to January 3 inclusive. EUROPE 12165 will be dated 5 January 2019
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: CO2 from heavy-duty vehicles, political agreement in Council on a binding emissions reduction of 15% in 2025 and 30% in 2030
ENVIRONMENT: Draft of EU's future climate strategy for 2050 is a good basis for discussion, according to European ministers
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament and Council reach provisional agreement on alignment of reporting obligations in EU environmental legislation
TRANSPORT: European Parliament rapporteurs on the ‘mobility’ package I present new draft compromise amendments
TRANSPORT: incoming Romanian Presidency of Council proposes a minimum level revised draft compromise on public procurement of clean road transport vehicles
SPACE: post-2020 space programme, Member States reach a partial agreement
JUSTICE: stakeholders welcome with relief second positive evaluation of Privacy Shield scheme
JUSTICE: Commission is meeting its target of training 800,000 justice professionals on EU law
REGIONS: Regions are meeting with Mr Barnier to take stock in event of a no deal Brexit
FISHERIES: Europeans love seafood, even if it’s expensive
EXTERNAL ACTION
WTO: EU in search of new legal avenues to solve Chinese challenge
EGYPT: EU will organise an investors' conference by mid-2019
PALESTINE: EU announces more than €93 million in additional funding to help Palestinians
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Council gives go-ahead to two proposals for action plan on 'sustainable finance
COMPETITION: interested parties invited to comment on commitments offered by NBC Universal, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros and Sky on pay-TV
COMPETITION: Commission sends a statement of objections to members of an agreement on negotiation of obligations
CULTURE
CULTURE: Creative Europe post-2020, Council deletes special status of EU Youth Orchestra and European Film Academy
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
DIGITAL: Advocate General specifies rules applicable to protection of personal data transmitted by a website to a third party
UKRAINE: former Prime Minister Azarov removed from list of persons subject to asset freeze for 2015 and 2016
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: No deal, no Brexit, no idea
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AIDS: green light for an Italian measure to support modal shift for the transport of iron slabs
STATE AIDS: green light for extension of a French maritime transport scheme
LAUNDERING: Council gives go-ahead to new competences of EBA in fight against money laundering
COMPANIES: Council validates interinstitutional agreement on minimum harmonisation of business insolvency frameworks
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: Council reaches political agreement on priorities of LIFE programme post-2020
HUNGARY: Greens/EFA in European Parliament want a new debate on Hungary
JAPAN: finalisation of ratification procedure for EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement
MIGRATION: new emergency aid of 305 million euros for Greece, Italy, Cyprus and Croatia
DIGITAL: Council validates interinstitutional agreement on reform of EU’s internet domain name .eu
DIGITAL: Member States' representatives to EU approve Cybersecurity Act
SWITZERLAND: Member States validate Commission's decision to extend equivalence for Swiss stock exchange by six months