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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12166

8 January 2019
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Animal health
Management of wild boar populations is a priority to contain African swine fever
Brussels, 07/01/2019 (Agence Europe)

The European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis, confirmed on 19 December 2018 in Brussels that the fight against and eradication of African swine fever is an absolute priority for the EU. 

At this informal meeting of EU Agriculture Ministers on African swine fever, the Commissioner focused on the long-term management of wild boar populations (see EUROPE 12118). 

In several parts of Europe, these populations have developed "in an uncontrolled way; this plays...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
GENERAL AFFAIRS: multiannual financial framework 2021-2027 and misinformation on Council's agenda
EUROPEAN COMMISSION:  'Delivery, Destiny and Democracy' will be European Commission's main triptych for 2019
EP2019: Rassemblement national chooses Jordan Bardella as head of list for European elections
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: MEPs are concerned about implications of US CLOUD Act on protection of EU information systems
DIGITAL: final step in negotiations between European Parliament and EU Council on copyright, P2B and sales contracts
AGRICULTURE: milk market situation is considered to be relatively balanced
FISHERIES: public consultation on revision of Eel Regulation
ANIMAL HEALTH: management of wild boar populations is a priority to contain African swine fever
GMOs: Testbiotech accuses Commission of authorising a Monsanto/Bayer maize despite incomplete risk assessment
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: EU Council gives green light to prudential framework for investment firms with a strengthened equivalence regime
STATE AIDS: green light for Greek measure to support faster broadband services
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Malmström-Lighthizer meeting this Tuesday in Washington
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU's ESSN programme for refugees in Turkey has benefited 1.5 million people
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AIDS: Commission is considering extending special schemes applicable to seven types of State aid
STATE AIDS: green light for French aid for extension of Amiens district heating network
BANKS: green light from Member States to European Parliament/Council agreement on minimum coverage of losses inherent to future stock of non-performing loans
COMOROS: EU calls for a constructive dialogue for credible and inclusive elections on 24 March
ENVIRONMENT: Oslo is officially the European Green Capital 2019
MOROCCO: EU is closely monitoring the situation of Gdeim Izik prisoners
UNITED KINGDOM: there will be no further negotiations with London on Brexit agreement, Commission repeats
TRANSPORT: interinstitutional negotiations on combined transport will start on Wednesday 9 January