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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12172

16 January 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 28
SECTORAL POLICIES / Food safety
Reform of EU law for more transparent EFSA assessments, launch of European Parliament/Council negotiations
Brussels, 15/01/2019 (Agence Europe)

Inter-institutional negotiations began on Monday 14 January in Strasbourg on the proposal to reform the EU’s general food law. Negotiators from the Parliament and the Romanian Presidency of the Council, assisted by the European Commission, met for a first ‘trilogue’ on the Commission’s proposal to revise Regulation 178/2002, presented in April 2018, following the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Stop glyphosate’.

At this stage, Parliament and the Council have merely presented...

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INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: British MEPs strongly reject agreement negotiated by Mrs May on orderly exit of United Kingdom from EU
UNITED KINGDOM: European Parliament's main political forces do not, on conditions, oppose extension of Brexit negotiations
EP2019: Party of European Socialists to adopt its election manifesto on 23 February in Madrid
POLAND: European regions and cities in mourning after assassination of Paweł Adamowicz
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
RO2019EU: MEPs are concerned about situation of rule of law in Romania
MIGRATION: European Parliament and Commission once again urge EU Council to make progress on reform of asylum system
TRADE: broad parliamentary support for interinstitutional agreement on safeguard measures
TRANSPORT: MEPs adopt their position on use of vehicles hired without drivers at first reading
EMU: Monetary union a 'policy of peace by other means', says Mr Juncker
TAXATION: MEPs strongly oppose gender bias in EU tax policies
CUSTOMS: European Parliament gives green light to Customs programme for 2021-2027
EIB: European Parliament approves UK withdrawal from EU Bank capital
DIGITAL: artificial intelligence – European Parliament calls for a ‘strategy’ on data
KYRGYZSTAN: European Parliament supports conclusion of ambitious bilateral agreement
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: European parliament calls for more to be done to protect freedom of religion or belief
ENERGY: European Parliament validates continuation of funding from 2021 to 2027 for ITER
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: pesticides, requirement for independence of authorisation procedure in EU justified by new Greens/EFA study
FOOD SAFETY: Chemical hazards, Court of Auditors points to insufficient national controls and an overstretched EFSA
FOOD SAFETY: reform of EU law for more transparent EFSA assessments, launch of European Parliament/Council negotiations
AGRICULTURE: Commission call for proposals launched on programmes to promote agricultural products
SPACE: post-2020 space programme, co-legislators start negotiations
ECONOMY - FINANCE
TAXATION: Commission relaunches debate on a gradual lifting of unanimity lock on tax issues
NEWS BRIEFS
TRADE: EU in trade deficit in 2018, according to Eurostat
RUSSIA: ALDE group in European Parliament denounces murder and imprisonment of members of LGBT community
EL SALVADOR: EU to observe presidential elections on 3 February
SOCIAL: European Labour Authority, European Parliament and Council make progress on the issue of scope
TRANSPORT: European Road Transport Union welcomes European Parliament vote on mobility package I
TRANSPORT: several organisations active in maritime transport react to European Parliament vote on maritime single window environment