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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12179

25 January 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 45
BREACHES OF EU LAW / Taxation
United Kingdom before Court for its VAT exemptions for certain commodity markets
Brussels, 24/01/2019 (Agence Europe)

Despite a reminder in July 2018, the United Kingdom has still not complied with EU rules on value added tax (VAT) (Directive 2006/112/EC). The European Commission took action on Thursday 24 January and has decided to refer the country to the EU Court of Justice over its VAT exemptions in certain commodity markets.

The VAT Directive provides for a derogation from the usual system for collecting VAT, allowing Member States which, at 1 January 1977, applied special measures to simplify the...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: Why not look on this as an opportunity to reunify Ireland? (1)
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
SOCIAL: European Parliament and Council reach a minimum agreement on Directive on work-life balance
EDUCATION: British may soon no longer be able to benefit from Erasmus+’s excellent results
EXTERNAL ACTION
SINGAPORE: European Parliament Committee gives green light to free trade and investment agreements with Singapore
VENEZUELA: EU does not officially recognise self-proclaimed President Juan Guaidó
ETHIOPIA: EU invests €130 million to support growth and job creation
ISRAEL: skirmishes between EU and Israel over financing of certain BDS-promoting NGOs by EU
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: Civilian Operations Commander requests more qualified personnel for EU missions
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Work in Council on European Asylum Agency has not reached conclusion
JUSTICE: European Parliament working on its position on Justice programme for 2021-2027
JUSTICE: European Parliament considers recast of Brussels II a regulation under simplified procedure a second time
JUSTICE: industry representatives and policy makers rate first six months of GDPR as positive, despite some difficulties
TRANSPORT: European Parliament/Council discussions on combined transport are progressing at a slow pace
TRANSPORT: European Parliament/Council agreement on road infrastructure safety management expected in February
ENVIRONMENT: noise and environmental pollution continues to rise in aviation sector
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs want Member States to properly implement directive on sustainable use of pesticides
AGRICULTURE: Romanian Presidency of Council hopes to 'make progress' on post-2020 CAP dossier
AGRICULTURE: 99% of public stocks of skimmed milk powder are now sold
SPACE: EIB publishes report to encourage investment in European space sector
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: monetary institute remains on course notwithstanding uncertainties surrounding economic growth
TAXATION: status quo on tax transparency country by country in EU Council
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: no orderly Brexit agreement without a safety net for Ireland, recalls European Parliament
ROMANIA: for Ms Dăncilă, criticism of rule of law is due to misinformation
BREACHES OF EU LAW
SOCIAL: Austria denounced for its law indexing family benefits according to country of residence
TAXATION: VAT refund, Commission refers Germany to EU Court of Justice
TAXATION: United Kingdom before Court for its VAT exemptions for certain commodity markets
TAXATION: Italy brought to court for discriminatory treatment in terms of property registration fees
ECB: Slovenia brought before Court for breach of duty in loyal cooperation
ENERGY: Czechia and Slovenia referred to Court for building energy performance
INTERNAL MARKET: Hungary is referred to Court over retail sale of agricultural products
AGRICULTURE: Commission asks Denmark to enforce protection of 'Feta' PDO
BIODIVERSITY: Spain taken to court for failure to protect Doñana Natural Park
ENVIRONMENT: Spain brought before Court for non-compliance with Floods Directive in Canary Islands
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament Committee approved agreement with Council on unfair trading practices
STATE AID: more than 96% of State aid could be implemented without prior notification to Commission since 2015
FUTURE OF THE EU: Mini-summit of EU Mediterranean countries scheduled for end of January in Nicosia
PATENTS: 40 organisations urge European Patent Office to stop granting patents on living organisms
JUSTICE: Google challenges CNIL's fine for breach of EU data protection regulations
MIGRATION: European Parliament is ready to negotiate with Council on new mandate of liaison officers in third countries
EP2019: European Left Party will decide on Spitzenkandidate
EP2019: European Spring is about to adopt its programme for European elections
EP2019: members of Yellow Vests present a controversial list in European elections
SENEGAL: EU will observe presidential elections on 24 February
SOCIAL: trade unions call for Working Conditions Directive to be extended “to each worker”
THAILAND: EU welcomes announcement of parliamentary elections on 24 March, which are important for restoring democracy