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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12182

30 January 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 36
NEWS BRIEFS / Social
Still no agreement on scope of working conditions directive

29/01/2019 (Agence Europe) – The latest interinstitutional meeting (trilogue) on the Working Conditions Directive – which took place on Monday, 28 January, and lasted late into the night – failed to reach an agreement regarding the scope of the legislative text. In fact, both parties are digging their heels in: the European Parliament wants to include a reference to case law of Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the definition of the term ‘worker’, whereas the...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
DEMOCRACY: Mixed record of voluntary measures taken to combat disinformation
DIGITAL: European Parliament/Council agreement on sale of goods online and offline
JHA: MEPs want to exempt British citizens from visas for short stays in EU, with or without orderly Brexit
MIGRATION: Jacques Delors Institute advocates enhanced cooperation on asylum to remedy failure of Dublin Regulation revision
JUSTICE: in front of MEPs, Commissioner Věra Jourová defends electronic evidence regulation
JUSTICE: selection committee will hear this week from first 11 candidates for post of head of European Public Prosecutor's Office
JUSTICE: Fight against corruption stalled in most Member States, deplores Transparency International
JUSTICE: entry into force of European Regulations on Matrimonial Property Regimes and Registered Partnerships
TRANSPORT: EPP MEPs on European Parliament Committee in favour of a new vote in plenary session on first ‘mobility’ package
TRANSPORT: MEPs want to strengthen Commission’s proposal on electronic freight transport information
TRANSPORT: European Parliament and Council hope to complete negotiations on public procurement of clean vehicles on 11 February
ENERGY: US soya bean certification system is compatible with EU standards
AGRICULTURE: MEPs are struggling to find compromises on texts establishing CAP post-2020
AGRICULTURE: eight Member states call for a European action plan on plant proteins
ANIMAL HEALTH: Commission insists on increased cooperation to control African swine fever
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: controversy at European level on real economic impact of the ‘Juncker Plan’ for investment
EIB: Poland, Romania and Luxembourg will contribute more to the capital of the post-Brexit EU Bank
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
TRADE: CETA’s Investment Court System is compatible with EU law, according to ECJ's Advocate General
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Theresa May is counting on mandate from British Parliament to renegotiate agreement on an orderly Brexit with Twenty-Seven
EP2019: 'Europe must be re-founded in relation to its origins', according to Nico Cué, co-Spitzenkandidate of the European Left Party
BUDGET: European Parliament Committee proposes to double 2021-2027 budget of anti-fraud programme
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Eastern Partnership, Venezuela, Syria and China to be discussed at Gymnich ministerial meeting
BAHRAIN: EU again condemns conviction of Secretary General of Al-Wefaq
CHINA: EU calls on Beijing to release human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang immediately
TRADE: Commission requests WTO consultations with United States on Spanish olives
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: future of EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia to be discussed at informal ministerial meeting in Bucharest
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Parliament/Council agreement on third revision of Directive on protection against carcinogens or mutagens at work
NEWS BRIEFS
ARMENIA: Commissioner Hahn announces new areas of cooperation
CLIMATE: EIB provides €150 million loan to City of Turku for infrastructure renewal
ENVIRONMENT: Implementation of EU legislation, theme of EU Green Week in mid-May
TAXATION: OECD to work on minimum taxation issue
JHA: European Parliament/Council agreement on visa reform for short stays in EU
JUSTICE: European Parliament endorses interinstitutional agreement on data protection in electoral context
PAKISTAN: Europeans welcome Asia Bibi's final acquittal
SOCIAL: still no agreement on scope of working conditions directive
TRANSPORT: MEPs approve interinstitutional agreement on post-Brexit ship inspections