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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12195

16 February 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 37
NEWS BRIEFS / Social affairs
Member States approve Interinstitutional Agreement on Working Conditions Directive

15/02/2019 (Agence Europe) – Member States' ambassadors to the EU ('Coreper') validated on Friday 15 February. the provisional Interinstitutional Agreement on the Working Conditions Directive, concluded in trilogue on 7 February (see EUROPE 12189), aimed at making working conditions more transparent and predictable across the EU. As a reminder, this directive provides in particular that: - the definition of ‘worker' will be left to the discretion of the Member States, but always within...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: results of car import survey should point to a new transatlantic tug-of-war
UNITED STATES: Iran was notably absent in discussion between Ms Mogherini and Mr Pompeo
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Ukraine, Syria, Venezuela and Horn of Africa on agenda of EU ministers
AFRICA: EU contributes €45 million to ABC Fund to promote access to capital for small farmers
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Romanian Presidency of the EU Council still does not have a mandate from Member States to continue work on ‘asylum’ package
JUSTICE: European Parliament and Council enter into heart of institutional negotiations on whistleblowers
ENVIRONMENT: Persistent Organic Pollutants, resumption of European Parliament/Council negotiations Tuesday 19 February
COMPETITIVENESS: EU ministers will discuss impact of artificial intelligence on European industry
TRANSPORT: Agreement at EU Council on measures to facilitate road transport in event of no-deal Brexit
TRANSPORT: Agreement between States on air transport measures in event of no-deal Brexit
COHESION: local and regional authorities delighted with Parliament vote on Regulation laying down common provisions
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: supervision of central counterparties, co-legislators address governance issues
FINANCE: Better Finance launches a petition calling for better capital protection in future PEPPs
INSTITUTIONAL
GENERAL AFFAIRS: Rule of law, post-2020 EU budget and sustainable Europe by 2030 both on the ministerial agenda
UNITED KINGDOM: Theresa May again defeated after her motion in parliament was rejected
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: regulation on coordination of social security systems, European Parliament makes proposals on frontier workers
EDUCATION: Commission allocates additional €251 million to Erasmus+ for 2019
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
INTERNAL MARKET: a State may not invalidate through a retroactive rule credit agreements concluded with foreign lenders not authorised to provide such services in its territory
NEWS BRIEFS
BANGLADESH: Rohingya crisis: EU increases humanitarian aid by €24 million
BANKS: Member States confirm institutional agreement on ‘risk reduction’ package
CLIMATE: CO2 emissions from new heavy goods vehicles, Romanian Presidency gets green light to negotiate with European Parliament
SPAIN: Pedro Sánchez calls parliamentary elections on 28 April
COHESION: cross-border mechanism: European Parliament adopts its position at first reading
COMPANIES: Council go-ahead for Interinstitutional Agreement on rules facilitating online company registration
JHA: Agreement on explosive precursors confirmed by Member States
NORTH MACEDONIA: change of name formally notified to EU
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Member States approve Interinstitutional Agreement on Working Conditions Directive
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: trade unions concerned about scope restriction of European Labour Authority's activities in international transport
SWITZERLAND: conclusions on state of EU-Swiss relations adopted by Member States
TRANSPARENCY: EU institutions commit to conclude an agreement on transparency register as soon as possible
TRANSPORT: green light from Member States to inter-institutional agreements on seafarer training and aerodynamic cabins
TRANSPORT: trade unions disappointed with European Parliament vote on market rules for coach transport
TRANSPORT: ports satisfied with interinstitutional agreement on establishment of European maritime single window environment
CORRIGENDUM
INTERNAL MARKET: European Parliament adopts position on ‘single market' programme at first reading without going through ‘trilogue'
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: Nevertheless, she persists
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institution: 18/02 to 24/02/2019
Other events: until 3 March 2019