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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12199
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NEWS BRIEFS / Energy

Member States approve text of interinstitutional special agreement revising the Gas Directive

21/02/2019 (Agence Europe) – The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Member States to the EU (COREPER) approved, at the end of Wednesday 20 February, the text arising from the political agreement made between institutions regarding the proposal amending Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the natural gas internal market (see EUROPE 12193, 12190). One delegation indicated that it would abstain from voting in the Council regarding formal adoption. The text aims to extend the application of EU gas market rules to pipelines to and from third countries. The objective is also to supervise the controversial Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project. The agreement was facilitated by a Franco-German compromise. (LC)

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SECTORAL POLICIES
INTERNAL MARKET: MEPs tighten rules on general motor vehicle safety
TRANSPORT: still no agreement between European Parliament and Council of European Union on road transport facilitation measures in the event of no-deal Brexit
TRANSPORT: European Parliament/Council agreement on road infrastructure safety management
ENVIRONMENT: reuse of waste water for agricultural irrigation, a Ministerial debate is needed on 5 March to move forward
PLANTS: expansion of emergency measures for citrus fruit imports from Argentina and South Africa
FOOD SAFETY: Polish beef fraud: Commission will publish its audit report before the end of March
FISHERIES: several NGOs call for a six-month moratorium on cod fishing in Eastern Baltic
ENERGY: Council is expected to adopt its position on new tyre labelling rules on 4 March
COHESION: launch of interinstitutional negotiations on Regulation laying down common provisions
INSTITUTIONAL
ROMANIA: new tensions between European Commission and Romanian Government on issue of the rule of law
EP2019: social justice and housing at the heart of renewed 'social contract' in Europe advocated by Mr Timmermans
UNITED KINGDOM: exchanges continue between Commission and United Kingdom to find hoped-for breakthrough
BREXIT: European Medicines Agency's rental contract cannot be invalidated despite Brexit, says UK High Court
DEMOCRACY: EESC calls on all civil society to fight populism in EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: European Parliament/Council negotiations on the supervision of central counterparties are nearly over the finish line
TAXATION: agreement between European Parliament and Council of the European Union on 'Fiscalis' programme for 2021-2027
STATE AID: Opening of an in-depth investigation into the UK capacity market regime
EXTERNAL ACTION
ALBANIA: EU calls for dialogue between political forces
TURKEY: Turkey denounces call by European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs to formally suspend EU accession negotiations
WTO: in Bucharest, Mr Azevêdo calls on Organisation's members to commit themselves as soon as possible to its reform
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs approves European Peace Facility
NEWS BRIEFS
BUDGET: European Parliament Committee postpones discharge of EASO 2017 budget
CATALONIA: turmoil among MEPs following ban on access to European Parliament imposed on Mr Puigdemont
CLIMATE: CAN Europe welcomes MEPs' call to raise the EU's target to 55% reduction in emissions by 2030
ENERGY: Member States approve text of interinstitutional special agreement revising the Gas Directive
SPACE: nearly € 220 million were invested by European private sector in 2018, according to ESPI
FINANCE: Commission consults on companies reporting on climate-related information
GREECE: Joaquín Almunia to lead evaluation on financial assistance
JUSTICE: negotiations on ‘Whistleblowers’ Directive postponed until 26 February
JUSTICE: Member States shall validate European Parliament/Council agreement on access to financial information by law enforcement authorities
DIGITAL: sales contracts: massive support from European Parliament committees for Interinstitutional Agreement
DIGITAL: green light from European Parliament Committee to Interinstitutional Agreement on intermediation platforms
CSDP: EUCAP Sahel Mali mission extended until 14 January 2021
FOOD SAFETY: MEPs validate interinstitutional agreement on the increased transparency of EFSA evaluations
TRANSPORT: green light from Member States to two Interinstitutional Agreements