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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12210

9 March 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 6 / 32
SECTORAL POLICIES / Cohesion
European Parliament/Council of the EU negotiations come to a standstill regarding regulation laying down common provisions 2021-2027
Brussels, 08/03/2019 (Agence Europe)

The latest interinstitutional meeting between the European Parliament and Council of the EU regarding the regulation laying down common provisions for the Structural and Investment Funds post-2020, which was initially scheduled for Tuesday 12 March, was, according to our information, quite simply cancelled by the Council of the EU on Friday 8 March. 

According to our information, the Council of the EU is not yet ready because of a new proposal put forward by the European Commission...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: EU Council adopts its position on ‘E-evidence” directive
JUSTICE: call to order from Commission for discredit brought to bear on Romanian candidature for post of Head of European Public Prosecutor's Office
JUSTICE: path is clear for an interinstitutional agreement regarding Whistleblower Directive
GENDER EQUALITY: European Union celebrates 8 March with pomp and circumstance
TRANSPORT: European Parliament/EU Council partial provisional agreement on Connecting Europe Facility for 2021-2027
COHESION: European Parliament/Council of the EU negotiations come to a standstill regarding regulation laying down common provisions 2021-2027
FISHERIES: a study pushes for use of cameras on board fishing vessels
FISHERIES: European Parliament Committee approves text on end of electric fishing on 1 July 2021
AGRICULTURE: strong increase in European production and imports into EU of organic products
AGRICULTURE: crisis in milk sector is not over, according to MEPs of European Parliament committee
GMOs: due to a lack of sufficient majority, experts of Twenty-eight were unable to approve or reject Monsanto's authorisation of GMOs
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: European Ministers will make a final attempt to reach an agreement on European tax on online advertising on 12 March
ECONOMY: EU ministers consulted on location of a management body for InvestEU 2021-2027 fund
INSURANCE: Commission wishes to relax certain prudential requirements to stimulate investment in SMEs
EUROGROUP: Greece and Eurozone fiscal capacity on agenda of ministerial discussions
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems, European Parliament takes a position on proposals of Romanian Presidency of Council of the EU
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: third Brussels International Conference to reconfirm political commitment and assistance to Syrians and region
UNITED STATES: Ms Malmström wants to launch a “new transatlantic partnership” on trade
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENTARY PLENARY: fate of UK's EU exit agreement will dominate MEPs' session, suspended from British MPs vote
UNITED KINGDOM: Barnier discusses new EU proposals on backstop for Northern Ireland
EPP: if excluded from Hungarian Fidesz party, Viktor Orbán will naturally turn to Polish PiS party
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Coceral expects a 6% increase in cereal crop in 2019
STATE AID: green light to increase budget of a Spanish scheme to support energy-intensive companies
MONEY LAUNDERING: Commission to present a new copy of list of high-risk countries before end of mandate
EDUCATION: great interest in pilot project to set up first European universities
SPACE: Council of the EU postpones approval of Interinstitutional Agreement on post-2020 Space Programme
SEA: public consultation on European Maritime Observation and Data Network
DIGITAL: Cybersecurity Centre regulation on ambassadors' agenda for 13 March
EP2019: European Green Party protests against refusal of Alliance 2020 USR-PLUS to table a list for European elections in Romania
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: Miscommunication
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 13/03 to 17/03/2019
Other events: until 24 March 2019