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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12233

11 April 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 27
SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice
What kind of judicial cooperation between United Kingdom and Twenty-Seven in event of no-deal Brexit
Brussels, 10/04/2019 (Agence Europe)

A few hours before the start of the Brexit Special European Council (see other news) on Wednesday 10 April, the European Commission once again reviewed all its preparatory work in the event of the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU on Friday 12 April without an agreement. 

As far as police and judicial cooperation is concerned, the EU legal framework would cease to apply to the United Kingdom in such a scenario. The Commission has therefore focused on finding “alternative legal...

Contents

Special European Council (Art. 50)
UNITED KINGDOM: Twenty-seven give London an extra six months to successfully exit EU
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: 'Soft law is not enough, but it delivers', says Commissioner Thyssen
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems, ALDE, ECR and EPP would consider postponing plenary vote
SECTORAL POLICIES
RESEARCH: scientific programme that created first image of a black hole was financed by European funds, says European Commission
JUSTICE: what kind of judicial cooperation between United Kingdom and Twenty-Seven in event of no-deal Brexit
TRANSPORT: disagreement in Council of EU on cross-border leasing of vehicles without drivers for carriage of goods
HEALTH: ongoing reflection in EU on safety of health applications
FISHERIES: Commission adopts proposals on EU/Guinea-Bissau fisheries agreement
FISHERIES: Fifteen NGOs call for strong measures to save Iberian sardine
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: WWF welcomes EU Council's call for a comprehensive strategy to achieve SDGs in EU
CONSUMERS: BEUC calls for thorough evaluation of Facebook's practices, more transparency is not enough
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Commission wants to ensure that European rules on marketing of financial services are adapted to digital age
ECB: Mario Draghi confirms that current monetary line is being maintained and warns of consequences of Brexit
EMU: European Parliament's supervision of ECB must be strengthened, according to a report by NGO Positive Money Europe
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: fallout from Airbus/Boeing disputes, a price war is looming
TRADE: investment screening regulation has entered into force
DEVELOPMENT: official development assistance declined in 2018, especially for LDCs, according to OECD preliminary figures
LIBYA: EU reiterates support for negotiations after National Conference postponed
NEWS BRIEFS
COHESION: CEMR sends letter of complaint to ministers on cohesion policy 2021-2027
CONSUMERS: Facebook convicted in France for unfair terms
CULTURE: names of prize winners for Prize for Contemporary Architecture are known
ECONOMY: Commission renews its confidence in members of European Fiscal Board
INDUSTRY: Commission takes a positive look at actions to support European battery sector
IRAQ: EU withdraws nine companies from list of entities subject to sanctions
DIGITAL: Huawei, United States supports EU's position... provided it evolves
TRANSPORT: charter and logistics operators are quite disappointed with European Parliament vote on ‘mobility’ package I
TURKEY: Third Annual Report on Facility for Refugees in Turkey