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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12257

18 May 2019
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Taxation
Romania takes three legislative texts on excise duties hostage
Brussels, 17/05/2019 (Agence Europe)

A plume of smoke goes up at the EU Council on excise duties. On Friday 17 May, European Finance Ministers once again failed to reach political agreement ('general approach') on the three legislative texts on the table (see EUROPE B12124A12). Romania, which currently holds the Presidency of the EU Council, blocked their adoption because it failed to get the exemption it wanted on its 'homemade' alcohol. 

An agreement at the meeting on the Directive on the harmonisation of the structures of...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Romania takes three legislative texts on excise duties hostage
TAXATION: EU Member States agree to discuss, but not necessarily coordinate, on negotiation of tax reforms at OECD
TAXATION: European ‘black’ list now includes 12 non-cooperative non-Member States
TAXATION: VAT carousel fraud, Eugen Teodorovici returns the ball to European Commission
FINANCE: France, Germany and Netherlands take initiative to relaunch Capital Markets Union
EUROGROUP: no significant progress on fiscal capacity for euro area until a decisive meeting in June
GREECE: Eurogroup attentive to budgetary impact of socio-economic measures recently announced by Mr Tspiras
ECONOMY: annual inflation up to 1.7% in euro area in April
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CYBERSECURITY: EU adopts sanctions regime for cyberattacks
INSTITUTIONAL
DEMOCRACY: fight against disinformation, EU rather confident on eve of European elections
EXTERNAL ACTION
TUNISIA: EU announces €60 million in assistance for Tunisian youth
CIVIL DEFENCE: in Geneva, Christos Stylianides calls for investments that integrate disaster risk
UNITED STATES: penalties against Airbus, American agri-food industry could prevail
TRADE: 93 anti-dumping measures and 14 countervailing measures in force by end of the first quarter of 2019
SECTORAL POLICIES
JHA: partial agreement expected on 7 June in EU Council on Internal Security Fund after 2020
ENVIRONMENT: innovation for climate neutrality, biodiversity and water on agenda of European ministers on 20 and 21 May
ENERGY: Commission provides guidance for EU countries on how to implement revised provisions on the renovation of buildings
ENERGY: WindEurope fears a future European Parliament that may be less favourable to renewable energies
SOCIAL - EDUCATION - CULTURE - YOUTH - SPORT
SOCIAL: OSHA strongly recommends that use of AI be supervised
SOCIAL: trade unions launch an appeal to protect European space sector from international competition
EYCS: during election campaign, EU ministers to address issue of disinformation
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: an important step has been taken towards an exit from Russian crisis
NEWS BRIEFS
SPACE: ESA wants to increase load capacity and reduce Ariane 6's costs
DIGITAL: Copyright Directive published in Official Journal of the EU
CIVIL DEFENCE: forest fires in Tenerife, EU provides Spain with satellite maps
SOCIAL: IndustriALL sounds alarm about dismantling of European steel sector
SYRIA: EU extends its sanctions for 1 year
TURKEY: EU has already allocated €4.2 billion of €6 billion pledged under European Refugee Facility
TRANSPORT: trade unions call on candidates in European elections to support Ryanair staff
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: Does anyone care?
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 20/05 to 26/05/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 2 June 2019