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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12266

30 May 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 37
NEWS BRIEFS / Justice
Large international trafficking of heroin substitute dismantled

29/05/2019 (Agence Europe) – The European Judicial Cooperation Agency, Eurojust, announced on Wednesday 29 May the dismantling of extensive trafficking in Subutex, a drug prescribed for heroin withdrawal, between France and Ukraine, via Poland. The estimated profits would be €10 million. In total, nine suspects - five French and four Ukrainians - were arrested in a major raid on 22 May, carried out jointly by the French, Polish and Ukrainian authorities, supported by Eurojust and...

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ASCENSION: Dear subscriber, our offices are closed on Thursday 30 and Friday 31 May. EUROPE 12267 will be dated 4 June 2019
BEACONS
BEACONS: A post-election period of selection
EXTERNAL ACTION
WESTERN BALKANS: Commission reiterates its recommendation that accession EU negotiations be opened with Albania and North Macedonia
WESTERN BALKANS: for Mr Zamfir, “no country is immune to malign influences”
TURKEY: country's accession negotiations with EU still at a standstill
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SECURITY: EU Member States call for further action to combat hybrid threats
SECTORAL POLICIES
SPACE: “European preference is a must!”, says Jan Wörner
RESEARCH: several Member States recall importance of investing 3% of national GDP in R&I
DIGITAL: Commission shall detail Regulation on free movement of data which has entered into force
JUSTICE: prosecutors from eight countries will have a reduced term of 3 years in European Public Prosecutor's Office
MIGRATION: ministers called on 7 June to set first modalities of ‘migration’, ‘borders’ and ‘internal security’ funds
ENERGY: launch of a €100 million investment fund for clean energy
FISHERIES: confirmation of differences between Member States on certain aspects of EMFF fund 2021-2027
FISHERIES: European agency in Vigo is helping to monitor fisheries in West Africa
ANIMAL HEALTH: EU Council insists on measures to prevent spread of transboundary animal diseases
CLIMATE: too many Member States benefit from energy transition aid without turning their backs on coal, according to CAN Europe
CLIMATE: Christos Stylianides wants to strengthen public/private partnerships in the EU's adaptation strategy
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ITALY: Commission asks Rome for explanations on its budgetary trajectory
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Commission submits its analysis of offers of four countries wishing to host European Labour Authority
INSTITUTIONAL
CATALONIA: UN and ECHR are blowing hot and cold toward independence fighters
COURT OF JUSTICE: 14 judges appointed to EU General Court
COMMISSION: Commission appoints new Directors-General to its departments for energy and for trade
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
AZERBAIJAN: ECHR pinpoints Baku for non-compliance with a judgment calling for release of Ilgar Mammadov
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: EIB provides €73.5 million loan to modernise urban bus fleet in Barcelona
TRADE: member States confirm their interest in a public procurement instrument
FINANCE: Commission adopts technical standards on European Single Electronic Format
TAXATION: OECD adopts its work programme on global tax reform
INDUSTRY: ‘Dieselgate’, recall of rigged cars is still very slow, according to T&E
JUSTICE: large international trafficking of heroin substitute dismantled
DIGITAL: worried Huawei calls on American justice system to speed up its assessment
WTO: continued strong opposition to allocation of post-Brexit tariff quotas
CSDP: Brigadier General Christian Habersatter to head EUTM Mali
CSDP: Antti Hartikainen to be appointed Head of Mission for EUAM Ukraine
TRANSPORT: Drone Alliance Europe welcomes adoption by Commission of regulations applicable to UAVs
VENEZUELA: meeting between International Contact Group and Lima Group in New York on 3 June
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 03/06 to 09/06/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 9 June 2019