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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12270
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy

EU Council praises merits of non-power nuclear and radiological technologies

On Thursday 6 June, the EU Council adopted conclusions on non-power nuclear and radiological technologies and applications.

Acknowledging the important role of nuclear and radiological technologies in areas such as medicine, industry, research and environment, the EU Council invites the Commission to support research in these sectors.

The EU Council also asks the Commission to develop an Action Plan, which should address three specific aims: secure the supply of radioisotopes for medical...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: digitisation of judicial cooperation, ministers want a long transition period and derogations
JUSTICE: commissioner Věra Jourová calls for efforts on missing appointments in European Public Prosecutor's Office
JUSTICE: Commission has its mandate to negotiate a transatlantic agreement on access to e-evidence
JUSTICE: EMCDDA reports record cocaine seizures in EU
JUSTICE: lawful interception of communications could be disrupted by 5G, says Mr de Kerchove
TRANSPORT: differences of opinion in EU Council on air transport taxation to combat climate change
TRANSPORT: EU Council approves progress reports on several legislative dossiers
TRANSPORT: EU Council reaches agreement on electronic exchange of information in freight
TRANSPORT: EU States and Eastern Partnership countries reaffirm their cooperation
ANIMAL HEALTH: NGO AAP campaigns for EU-wide ban on wild animals in circuses
ENERGY: EU should produce more electricity from wind and solar power, advises Court of Auditors
ENERGY: EU Council praises merits of non-power nuclear and radiological technologies
INSTITUTIONAL
S&D: group chair, two choices currently on table
ALDE: group still does not have a new name
GUE/NGL: La France insoumise outlines its main priorities in European Parliament
CATALONIA: Alfred Bosch calls for national rules to be overruled and for Mr Puigdemont and Mr Comin to be accredited
ECONOMY - FINANCE
ECB: monetary institute will not raise its key rates at least until mid-2020
ECONOMY: GDP up by 0.4% in euro area and by 0.5% in EU in first quarter of 2019
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Revision of steel safeguard measures is already underway
TUNISIA: during a fourth round of trade negotiations, Tunisians recall that agreement must be “asymmetrical and progressive”
UKRAINE: EU announces additional actions for Azov Sea region this summer
YOUTH
YOUTH:  Ninety-five thousand young people applied to DiscoverEU initiative
BREACHES OF EU LAW
INTERNAL MARKET: Commission singles out all EU Member States on services
INTERNAL MARKET: electronic invoicing, 12 Member States on European Commission's radar
ENVIRONMENT: Commission gives nine Member States formal notice about ship recycling
ENVIRONMENT: Portugal singled out by European Commission for protection of its marine waters
TAXATION: Commission refers Austria to EU Court of Justice for failure to comply with VAT rules applicable to travel agencies
TAXATION: Spain brought before European Court concerning imposition of disproportionate penalties for non-declaration of assets held abroad
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: green light given to a Dutch measure to support creation of a development bank
PATENTS: counterfeiting causes EU to lose more than €60 billion each year, according to EPO and EUIPO
COLOMBIA: EU mobilises €6 million for most vulnerable people
ESTONIA: Estonia nominates its future candidate for European Commission
JHA: final green light for new security rules for future identity cards
JHA: EU ministers definitively adopt new EU visa rules
JUSTICE: EU Council asks Commission to carry out a study on retention of electronic communication data for purpose of fighting crime
MERCOSUR: “it is not excluded that trade negotiations may end before the summer”, says Mrs Malmström
DIGITAL: Directive on re-use of public sector information finally adopted
FISHERIES: Commission requests go-ahead from EU Council to negotiate new EU/Mauritania fisheries agreement
FISHERIES: EU Council approves legislation on EU/Guinea-Bissau fisheries agreement
FISHERIES: EU Council adopts multiannual fish management plan for Mediterranean
TRANSPORT: EU Council go-ahead for Interinstitutional Agreement on training for seafarers