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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12283

27 June 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 29
NEWS BRIEFS / Finance
EU Council is ready to negotiate with European Parliament on regulation to facilitate crowdfunding

26/06/2019 (Agence Europe) – As announced, on Wednesday 26 June, the Member States' ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) adopted their negotiating position with the European Parliament on the proposal for a regulation to facilitate crowdfunding (see EUROPE B12282A16). The text entrusts the authorisation and supervision of crowdfunding service providers to the competent national authorities and not to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), which is only entrusted with the task of...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
EU2019FI: Antti Rinne advocates a limited budget for euro area supporting investment
EU2019FI: respect for values, climate, and economics of well-being at heart of priorities for upcoming Finnish Presidency of Council of the EU
FUTURE OF EU: for Mr Lambertz, only an election on basis of a European constituency can make Spitzenkandidaten process 'valid and definitive'
GUE/NGL: Martin Schirdewan elected interim president of radical left group
EPP: Manfred Weber in Berlin to review his candidacy for presidency of European Commission on eve of Osaka G20
COMMISSION: Commission says updated Code of Conduct for Commissioners is positive
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CYBERSECURITY: new rules become effective
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: expert group makes specific recommendations for ethical artificial intelligence
ENVIRONMENT: Council of the EU adopts its position on Regulation on reuse of reclaimed water for agricultural irrigation
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council asks Commission for a comprehensive and ambitious strategy to reduce exposure to chemicals
CLIMATE: Netherlands will ask Commission to legislate for taxation of air sector
CLIMATE: climate ambition an absolute priority for incoming Finnish Presidency in order to strengthen leadership of EU
ENERGY: EU internal and external policies must remain coherent, according to EU ministers
MIGRATION: refugee protection must be extended to countries surrounding Libya, according to UNHCR Special Envoy
EXTERNAL ACTION
SWITZERLAND: link between institutional agreement and equivalence for Swiss stock exchange generally supported by Member States, despite reservations
TUNISIA: EU signs four new aid programmes worth €150 million
JORDAN: EU signs new €20 million financial agreement
TURKEY: EU stresses importance of presumption of innocence
SOCIAL - EDUCATION - YOUTH
EDUCATION: launch of “European universities” pilot project of as part of Erasmus+ programme
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Commission opens investigation into Broadcom's exclusive practices and imposes provisional measures
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: GRECO calls on States to remain vigilant against corruption
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ENVIRONMENT: national authorities are competent to control choice of location of air quality monitoring stations, confirms Court
CONSUMERS: airlines are not required to compensate passengers for delays due to gasoline spills on take-off runway, according to Court
NEWS BRIEFS
COMMISSION: Commission appoints new Head of Representation in Croatia and an Adviser for preparation of its EU Council Presidency
FINANCE: EU Council is ready to negotiate with European Parliament on regulation to facilitate crowdfunding
JUSTICE: Facebook commits to cooperating with French judiciary on online hate speech
JUSTICE: Eurojust announces arrest of six people involved in a large-scale Bitcoin theft
TRANSPORT: Member States' ambassadors will vote on delegated act ‘Deployment of cooperative intelligent transport systems’ on 4 July
UNRWA: EU to mobilise an additional €21 million to support UN agency