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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12291

9 July 2019
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NEWS BRIEFS / Digital
Hungary co-signs two declarations of cooperation

08/07/2019 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission welcomed on Friday 5 July that Hungary had joined, the day before, two flagship European cooperation initiatives related to cultural heritage and a quantum communication infrastructure respectively. These initiatives have taken the form of declarations. The first - co-signed by all Member States except Croatia, Denmark and Germany - suggests the use of 3D technology to model data and knowledge of cultural heritage and store them in a...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: it would take 'a political miracle' for Greens in European Parliament to vote for nominee Mrs von der Leyen, according to Philippe Lamberts
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: identity of next Belgian member of Commission linked to negotiations on formation of national and regional governments
POLAND: issue of Rule of law will return to ministers' agenda on 18 July
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ITALY: Eurogroup satisfied but cautious about the Commission's decision not to open an excessive Italian deficit procedure
ECOFIN: new revenues for EU budget, ECB Presidency and priorities of Finnish EU Council Presidency on ministerial agenda
TAXATION: EESC study warns against negative impact of corporate tax on economic growth
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: European Commission announces a package of support measures worth €119 million
CENTRAL ASIA: EU and Central Asian countries reaffirm their commitment to forging a strong partnership
LIBYA: EU welcomes UN mission on detention centre attack
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: EU and its Member States must play a leading role in implementation of SDGs, stresses EU Council
WTO: EU is preparing for plurilateral negotiations on Investment Facilitation for Development
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: ministers reflect on outlines of a European 'economy of well-being'
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Agriculture Council will debate on 15 July on green architecture of post-2020 CAP
AGRICULTURE: livestock sector in five EU countries calls for rejection of free trade agreement with Mercosur
AGRICULTURE: global demand for agricultural products will increase by 15% over next ten years
MIGRATION: Commission calls on Member States to develop temporary arrangements for disembarkation of migrants after arrival of new vessels
JUSTICE: British Airways faces a £183 million fine for breach of GDPR Regulation
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EU LAW: Belgium ordered to pay €5,000 per day for failure to notify measures transposing a directive
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: administrative burden of CAP has increased by 2% for farmers since 2013 reform
STATE AID: green light for Dutch measure to support modal shift in transport
TRADE: EU closes anti-dumping investigation on imports of Chinese hot-rolled steel sheet piling
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Member States refuse not to replace Commissioners elected to European Parliament
COMPETITION: conditional green light for acquisition of Flybe, Propius and Stobart Air by Connect Airways
ENVIRONMENT: EEA issues a satisfecit on European E-PRTR register of data on industrial pollutants
JUSTICE: Věra Jourová in Chile and Argentina to review data protection after agreement with Mercosur
KYRGYZSTAN: initialling of cooperation and enhanced partnership agreement
DIGITAL: Hungary co-signs two declarations of cooperation
FISHERIES: EU Council gives green light to negotiate a new EU/Mauritania fisheries agreement
REGIONS: European Commission to open votes for RegioStars Awards 2019 public prize
TRANSPORT: EU Council confirms objection to delegated act on deployment of cooperative intelligent transport systems
TURKMENISTAN: EU to open a delegation in Ashgabat
TURKEY: Ms Mogherini calls on Ankara to abandon a new drilling operation