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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12292
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Biodiversity

Pesticides and bees, Greens in European Parliament warn against weakening EFSA's guidelines

While the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) 2013 guidance document on pesticide risk assessment for bees could have been validated by a Commission implementing act, it risks being significantly weakened, warned and deplored the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament on Tuesday 9 July.

Their warning was issued ahead of the PAFF Committee meeting on 16 July where this subject will be on the agenda, bearing in mind that, since 19 July 2018, the draft implementing act strictly based on...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: How to become the President of the European Commission
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: EU Finance Ministers confirm their differences on new own resources for EU
BUDGET: EU Council endorses emergency measures for 2019 in the event of no-deal Brexit
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Phil Hogan again appointed as Irish member of next College
PARLIAMENT: uncertainty about continuation of work on strategic agenda in European Parliament
UNITED KINGDOM: British Brexit Minister in Brussels to raise again question of reopening withdrawal agreement
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Sanrio hit with €6.2 million fine for restricting cross-border sales of Hello Kitty merchandising products
GREECE: Eurogroup concerned about ‘Mitsotakis’ government's compliance with economic and budgetary commitments
CROATIA: Eurogroup welcomes Zagreb's wish to participate in ERM II exchange rate mechanism
ECONOMY: Eurogroup takes position in favour of neutral but differentiated fiscal stance in euro area in 2020
TAXATION: Commission considering extension after 2020 of tax derogation for rum from French outermost regions
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: free trade agreement with Mercosur worries several EU Member States
FOOD: when innovation is on European consumers’ plates
BIODIVERSITY: pesticides and bees, Greens in European Parliament warn against weakening EFSA's guidelines
JUSTICE: data transfer by Facebook to United States, Max Schrems again before Court of Justice
JUSTICE: Commission notes problems in transposition of Directive on protection of euro against counterfeiting
ENERGY: solar thermal market in EU up by 8.4% in 2018
ENERGY: further improvements needed for ENTSOG's gas network development plan
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: EU, Germany, France and United Kingdom urge Tehran to respect nuclear agreement
AZERBAIJAN: Tusk and Aliyev highlight importance of EU-Baku relations
AFGHANISTAN: EU welcomes conclusion of intra-Afghan dialogue
CHINA: EU calls for release of those still detained 4 years after '709 crackdown’
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND : trade negotiations with Oceania partners continue at sustained pace
WTO: authorisation of pesticides in EU leaves more than 100 members critical of European legislation
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Finnish EU Council Presidency focuses on fight against hybrid and cyber threats
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Commission puts forward a series of recommendations to ensure a transition that is both green and socially just
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: EU position for next meeting of International Organisation of Vine and Wine
ENERGY: EU Council takes note of report on obligations under Convention on Nuclear Safety
IMF: Europeans will present a single candidate for succession of Mrs Lagarde
EUROPEAN LEFT: Gregor Gysi does not wish to run for leadership of Party of the European Left
PARLIAMENT: Juan Fernando López Aguilar could once again chair European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee
CSDP: mandates of Heads of Mission of EUPOL COPPS and EUBAM Rafah extended until 30 June 2020
RESEARCH: EU invests €35 million to develop artificial intelligence in fight against cancer
REGIONS: cities and regions call for establishment of specific support for coal mining regions
SOCIAL: according to Eurostat, employment rate of third-country nationals in EU is on average much lower than that of European citizens
ERRATUM
UKRAINE: EU has signed five programmes for €119 million and not €129 million