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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12295

13 July 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 27
CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
From 15/07 to 21/07/2019

Monday 15 July

  • Brussels. Council of the EU. Foreign Affairs Council. – Topical issues (Sudan, Ethiopia, Venezuela, Turkey's illegal drilling in the Mediterranean, results of the EU/Ukraine summit and the EU-G5 Sahel ministerial meeting). – Iran: situation in the country in the light of recent developments concerning the Iranian nuclear agreement and the EU's common comprehensive plan. – Iraq: adoption of conclusions; situation in the country after last year's parliamentary...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENTARY PLENARY: vote on Presidency of European Commission, humanitarian situation in Mediterranean and Venezuela on European Parliament agenda
PARLIAMENT: overview of political group coordinators by committee
PARLIAMENT: MEPs of Social Affairs Committee meet on Monday 15 July to elect their Chair
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Mr Juncker validates candidacies of Mr Mircea Pașcu and Ms Simson without assigning them a portfolio
FUTURE OF EU: young people have greatly boosted turnout in European elections
INSTITUTIONAL: Commission notes a fall in number of reasoned opinions of national parliaments in 2018
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: an ambitious circular economy policy would serve climate and biodiversity, according to EU ministers
AGRICULTURE: sugar report shows differences between countries on coupled support and neonicotinoids
AGRICULTURE: Italy is required to comply with Court's judgment on recovery of amounts due by its milk producers
AGRICULTURE: EU conditionally accepts an extension of International Sugar Agreement
COHESION: convergence of views between Younous Omarjee and highest representatives of Committee of Regions
CONSUMERS: Commission ensures that Airbnb complies with EU law and improves presentation of its prices
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Iran, Iraq, CAR, Turkey, migration and Moldova on agenda of Foreign Affairs Council
UNITED STATES: Mutual Recognition Agreement on pharmaceutical inspections finalised
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: possibility of a European 'grey' list of high-risk non-Member States is being considered
FINANCE: financial technology, ESMA does not recommend any changes to European regulations at this stage
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
AGRICULTURE: EU General Court confirms ban on use of hormones to raise panga in organic aquaculture
COMPETITION: General Court of EU confirms a Commission decision on a cartel concerning optical disk drives
NEWS BRIEFS
BUDGET: Commissioner Oettinger to visit Finland to discuss negotiations on 2021-2027 financial framework
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Italian government chooses close relative of Matteo Salvini as future European Commissioner
SPACE: ESA and Arianespace set up a commission of inquiry following failure to launch of Vega
MERCOSUR: EU-Mercosur trade agreement will be published before summer break
DIGITAL: ZTE also opens a cybersecurity centre in Brussels
PARLIAMENT: Antonio Tajani to Chair European Parliament Conference of Committee Chairs
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: No deal gets real
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institutions: from 15/07 to 21/07/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 28 July 2019