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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12305

27 July 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 27
BREACHES OF EU LAW / Employment
A reasoned opinion addressed to Hungary for non-compliance of its legislation with Working Time Directive
Brussels, 26/07/2019 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission announced on Thursday 25 July that it had sent a reasoned opinion to Hungary for “failure to comply with its obligation to protect on-call workers” within the meaning of the Working Time Directive (Directive 2003/88/EC)(see EUROPE B8594B10).

The Directive imposes a limit on the average weekly working time for Member States of a maximum of 48 hours (taking into account overtime). However, in Hungary, on-call workers can work up to 72 hours per week over a six-month...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Commission calls on Member States to act after another shipwreck reportedly involving more than 100 missing persons off Libya
JHA: corruption in private sector, EU Member States are making progress, but can do better
FISHERIES: Commission considers effectiveness of Entry/Exit scheme of fishing fleets to be mixed
GMO: Commission authorises 10 GMOs for food and feed, including those of Monsanto/Bayer that are resistant to herbicides
DIGITAL: Court to rule on liability of online merchants who use social networking tools
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: EU must put consumer at centre of a circular economy 2.0, according to European Economic and Social Committee
ENERGY: Energy Union is not yet a reality in daily lives of citizens, according to EESC
ECONOMY - FINANCE
GREECE: further formal extension of post-programme Enhanced Surveillance framework
BREACHES OF EU LAW
SINGLE MARKET: firearms - Commission takes a new step against 20 Member States
SINGLE MARKET: Cyprus singled out by Commission for non-transposition of Trade Secrets Directive
EMPLOYMENT: a reasoned opinion addressed to Hungary for non-compliance of its legislation with Working Time Directive
ENERGY: eight Member States urged to transpose EU rules on indirect land-use change
ENERGY: commission calls on Romania to remove barriers to natural gas exports
ENVIRONMENT: Poland is required to comply with Court of Justice judgment on air quality
ENVIRONMENT: several Member States criticised for non-compliance with legislation on biodiversity, noise, water
FOOD SAFETY: Czech Republic urged to correctly apply law on official controls
EXTERNAL ACTION
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND: trade negotiations with Wellington still on fast track, more sluggish with Canberra
SERBIA: in Belgrade, Mr Hahn recalled fundamentals
SYRIA: Mr Mariani asks EU to resume its contact with Bashar al-Assad
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: green light for French measures to support wind farms
STATE AID: green light for extension of amendments to a Dutch tonnage tax scheme for ships
COHESION: European Commission launches an evaluation of impact of 2007-2013 programme on ICT
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Cyprus appoints Stella Kyriakides as next European Commissioner
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: trade unions and MEPs rise up against homophobia in Poland
UNITED STATES: EU denounces federal government's decision to resume death penalty
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: Commission opens a broad consultation on future of Partnership
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: Will the real Boris Johnson please stand up?