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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12305

27 July 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 27
BREACHES OF EU LAW / Energy
Eight Member States urged to transpose EU rules on indirect land-use change
Brussels, 26/07/2019 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission decided on Thursday 25 July to send letters of formal notice to Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland and Slovakia for failing to fully transpose EU rules reinforcing the sustainability of biofuels (Directive (EU) 2015/1513).

The Directive in question aims to reduce the risk of indirect land use change linked to biofuel production.

Indirect land use change occurs when agricultural land used for growing crops for food or feed purposes starts to be...

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?