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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12308

1 August 2019
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INSTITUTIONAL / United kingdom
First contacts are taking place this week between Boris Johnson's teams and Article 50 ‘task force’
Brussels, 31/07/2019 (Agence Europe)

David Frost, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s 'Europe' adviser, was in Brussels on Wednesday 31 July and will stay there on Thursday 1 August, to meet the Article 50 team led by Michel Barnier, as well as Clara Martinez, Jean-Claude Juncker's Head of Cabinet and Ilze Junhansone, Acting Secretary-General of the Commission, said the Commission on Wednesday 31 July, referring to a traditional visit to present the respective teams.

However, according to the British media, this...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: first contacts are taking place this week between Boris Johnson's teams and Article 50 ‘task force’
EXTERNAL ACTION
GULF: there is no demand for a NATO mission, according to Jens Stoltenberg
CHINA: EU urges Beijing to immediately release Huang Qi
TRADE: anti-dumping investigation on Chinese exports of certain polyvinyl alcohols (PVAs)
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: European citizens’ initiative launched to ban pesticides and support sustainable agriculture
ENERGY: Commission to introduce anti-subsidy duties on Indonesian biodiesel
FISHERIES: plea for recovery plan for sardine stock in Iberian Peninsula
EDUCATION: European Union is developing joint master’s programmes with Japan
DIGITAL: EESC highlights potential and challenges of blockchain
INDUSTRY: EESC fears a massive relocation of automotive industry
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Labour Agency Regulation and Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions enter into force
ECONOMY
ECONOMY: seasonally adjusted general government deficit down to 0.5% and 0.6% of GDP in euro area and EU respectively in first quarter of 2019
STATE AID: green light for Greek measure to support development of ultrafast broadband
STATE AID: green light for Croatian aid for an LNG terminal
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Commission launches consultation on impact of CAP on soil management
STATE AID: green light for Portuguese aid to tissue paper plant
STATE AID: green light for Austrian aid to SME financing companies
BELARUS: EU calls on Minsk to establish a moratorium on death penalty
UNITED STATES: Spanish acetone exports subject to preliminary anti-dumping measures
TRADE: commission renews its countervailing duty against imports of certain types of Indian PET
MIGRATION: agreement between five countries and Italian Church to take responsibility for 131 migrants from Libya
MOZAMBIQUE: EU will observe general elections on 15 October
RESEARCH: European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking launches its initial calls