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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12322

7 September 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 25
EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade
CJEU's opinion on CETA sets in stone protection of European standards, according to Mr Lenaerts
Brussels, 06/09/2019 (Agence Europe)

Koen Lenaerts, President of the Court of Justice of the European Union, discussed the key issues and elements of the Court's Opinion 1/17 on CETA, the trade agreement between the European Union and Canada, at a seminar organised by his services on Friday 6 September.

At the heart of this opinion, which concerned the Investment Court system (ICS), provided for without CETA: the clarification by the Court as to the autonomy of the European legal order (see EUROPE B12245A3).

The Court stated in...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: 'von der Leyen' team takes shape
EU2019FI: net contributors will not unconditionally increase their contribution to EU budget after 2020, warns Antti Rinne
COURT OF AUDITORS: audit identifies areas for improvement in Commission's public consultation process
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: EU denounces Tehran's new measures against nuclear agreement
HUMAN RIGHTS: EU launches new initiative to support religious commitments
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Hahn urges leaders to form a government
TRADE: CJEU's opinion on CETA sets in stone protection of European standards, according to Mr Lenaerts
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: EASO's internal governance is improving, according to its Director
JUSTICE: commission welcomes Member States' progress in improving Roma education
BIODIVERSITY: Commission and MEPs debate stronger EU action by Ursula von der Leyen
CLIMATE: Commission outlines to European Parliament next steps to be taken as a result of Ursula von der Leyen's guidelines
FOOD SAFETY: Colombian fish oil could be contaminated by fuel, says EU
DIGITAL: work on confidentiality of electronic communications resumes in European Parliament
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: OECD observes a slowdown in pace of tax reforms in 2019
FINANCE: Bruno Le Maire wants to launch an international reflection on creation of a public cryptocurrency
ECONOMY: seasonally adjusted GDP up by 0.2% in euro area and EU in second quarter of 2019
CULTURE
CULTURE: Niklas Nienaß campaigns for a new intergroup of cultural creators in European Parliament
NEWS BRIEFS
BAHAMAS: EU provides initial emergency aid of €500,000 for victims of Hurricane Dorian
JHA: EU-Australia ‘PNR’ agreement automatically renewed until 2026
JUSTICE: Eurojust brings down a Slovak criminal group involved in human trafficking in United Kingdom
UNITED KINGDOM: future trade agreement, a tug-of-war begins over issue of London's compliance with European standards
ADDENDUM
ENVIRONMENT: forest protection, own-initiative report that MEPs will prepare is legislative
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: Brexit is impossible, either way
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institutions: from 09/09 to 15/09/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 22 September 2019