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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12331

20 September 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 35
SECTORAL POLICIES / Transport
Discussions continue in EU Council on road charges
Brussels, 19/09/2019 (Agence Europe)

Experts from the Council of the European Union's Land Transport Working Party worked on Tuesday 17 September on the first draft compromise of the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union on the revision of Directive 1999/EC on road infrastructure user charges (see EUROPE B12326A13), with discussions expected to continue in the coming weeks.

While this text introduces more flexibility than proposed by the former Romanian Presidency of the institution...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Europe’s autumn - part planning, part improvisation
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: Mrs von der Leyen awaits outcome of hearings to review portfolios allocated to Commissioners-designate
UNITED KINGDOM: London sent Commission written ideas to replace Irish backstop
GREENS/EFA: European Parliament environmentalists examine possibility of an alliance with M5S
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Laura Codruţa Kövesi obtains support of Member States to take over leadership of European Public Prosecutor's Office
MIGRATION: France and Italy advocate mechanism for automatic distribution of migrants with sanctions for non-compliant countries
DIGITAL: despite American measures, Huawei is trying to look to future
ENERGY: Maroš Šefčovič welcomes progress in trilateral gas negotiations
ENERGY: National Energy and Climate Plans and climate neutrality on EU Council's agenda on 24 September
TRANSPORT: MEPs vote against referring social and market aspects of 'mobility' package I to Commission
TRANSPORT: discussions continue in EU Council on road charges
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca’s contribution to EU climate action
RESEARCH: nearly a hundred European associations are asking for a budget of 120 billion euros for Horizon Europe
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
MONEY LAUNDERING: European Parliament calls on Member States to implement EU rules properly
TURKEY: European Parliament urges Ankara to reinstate opposition mayors to office
MYANMAR: Parliament urges Myanmar to end violence against Rohingya
IRAN: European Parliament calls for release of imprisoned European dual nationals
FUTURE OF EU: European Parliament overwhelmingly adopts its resolution on importance of European remembrance
PLANTS: European Parliament calls on EU to take action to ensure non-patentability of products obtained from essentially biological processes
SOCIAL: Mrs Thyssen says status of volunteer firefighters may be subject to derogations from ‘Working Time’ Directive
EXTERNAL ACTION
SAKHAROV PRIZE: European Parliament political groups announce their candidates for 2019 Prize
AFRICA: EU mobilises €34.2 million in emergency aid for vulnerable Great Lakes populations
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Germany and France coordinate to consolidate European Union's fiscal and economic foundation
STATE AID: green light for Greek measure to protect households at risk of losing their homes
STATE AID: Commission approves Slovak project for partial compensation of energy-intensive companies
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
DEMOCRACY: Commissioner for Human Rights calls on Malta to drop posthumous charges against a journalist
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: German Peter Jahr appointed European Parliament rapporteur on 'strategic plans' for post-2020 CAP
STATE AID: Commission authorises Lithuania to modify financing of the liquefied natural gas terminal at Klaipėda
CLIMATE: GUE/NGL Group in European Parliament is still negotiating to request a parliamentary committee on climate emergency
CITIZENSHIP: Commission shall not be entitled to receive a citizens' initiative if it requires a proposal for a joint decision
INDUSTRY: gas-powered trucks pollute much more than diesel-powered ones, according to a T&E study
SEAS: EU organises a record number of beach cleaning actions worldwide
MERCOSUR: one after another, Member States take a position against EU/Mercosur trade agreement
CSDP: Christopher Reynolds appointed Head of mission EUCAP Somalia
TRANSPORT: Airports want aviation security to be a priority for next Commission