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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12332

21 September 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 20
CALENDAR / Main activities of european institutions
From 23/09 through 29/09/2019

Monday 23 September

  • Helsinki. Council of the EU. Informal Meeting of Agriculture Ministers (22-24/09). – Carbon sequestration in soils as a means of reducing greenhouse gases from agriculture. – Proposals on the post-2020 CAP (‘new implementation model’ and green architecture of the CAP, adoption timetable). – Consequences of Brexit for the agricultural market and measures to be taken in the event of no-deal Brexit.
  • New York. International meetings. United Nations General...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: ministers have differentiated approaches to direction to take in order to make transport a cleaner sector
MIGRATION: EU condemns shooting death of a migrant brought back to Libya by Libyan coastguards
AGRICULTURE: CAP and soil carbon sequestration to be debated at informal ministerial meeting in Helsinki
ENVIRONMENT: approval by experts from Twenty-Eight to check compliance of more REACH dossiers
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Circular Plastics Alliance’s plans for using 10 million tonnes of recycled plastic per year by 2025
CLIMATE: David Sassoli calls on EU to set an example of immediate and courageous action at UN summit
CUSTOMS: number of interceptions of counterfeit products in EU increased in 2018
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: European Parliament addresses written questions to Commissioners-designate without addressing suspicions of conflicts of interest
EXTERNAL ACTION
WTO: in Airbus dispute, “the EU is placing itself above WTO rules” says Washington
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
FOOD SAFETY: EU General Court confirms ECHA decision qualifying bisphenol A as endocrine disruptor
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: record success of 2019 LIFE call for proposals – 280 million in support requested for 166 projects
CLIMATE: Germany unveils plan to reduce its emissions by 55% by 2030
COMPANIES: SMEs demand that EU should not be only one to commit more to reducing emissions
TAXATION: no stabilised text in view on financial transaction tax
JUSTICE: European judges sound alarm on independence of judiciary in EU
FISHERIES: European Parliament committee debates Brexit and CFP on 24 September
SOCIAL: number of hours worked in second quarter of 2019 exceeded 2008 level, according to Commission study
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: Back to the backstop
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 23/09 through 29/09/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 6 October 2019