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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12347

12 October 2019
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INSTITUTIONAL / Budget
Fraudulent irregularities are up sharply in 2018 in value terms, OLAF notes
Brussels, 11/10/2019 (Agence Europe)

In 2018, the number of fraudulent irregularities affecting the EU budget remained stable compared to 2017, but the financial amounts involved increased by 183%. This is the conclusion of the 30th annual report on the protection of the EU's financial interests, published on Friday 11 October by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).

The OLAF report shows that a total of 11 638 irregularities, fraudulent or not, have been reported to the European Commission, a 25% decrease compared to 2017....

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Member States are divided on overall volume of multiannual financial framework 2021-2027
BUDGET: fraudulent irregularities are up sharply in 2018 in value terms, OLAF notes
UNITED KINGDOM: according to Michel Barnier, EU and London are now in a position to negotiate an agreement on an orderly Brexit
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Emmanuel Macron wants to cut short emerging institutional 'crisis' at EU level
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems, France wants to advance principle of ‘equal work, equal contribution’
SECTORAL POLICIES
PLANTS: priority must be given to fight against 20 quarantine pests on EU territory
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament Committee on Agriculture supports EU-Ukraine poultry meat agreement
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture opposes electronic identification of small ruminants
ENVIRONMENT: European Environmental Economic Accounts are not sufficiently useful due to lack of updated data, according to Court of Auditors
CLIMATE: Costa Rica's Pre-COP, 'encouraging' stepping stone towards more ambition at COP25
TRANSPORT: three organisations call on EU to further support deployment of hydrogen vehicle infrastructure
JUSTICE: 13 Member States in European Commission's sights in fight against sexual abuse of children
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU ministers to discuss responses to Turkish offensive in Syria
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Romania takes fourth piece of excise duty legislation hostage
NEWS BRIEFS
BANKS: Commission consults on implementation of ‘Basel III’ supervisory framework
CATALONIA: Supreme Court of Spain would exclude accusation of rebellion against Catalan separatist leaders
UNITED STATES: Airbus dispute settlement, Washington should receive WTO approval as early as Monday 14 October
FINANCE: Commission consults on European framework for financial benchmarks
FINANCE: eight Member States required to transpose IORP Directive
MEDITERRANEAN: UfM foreign ministers want to focus on climate change and environment
TRANSPORT: Brexit, European shipping industry urges EU to negotiate an agreement for a transitional period
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: A pathway to the (im)possible?
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 14/10 to 20/10/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 20 October 2019