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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12351

18 October 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 27
SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries
European Commission adopts proposal on new EU/Senegal fisheries agreement
Brussels, 17/10/2019 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday, 17 October, the European Commission adopted three proposals upon signing a new protocol to the Agreement on a Sustainable Fisheries Partnership between the EU and Senegal (see EUROPE B12303A10).

The new five-year protocol implementing the 2015 agreement will replace the current one, which expires in November 2019.

This new protocol allows EU vessels to fish for tuna-like species and black hake in Senegalese waters: 28 tuna seiners (16 from Spain and 12 from France),...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
UNITED KINGDOM: Twenty-Seven satisfied with withdrawal agreement and now look to London
UNITED KINGDOM: EU and London reach a new agreement on an orderly Brexit
TURKEY: European leaders take note of Turkish-American agreement on ceasefire
ENLARGEMENT: persistent disagreement on opening of EU accession negotiations with Skopje and Tirana
CLIMATE: EU leaders will insist on socially just transition without mentioning Just Transition Fund
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: according to Manon Aubry, certain external remuneration of MEPs must be banned
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Mrs von der Leyen to meet with leaders of European Parliament's pro-European political groups in Strasbourg
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: confidentiality of communications, coming weeks will be crucial for EU Council
REGIONS: Poland sets out its vision for future Just Transition Fund
CLIMATE: European Green Deal requires a profound change in economy, says Nicolas Schmit
ENERGY: fourth list of projects of common interest criticised by many MEPs as being too focused on gas
FOOD SAFETY: Belgium suggests measures to improve effectiveness of RASFF alert system
FISHERIES: European Commission adopts proposal on new EU/Senegal fisheries agreement
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
AGRICULTURE: Italian rules on production of mozzarella di bufala campana PDO valid if necessary to preserve its reputation, according to Court
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: G20 assesses need for multilateral response on stable cryptocurrencies
FINANCE: BETTER FINANCE welcomes recommendations of High-Level Expert Group on Capital Markets Union
EXTERNAL ACTION
CAR: EU relaxes arms embargo on Central African Republic to transpose a UN Security Council resolution
VIETNAM: EU and Hanoi strengthen their cooperation in field of crisis management
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: EU Council and Parliament ready to resume negotiations on coordination of social security systems
NEWS BRIEFS
CHINA: relations with Beijing to be at heart of German Presidency of EU Council in 2020
CLIMATE: fifty airports in Europe certified carbon neutral, announces European airport industry
EDUCATION: Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU details continuation of work schedule
ENERGY: Forty-one mayors from European coal mining regions call for a just energy transition
FINANCE: launch of interinstitutional negotiations on crowdfunding on 22 October
FINANCE: first European Parliament/EU Council negotiation meeting on taxonomy for sustainable finance scheduled for 23 October
JUSTICE: European Parliament acts in turn on appointment of Laura Codruţa Kövesi as head of European Public Prosecutor's Office
DIGITAL: Paris calls for better regulation of online platforms