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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12351
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Car

EU relaxes arms embargo on Central African Republic to transpose a UN Security Council resolution

The EU Council decided on Thursday 17 October to extend the exemptions to the arms embargo imposed on the Central African Republic since 2013.

In doing so, the EU transposes UN Security Council Resolution 2488 adopted on 12 September 2019 to extend the exemptions.

Among other exemptions, the embargo shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related material, as well as to the provision of technical assistance or financing and financial assistance intended...

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