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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12357
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate

EU Council adopts its position on revision of MRV regulation for ship emissions

On Friday 25 October, the EU Council adopted its position on the proposal to amend the European Regulation imposing a monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) mechanism for maritime transport emissions (amendment of EU Regulation 2015/757) to align it partially with the global system for collecting data on ship fuel oil consumption adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in 2016.

The agreement reached by the national ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) means that the EU...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: EU Council adopts its position on revision of MRV regulation for ship emissions
CLIMATE: success for first replenishment of Green Climate Fund, with $9.8 billion pledged
ENVIRONMENT: rewriting Drinking Water Directive, endocrine disrupters, a bone of contention between European Parliament and EU Council negotiators
TRANSPORT: six Member States call on EU to reassess proposals related to ‘mobility I’ package
FOOD SAFETY: EU identifies problems in US system for monitoring residues in animal products
REGIONS: European Parliament adopts amendments to EUSF fund in the event of a no-deal Brexit
JUSTICE: Commission makes a positive assessment of European judicial training strategy
ENERGY: election of first Board of Directors of Batteries Europe
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Ursula von der Leyen meets Hungarian and French candidate Commissioners
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: white smoke of agreement has not been spotted at EU Council on fiscal transparency by country
FINANCE: Commission lacks vision and methodology to develop pan-European venture capital, according to European Court of Auditors
STATE AID: opening of an investigation into Polish support for renovation of district heating networks
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: reconciling trade and climate policy will pose extremely difficult challenges, Commission acknowledges
SINGAPORE: implementation of free trade agreement with Singapore imminent
CHINA: negotiations of EU/China agreement on geographical indications likely close to their conclusion
DEVELOPMENT: green light from Member States for estimated contributions to be paid to 11th EDF
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: reference for a preliminary ruling on evidence obtained in breach of right to respect for private life considered inadmissible
NEWS BRIEFS
BOLIVIA: EU recommends holding second round of presidential elections
ENERGY: negotiations on Russian gas transiting through Ukraine to enter their fourth phase
HEALTH: Commission guidelines on clinical trials of innovative medicinal products
PALESTINE: EU ready to sign agreement allowing Palestinian Authority to participate in certain programmes
FOOD SAFETY: France can improve its control system for tuna products
PLANTS: Italy invited to improve control of Red neck longhorn beetle, a pest
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CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 28/10 to 03/11/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 10 November 2019