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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12363

6 November 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 26
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Ecofin
VAT, excise duties, digital taxation and climate finance on ministerial agenda
Brussels, 05/11/2019 (Agence Europe)

A busy agenda awaits European Finance Ministers at the meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the EU (ECOFIN) on Friday, 8 November. They will try to reach a political agreement on several legislative proposals on VAT and excise duties. They will discuss digital taxation and stable cryptocurrencies and are also expected to adopt conclusions on the financing of climate action and EU statistics.

Excise duties. Member States will make a further attempt to agree on the...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: seventeen Member States are organising to secure budgetary envelope for cohesion policy after 2020
RULE OF LAW: “without political will, any mechanism on the rule of law is useless”, says Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
COMMISSION: Siegfried Mureșan to be candidate Commissioner for Romania
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
POLAND: Polish law lowering retirement age of judges infringes EU law, Court confirms
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: EU Council still has many unresolved questions regarding competence centre
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament critical of proposed transitional measures on common agricultural policy
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament committee approves quota for hormone-free American beef
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament Committee supports EU-Ukraine poultry agreement
CLIMATE: EU regrets formal request from US to withdraw from Paris Agreement, but remains committed to the Agreement
CLIMATE: EU and seven other parties are only ones with sufficient NDCs to slow global warming by 2030, according to a study
ENERGY: oil and gas industry must reduce its production by 35% by 2040 to meet Paris targets, according to Carbon Tracker
INDUSTRY: Commission makes its recommendations for development of strategic economic sectors
WOMEN: Council of European Municipalities and Regions analyses insufficient representation of women in politics
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: preserving Iranian nuclear agreement is extremely difficult, EU acknowledges
IRAQ: EU describes excessive use of force against demonstrators as “deplorable”
NORTH MACEDONIA: European Parliament President asks Skopje to keep hope for EU membership
KASHMIR: Khan calls on EU to put pressure on India
UNITED STATES: American consumers, primary victims of tariff sanctions imposed by Washington, according to UNCTAD
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECOFIN: VAT, excise duties, digital taxation and climate finance on ministerial agenda
STATE AID: green light for €22 million in aid for rail transport in Netherlands
NEWS BRIEFS
ECB: decision to withdraw approval of Trasta Komercbanka referred to General Court
DEFENCE: EU member states are addressing participation of non-member states in permanent structured cooperation projects
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: ACE calls for further improvement in recycling rate of beverage carton packaging, which has risen to 49% in EU
JHA: United Kingdom's copying of data from Schengen Information System would not comply with European rules, according to Commission
JUSTICE: Cyprus acknowledges that “mistakes” may have been made in its citizenship-by-investment programme
VIETNAM: eighteen NGOs call on European Parliament to postpone approval of EU/Vietnam trade agreements