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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12363

6 November 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 4 / 26
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Poland
Polish law lowering retirement age of judges infringes EU law, Court confirms
Brussels, 05/11/2019 (Agence Europe)

The Court of Justice of the European Union confirmed on Tuesday 5 November that Poland has failed to fulfil its obligations under European Union law by: - introducing a different retirement age for women and men in the Polish judiciary; - lowering the retirement age for judges on general law courts, while giving the Minister of Justice the power to extend these judges’ period of service (Case C-192/18).

In July 2017, Poland adopted a law lowering the retirement age for judges on general...

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