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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12366
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Consumers

Directive modernising and strengthening consumer rights in digital age is formally adopted

Consumer protection in the EU is expected to take a leap forward with the formal adoption on Friday 8 November of the Directive which modernises EU consumer law to strengthen their online and offline rights and better protect them against unfair commercial practices across the EU.

This text was the subject of an interinstitutional agreement last March in the context of the ‘New Deal for Consumers’ (see EUROPE B12225A10).

It provides for an increase in the harmonised maximum penalties...

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ARMISTICE DAY: please note that Agence Europe will be closed for the Belgian public holiday on Monday. EUROPE 12367 will be dated Wednesday 13 November 2019
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: political agreement in EU Council on excise duty package
TAXATION: unanimity in EU Council on Directive simplifying VAT rules for small businesses
TAXATION: political agreement in EU Council on fight against VAT fraud in e-commerce
TAXATION: Belize officially removed from European ‘black’ list of non-cooperative jurisdictions
EMU: Centeno mentions “a new impetus” in discussions on completion of banking union in euro area
ECONOMY: Europe must refuse “vassalisation”, urges Bruno Le Maire
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: with €21.7 billion in support for developing countries’ efforts, EU invites other parties to do so as well at COP25
AGRICULTURE: Finnish Presidency of Council of EU presents documents on some aspects of post-2020 CAP
AGRICULTURE: EU Council requests a Commission study on plant biotechnology
AGRICULTURE: future of European beef sector worries European Parliament Agriculture Committee
FISHERIES: EU Council approves one-year extension of EU/Mauritania Protocol
ENVIRONMENT: exposure to chemicals, EEB is alarmed by results of largest human biomonitoring study in Europe
TRANSPORT: Finland's EU Council Presidency proposes a second draft compromise on implementation of TEN-T
MIGRATION: new technical meeting at EU Council on temporary disembarkation of migrants regimes
CONSUMERS: directive modernising and strengthening consumer rights in digital age is formally adopted
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: timetable for hearings of Commissioners-designate in European Parliament has been finalised
FUTURE OF THE EU: David Sassoli and Jean-Claude Juncker recall lessons to be learned from fall of Berlin Wall for building the Europe of tomorrow
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: framework sanctions regime for Turkey could be approved on Monday, 11 November
YEMEN: EU is mobilising €79 million in support for public services and livelihoods for victims of conflict
SINGAPORE: EU/Singapore Free Trade Agreement will apply from 21 November
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: member States will adopt 13 additional permanent structured cooperation projects
SOCIAL - EDUCATION - YOUTH
SOCIAL: European Parliament in wait-and-see situation regarding coordination of social security systems
EDUCATION: EU ministers divided on need for more or better investment
YOUTH: second negotiation meeting on European Solidarity Corps to take place 12 November
NEWS BRIEFS
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Vytenis Andriukaitis at Vatican for conference on reducing food waste
SPACE: Olivier Lemaitre appointed new Secretary General of Eurospace
JHA: according to Commission, Croatia is fulfilling its obligations to enter Schengen area despite allegations of bad practices
INDUSTRY: EU Council adopts agreement on general vehicle safety
RUSSIA: EU denounces dissolution of several NGOs
TRANSPORT: commission opens consultation on European rules for reporting incidents in civil aviation
TRANSPORT: A4E condemns declaration by nine Member States in favour of tax measures specific to air transport sector
SOCIAL: Council of the EU adopts recommendations on access to social protection
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CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 11/11 to 17/11/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 24 November 2019