login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12376

26 November 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 27
EXTERNAL ACTION / Wto
Remuneration structure of judges is responsible for long delays in Appellate Body, according to Washington
Brussels, 25/11/2019 (Agence Europe)

For the United States, the malfunctions of the Appellate Body (AB) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism are to be attributed to the remuneration system of the AB judges. At the same meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 22 November in Geneva, they again vetoed the appointment of new judges.

During the meeting, US Ambassador Dennis Shea blocked, for the 29th time, the proposal to appoint new judges to the AB of the dispute settlement mechanism – a...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy … (1)
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: lack of loyal cooperation from United Kingdom should not hinder entry of 'von der Leyen' team into office, says Council of the EU
BUDGET 2020: six EU Member States vote against next year’s budget compromise
EXTERNAL ACTION
DEVELOPMENT: political leadership must guide future European financial architecture for development, according to ministers
DEVELOPMENT: EU Council calls for accelerated efforts to eliminate hunger and malnutrition, which are rising worldwide
DEVELOPMENT: EU wants to step up its efforts to promote gender equality in its external policy
DEVELOPMENT: EU wants to better integrate fight against inequalities into its cooperation policy to achieve SDGs
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU reaffirms its commitment to respect of international humanitarian law by all
SYRIA: EU denounces violence in north-west of country
WTO: remuneration structure of judges is responsible for long delays in Appellate Body, according to Washington
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: according to Berlin, only migrants with a real chance of obtaining international protection should be allowed to enter EU
JUSTICE: transatlantic agreement on access to electronic evidence, several substantive issues still to be resolved
TRANSPORT: ahead of third trilogue, six Member States are once again criticising proposals linked to ‘mobility I’ package
HEALTH: negotiations in EU Council on health technologies are particularly murky
SPACE: European Copernicus programme has pride of place at Ministerial Council of European Space Agency
AGRICULTURE: Mr Hogan confirmed increased flexibility in promotional actions due to US sanctions
AGRICULTURE: Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, Deputy Director of Cabinet of future Commissioner Wojciechowski
ENERGY: Naftogaz responds to Gazprom's proposal for a one-year agreement on gas transit
BIODIVERSITY: launch of ‘Save bees and farmers’ European Citizens' Initiative
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: approval of €94 million in aid for a waste recovery facility in Bulgaria
NEWS BRIEFS
DEVELOPMENT: Denmark's contribution of €10 million to EU External Investment Plan for Africa
EGYPT: EU condemns search of independent media
MIGRATION: Greek government will relocate 4,000 unaccompanied minors
CSDP: João Pedro Rato Boga de Oliveira Ribeiro to lead EUTM Mali mission
RUSSIA: EU calls on Russian legislators to abandon foreign agents law
TERRORISM: communication channel of Islamic State targeted by coordinated action of 12 Member States
Kiosk
KIOSK: No. 004