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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12383

5 December 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 31
NEWS BRIEFS / Competition
Netherlands calls for a review of European rules

04/12/2019 (Agence Europe) – The Netherlands called on Wednesday 4 December for a review of European competition law, which would allow the Commission to intervene if it found that non-Member State companies, supported by their state, were distorting EU market rules to establish their dominance. Without naming any country - although China was on everyone's mind - the Netherlands notes in a working document that European companies have to face "economic operators from non-Member States who...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: many Member States criticise Finnish draft compromise on 2021-2027 financial framework
MALTA: political situation on island is of concern to Commission but does not require a procedure on respect for the Rule of law to be opened at this stage
EU2020HR: 'fresh air' breathed in by EU's new institutional cycle is conducive to relaunch of blocked files, says Irena Andrassy
COMMISSION: von der Leyen team adopts new working methods
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: energy/climate plans may not be sufficient to meet EU’s energy objectives for 2030
ENERGY: “people, planet and partners” are three pillars of EU's future energy policy
CLIMATE: Greens/EFA group in European Parliament presents its own ‘climate law’ to inspire authors of Green Deal
ENVIRONMENT: warning lights are red for biodiversity and EU’s 2030 climate targets, warns EEA
BIODIVERSITY: to save bees, MEPs call for a reduction in pesticide use in EU
AGRICULTURE: Baltic farmers are calling for a fair distribution of direct payments
SPACE: post-2020 budget cuts put forward byFinland’s EU Council Presidency for EU space programme worry stakeholders
COHESION: CPMR is concerned about post-2020 budget proposals of Finnish Presidency of Council of the EU
MIGRATION: in Libya, migrants now feel almost more secure inside detention centres than outside of them, according to High Commissioner for Refugees
DIGITAL: EU Council conclusions on 5G network security do not refer to health risks
HEALTH: joint clinical assessments, health as a factor of well-being and pharmaceutical policy on agenda of EU Council on 9 December
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
GREECE: Eurogroup releases €767 million in aid
ECONOMY: eight euro area countries at risk of non-compliance with Pact in 2020 called on to take necessary budgetary measures
ECOFIN: tax transparency country by country, sustainable finance and money laundering on agenda of EU Finance Ministers
BANKS: ECB will directly supervise 117 major banks in euro area in 2020
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Mr Ariev calls on EU not to lift sanctions against Russia
LATIN AMERICA: Javí López and María Marques advocate giving new momentum to EU/Latin America strategic partnership
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
AGRICULTURE: protection of name Aceto Balsamico di Modena does not extend to terms aceto and balsamico, according to Court
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: MEPs, politicians and left-wing intellectuals call for more ambitious European Green New Deal
COHESION: negotiations between European Parliament and EU Council on Common Provisions Regulation are postponed
COMPETITION: Netherlands calls for a review of European rules
ENERGY: COGEN Europe calls on EU to put more emphasis on energy efficiency
FINANCE: resumption of European Parliament/EU Council negotiations for an agreement on taxonomy on sustainable finance, Thursday 5 December
FINANCE: EU Council ready to negotiate with European Parliament on resolution framework for central counterparties
JUSTICE: Wojciech Wiewiórowski officially appointed European Data Protection Supervisor
DIGITAL: nineteen Member States in favour of a quantum communication infrastructure
CSDP: EU must be able to act in event of crisis, von der Leyen stressed