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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12387

11 December 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 34
EXTERNAL ACTION / Wto
Paralysis of Appellate Body dispute settlement system
Brussels, 10/12/2019 (Agence Europe)

The policy of blocking the appointment of judges to the WTO Appellate Body (AB) pursued by President Trump’s administration is leading to an operational paralysis of the AB starting on Wednesday 11 December. Drastically reduced from seven judges to two, it is no longer able to carry out its duties.

After months of warnings about the risk of paralysis of the WTO’s two-tier dispute settlement system, members failed to identify a solution that would allow the lifting of Washington’s veto...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Member States are more divided than ever on 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework
BUDGET: Charles Michel intends to present “innovative” proposals to facilitate agreement on 2021-2027 financial framework
RULE OF LAW: a turbulent second hearing on rule of law in Hungary, but with more substance than in September
FUTURE OF EU: Committee on Constitutional Affairs contributes to European Parliament's work on Conference on Future of EU
COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: EU Council appoints 181 members for 2020-2025 term
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: at European Council, money will be key to rally reluctant countries to EU's climate neutrality by 2050
CLIMATE: Swiss emissions trading system and EU ETS will be linked on 1 January 2020
CLIMATE: environmental integrity of international carbon markets threatened at COP25, NGOs alarmed
AGRICULTURE: Member States welcome report summarising debates on post-2020 CAP
AGRICULTURE: Janusz Wojciechowski calls for an increase in farming's contribution to European Green Deal
COHESION: Interreg, European Parliament and EU Council make progress in negotiations without reaching a global provisional agreement
WOMEN: consensus conclusions annotated by Poland and Germany
HEALTH: European ministers request a regular report on application of rules related to medical devices
HEALTH: Incoming Croatian Presidency of Council of EU sets out its work priorities
TRANSPORT: A4E urges European Commission to implement ‘Single European Sky’
TRANSPORT: fifteen road hauliers' associations call for an agreement on the 'Mobility I' package
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Mr Schmit further reveals content of draft instrument introducing a fair minimum wage
SOCIAL: European Parliament cancels negotiations with EU Council on Regulation on the coordination of social security systems
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Germany presents a proposal for a final text on financial transaction tax
STATE AID: green light for 400 million euros support for very high-speed networks in Spain
EXTERNAL ACTION
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: EU Council urges Bosnians to work on priorities for action given by Commission
UKRAINE/RUSSIA: Mr Borrell welcomes promises made at ‘Normandy’ format summit
WTO: paralysis of Appellate Body dispute settlement system
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: Borrell and Stoltenberg promise to work to strengthen EU/NATO cooperation
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Secretary General calls on European states to join North-South Centre to better tackle new global challenges
NEWS BRIEFS
COMPETITION: Commission authorizes acquisition of Nuova Castelli by Lactalis
HUMAN RIGHTS: EU and US underline need for cooperation on human rights
ECONOMY: Paolo Gentiloni announces proposals “in the second half of 2020” to reform EU fiscal rules
EDUCATION: Finland offers free online courses in all EU languages on challenges of artificial intelligence
ENERGY: Eurogas calls on EU to make gas a major element of Green Deal
TAXATION: review of progress made under Finnish Presidency of EU Council on tax issues
JUSTICE: commissioner Ylva Johansson in favour of data retention legislation
MEDITERRANEAN: European Council expected to denounce Memorandum of Understanding between Turkey and Libya
WTO: extension of moratorium on electronic transmissions until June 2020