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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12413

29 January 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 37
SECTORAL POLICIES / Internal affairs
Member States still long way from transposition of new rules on interoperability of information systems
Brussels, 28/01/2020 (Agence Europe)

EU Member States are "a long way off" when it comes to implementing the new European rules on the interoperability of information systems, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson told the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee on Tuesday 28 January.

With regard to the interoperability of information systems, which must be operational in 2021, Member States must put in place measures that will enter into force in 2019 (see EUROPE B12254A27). These measures aim in particular to...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Future of Europe: What will happen in the Jean Monnet House? (2)
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: Dubrovnik should be starting point for Conference on Future of Europe
BUDGET: time to find a compromise on MFF 2021-2027, says Croatian EU Council Presidency
UNITED KINGDOM: despite Brexit, Northern Ireland will be able to count on EU support, promises Michel Barnier
SECTORAL POLICIES
INTERNAL MARKET: Thierry Breton reminds us that he is also commissioner of traditional industries
DIGITAL: Margrethe Vestager and Thierry Breton give a taste of their plans before European Parliament
CLIMATE: climate law 'will not be a Christmas tree', but will give predictability to investors, says Frans Timmermans
ENERGY: EU-ASE calls on the Commission to include the principle of energy efficiency first in climate law
ENERGY: heating with liquid fuels will contribute to success of energy transition, according to Eurofuel
TRANSPORT: use of LNG could worsen climate impact of shipping
AGRICULTURE: better use must be made of new technologies to monitor climate-related requirements, according to Court of Auditors
AGRICULTURE: EU Council hopes for an agreement on transitional measures for CAP in March
AGRICULTURE: Sixteen EU ministers support better labelling for honey blends
JUSTICE: at European Parliament, different approaches to notification procedure on electronic evidence are in conflict with each other
INTERNAL AFFAIRS: member States still long way from transposition of new rules on interoperability of information systems
HEALTH: coronavirus, EU activates its civil protection mechanism to repatriate healthy European citizens
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems, Germany insists on a temporary exemption for prior notification
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
POLAND: Council of Europe monitoring procedure for Polish judicial reforms opened
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: EU releases second tranche of €500 million macroeconomic assistance to Ukraine
BANKS: ECB sets out additional capital requirements for large banking groups
FINANCE: BETTER FINANCE doubts that European Green Deal can achieve its goals
EXTERNAL ACTION
NORTH MACEDONIA: not opening EU accession negotiations in March will have a huge impact on April parliamentary elections, warns Mr Osmani
UKRAINE: EU sanctions seven people linked to Russian local elections in Crimea
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Friends of Europe calls for stronger transatlantic cooperation
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: Italy censured for failure to comply with Late Payment Directive
NEWS BRIEFS
AUSTRALIA: Canberra wants to protect its Prosecco from EU geographical indications in trade negotiations
TRADE: trade in services, EU surplus confirmed
EDUCATION: Erasmus as popular as ever
EMPLOYMENT: European trade unions point out that minimum wage is too low in 17 Member States
ENERGY: completion of Nord Stream 2 pipeline will be provided by Russia
ENVIRONMENT: Éric Andrieu questions Commission on health hazards linked to use of SDHI fungicides
IMF: new Financial Partnership Agreement with European Commission
SEAS: 102 NGOs present a plan to save ocean by 2030
PARLIAMENT: Martin Buschmann leaves GUE/NGL group in European Parliament after revelations about his ultra-nationalist past
TUNISIA: EU extends freeze on assets of 47 Tunisians for another year
TRANSPORT: rail passenger rights, European Parliament and EU Council draw up red lines at start of interinstitutional negotiations
ERRATUM
ENVIRONMENT: ‘level playing field’ in post-Brexit negotiations