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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12419
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Industry

European Commission postpones presentation of industrial strategy to 10 March

The European Commission has postponed the presentation of its industrial strategy by one week, to 10 March in Strasbourg instead of 4 March as originally planned.

On the same day, in addition to the Industrial Strategy (the provisional version of which was described in EUROPE Bulletin B12418A2), the SME Strategy, the Report on Single Market Barriers, the Single Market Enforcement Action Plan, the New Circular Economy Action Plan, and the EU Strategy with Africa will be presented.

The...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: An incredible loss of influence
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: Commission presents its new methodology for a more political and reversible process
UNITED STATES: EU denounces US decision to re-authorise use of anti-personnel mines
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Commission relaunches debate on economic governance and EU fiscal rules
TAXATION: chair of future European Parliament standing subcommittee on taxation expected to be held by S&D Group
TAXATION: Commission will assess special VAT scheme applicable to travel agents
MONEY LAUNDERING: EBA unveils first results of its review of national competent authorities’ supervisory approaches
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: adoption of EU Council position on Conference on Future of Europe postponed
BUDGET: Sweden explains why budget rebates need to be retained for 2021-2027 period
PARLIAMENT: Greens-EFA group in European Parliament still undecided on inclusion of Five Star Movement
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Commission ready to unveil its vision for getting most out of digitisation
ENVIRONMENT: according to Court of Auditors, Commission and Member States not doing enough to reduce use of chemical pesticides
ENVIRONMENT:  FISE, a new information system on Europe’s forests
ENERGY: coal production in EU will fall by 24% in 2019, according to a report by Sandbag and Agora Energiewende
TRANSPORT: 16 airlines call on Commission to boost production of sustainable aircraft fuels
INDUSTRY: European Commission postpones presentation of industrial strategy to 10 March
COMPANIES: Startup Europe launches online platform to support growth of start-ups in EU
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: ministerial debate on brain drain expected
NEWS BRIEFS
WESTERN BALKANS: Várhelyi announces €11.8 million to Clearinghouse for Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons
COMPETITION: Giuseppe Conte calls for rules to be applied with prudence and reasonableness
ENVIRONMENT: Member States confirm European Parliament/EU Council agreement on revised Drinking Water Directive
MIGRATION: S&D group in European Parliament calls on Croatia to investigate practices on its border with Bosnia-Herzegovina
ROMANIA: Ludovic Orban's government falls after only 3 months
TRANSPORT: Croatian EU Council Presidency relaunches discussions on road charges