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Europe Daily News
Monday 02 February 2015
COMPETITION
Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7220 - Chiquita Brands
International/Fyffes)
Spain - Antitrust watchdog launches
drug-retail market study
UK - The CMA announced the launch of its
merger inquiry by notice to the parties
(Healthcare Environmental Services Limited
/ G.W.Butler Limited)
STATE AID
Answer given by Ms Vestager: Indirect
state aid in the form of tax-free zones E-009617/2014
TRADE & CUSTOMS
Agenda for : Trade Policy Committee
(Services & Investment) on 04.02.2015
Proposal for a Council Decision on the
position to be adopted on behalf of the EU
within the Joint Committee established by
the Agreement between the European
Community, of the one part, and the
Government of Denmark and the Home
Government of the Faroe Islands, of the
other part, as regards the replacement of
Protocol 3 to that Agreement, concerning
the definition of the concept of
‘originating products’ and methods of
administrative cooperation, by a new
protocol which, as regards the rules of
origin, refers to the Regional Convention on
pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential
rules of origin (See Annex)
Proposal for a on the position to be adopted
on behalf of the EU within the Association
Council established by the EuroMediterranean Agreement establishing
an association between the European
Communities and their Member States,
of the one part, and the Arab Republic of
Egypt, of the other part, as regards the
replacement of Protocol 4 to that
Agreement, concerning the definition of
the concept of ‘originating products’ and
methods of administrative cooperation,
by a new protocol which, as regards the
rules of origin, refers to the Regional
Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean
preferential rules of origin (See Annex)
Proposal for a Council Decision on the
position to be adopted on behalf of the EU
within the EU-Turkey Association
Council as regards the replacement of
Protocol 3 to Decision No 1/98 of the ECTurkey Association Council on the trade
regime for agricultural products,
concerning the definition of the concept of
‘originating products’ and methods of
administrative cooperation, by a new
protocol which, as regards the rules of
origin, refers to the Regional Convention on
pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential
rules of origin (See the Annex (Part.1))
Proposal for a Council Decision on the
position to be adopted on behalf of the EU
within the Joint Committee established by
the Agreement between the European
Coal and Steel Community and the
Republic of Turkey on trade in products
covered by the Treaty establishing the
European Coal and Steel Community, as
regards the replacement of Protocol 1 to
that Agreement, concerning the definition
of the concept of ‘originating products’
and
methods
of
administrative
cooperation, by a new protocol which, as
regards the rules of origin, refers to the
Regional
Convention
on
pan-EuroMediterranean preferential rules of
origin (See Annex (Part.1))
Proposal for a Council Decision
establishing the position to be taken by the
EU within the General Council of the
WTO on the United States' request for a
WTO waiver to extend and expand the
scope of the US Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act (CBERA)
Council Decision (EU) 2015/155 of
27.01.2015 on the position to be taken on
behalf of the EU within the Committee on
Trade in Goods set up by the FTA between
the EU and its Member States, of the one
part, and the Republic of Korea, of the
other part, as regards the adoption of the
rules on Tariff Rate Quota administration
Answer given by Ms Malmström: GSP+
for the Philippines - E-009808/2014
Answer given by Ms Malmström : EU
trade and investment strategy towards
ASEAN - E-009507/2014
EU-US trade deal threatens the future of
healthy
food
and
sustainable
agriculture (See EPHA Statement)
INTERNAL MARKET & GENERAL
Frans Timmermans meets Chairs of EU
Affairs
Committees
of
National
Parliaments
EBA adds BRRD to its online Interactive
Single Rulebook and Q&A tools
Efama - Reply form for the Guidelines on
asset segregation under the AIFMD
UK Lawmakers say UK losing clout in
shaping EU financial rules
EU Briefing 30.01-02.02.2015 (Reuters)
INDUSTRY, EMPLOYMENT, RESEARCH
Agenda
for:
Working
Party
Competitiveness
and
Growth
05.02.2015
on
of
Inclusive labour markets in Europe will
be discussed in Riga (See Presidency
Statement)
AGRICULTURE & MARITIME AFFAIRS
Karmenu
Vella
in
Paris
Euromaritime Business Forum
for
Midday Express 02.02.2015
Asaja-Sevilla, co-partnered by CopaCogeca, receives award for campaign to
raise awareness of the CAP and farming
amongst citizens
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Midday Express 02.02.2015
Statement by Jean-Claude Juncker on
the passing away of
- former Bulgarian President Zhelyu
Zhelev
- former German Federal President
Richard von Weizsäcker
President Juncker congratulates the newly
elected President of the Republic of Italy
Sergio Mattarella
FINANCIAL SERVICES & TAXATION
List of registered and certified credit
rating agencies
Speech by Jonathan Hill: Insurance
distribution in the single market –
meeting consumers’ needs in the
internet age
Partial Minutes of the meeting of the EP
Envi Committee of 21-22 January 2015
Energy policy – does Juncker have the
ambition?
European Voice 02.02.2015
HEALTH & CONSUMER SAFETY
Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) of 30 January 2015 amending the
Annex to Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 as
regards the substances:
- ‘methylprednisolone’ (2015/149)
- ‘gamithromycin’ (2015/150)
- ‘doxycycline’ (2015/151)
- ‘tulathromycin’ (2015/152)
SCENIHR - Minutes of Working Group
Meeting on dental amalgam of 14-15
January 2015
SCENIHR - Minutes of Working Group
Meeting on Sunbeds of 9 January 2015
Obama expresses sympathy for new
Greek Government
EU report provides basis for effective
fight against development of resistant
bacteria
FUTURE OF EUROPE
DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY
Hungarians
policy
Agenda for : Working Party on Land
Transport on 09.02.2015
Germany suspends wage law for hauliers
Financial Times 02.02.2015
Wall Street Journal Europe 02.02.2015
protest
over
pro-Putin
Financial Times 02.02.2015 p.2
Syriza ties could leave Podemos in a bind
Financial Times 02.02.2015
Financial Times 31.01-01.02.2015 p.2
Radicals of Syriza endure a rocky start
Financial Times 31.01-01.02.2015 p.6
JUSTICE & HOME AFFAIRS
Speech of Commissioner Jourova:
Informal JHA Council in Riga
European
times
democracy
in
dangerous
Financial Times 31.01-01.02.2015 p.7
EURO & ECONOMY
FOREIGN AFFAIRS & ACCESSION
Speech by Benoît Cœuré: Lamfalussy was
right:
independence
and
interdependence in a monetary union
Agenda for : Meeting of Foreign
Relations Counsellors on 02.02.2015
Interview
by
Peter
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Praet
with
Commissioner Moscovici in Berlin
Midday Express 02.02.2015
Euro-zone alarm
brinkmanship
grows
over
Greek
Financial Times 02.02.2015 p.2
Greece will no longer deal with ‘troika’
Financial Times 02.02.2015
Grexit is an avoidable catastrophe
Financial Times 02.02.2015 p.9
Greece hires Lazard to advise on debt
Financial Times 02.02.2015
Gross calls ECB QE ‘too little, too late’
Financial Times 02.02.2015 p.15
ECB dismisses supply
eurozone woes
side
view of
Financial Times 31.01-01.02.2015 p.3
France supports Greece in EU debt
battle
Wall Street Journal Europe 02.02.2015
Council Implementing Regulation (EU)
2015/147 of 30.01.2015 implementing
Regulation (EU) No 101/2011 concerning
restrictive measures directed against
certain persons, entities and bodies in
view of the situation in Tunisia
Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/157 of
30.01.2015 amending Decision 2011/
72/CFSP concerning restrictive measures
directed against certain persons and
entities in view of the situation in
Tunisia
Speech by Commissioner Hahn: EUJordan relations in the framework of the
review of the European Neighbourhood
Policy