IEU.MONITORING

Our IEU AGENDA this week*:
EU COMMISSION: EU Commission - Upcoming events: +++ 22 May 2018: International Conference for The Gambia +++ EU Commission Calendar +++ 21 May 2018 +++ 22 May 2018 +++ 23 May 2018 +++ 24 May 2018 +++ 25 May 2018 +++ 26 May 2018 +++ Outlook May 2018 +++ EU COMITOLOGY: Agenda for the meeting on 23 May 2018 of the PAFF Committee on Plant HealthAgenda of the COMMITTEE FOR THE FARM ACCOUNTANCY DATA NETWORK (FADN)Agenda of the H2020-ICT Committee Meeting of 23 May 20182018-05-24 Agenda of the Committee for Spirit Drinks2018-05-24 Agenda of the committee for the common organisation of the agricultural markets - WineAgenda for the meeting on 24-25 May 2018 of the PAFF Committee on Phytopharmaceuticals - LegislationAgenda for the meeting on 25 May 2018 of the PAFF Committee on Controls and Import ConditionsAgenda of the 2018-05-29 Meeting of the Rural Development Committee (Joint with the Committee for direct payments)Agenda of the 2018-05-29 Meeting of the Committee …

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WESTERN BALKANS: EU-Western Balkans summit: improving connectivity and security in the region +++ EU Commission: Promoting excellence science in the Western Balkans +++ EIB confirms support for Western Balkans on the path towards EU integration +++  ESIF: Routes4U Project: Fostering regional development through Cultural Routes +++ EP Opinion - Role of cities in the institutional framework of the Union - PE 619.142v03-00 - Committee on Regional Development +++ EU Commission Answer - Cash flow problems encountered in territorial cooperation (INTERREG) programmes - E-001575/2018 +++  HORIZONInterview with Donatella Castelli on virtual research environments supporting Blue GrowthThe latest Research and Innovation Framework Programme: Horizon Europe FETFuture and Emerging Technologies: 375 proposals submitted under the Research and Innovation Actions callKey Enabling Technologies pivotal to Europe’s Industrial leadership - Cefic DG CNECTWiFi4EU – Tracking Sn…

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SINGLE MARKET: Public procurement: EU Commission urges AUSTRIA to comply with EU rules +++ EU Commission Answer - Fair competition in international calls for tender - E-001751/2018 +++  EMPLOYMENT: Working conditions: EU Commission urges ITALY and PORTUGAL to notify the transposition of EU rules on the working conditions of seafarers +++ EU Commission Answer - Labour law reforms and mass unemployment in Italy - E-001423/2018 +++ St 8576 2018 Init Future of Work: a Lifecycle Approach - Draft Council Conclusions +++  ELAStructured dialogue with VP Dombrovskis and Commissioner Thyssen on 24.05.2018 - Committee on Employment and Social AffairsS&D Group workshop: Worker's rights and fair mobility -The role of the European Labour Authority SOCIAL SECURITYEU Commission Answer - European Social Security Number - E-001397/2018 INDICATORSMarch 2018 compared with February 2018 - Production in construction down by 0.3% in euro area - Down by 0.9% in EU28 EU…

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BANKING UNION: Payment accounts: EU Commission modifies proposed financial sanction for Spain's failure to fully implement payment accounts rules +++ FINTECH: Bitkom-Thesen zum EU FinTech Action Plan +++ SOLVENCY II: EP Think-tank Briefing - Review of the Solvency II implementing measuresEMUCompleting the Odyssean journey of the European monetary union - Remarks by Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB, at the ECB Colloquium on “The Future of Central Banking”, Frankfurt am Main 16-17 May 2018ECB: Vítor Constâncio: Interview with the Financial TimesBernd Kölmel (ECR/LKR): „Italien soll die Eurozone verlassen“ifo-Institut: Deutsche Volkswirte sehen Macron-Vorschläge kritischBEUC: The financial crisis 10 years later: lessons (un)learned - 20 JuneECBLatest publications by the ECBCON/2018/26 Opinion on a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 establishing a European Supervisory A…

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FAC: Agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council (Development), 22/05/2018 +++  WESTERN BALKANS: EU-Western Balkans summit: improving connectivity and security in the region - EU Commission +++ Sofia declaration of the EU-Western Balkans summit, 17 May 2018 - Council of the EU +++ Press conference remarks by EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at the Informal Leaders' Meeting/Western Balkans Summit in Sofia +++ Remarks by President Donald Tusk after the EU-Western Balkans summit +++ Lasting commitment and a meaningful legacy needed following EU-Western Balkans Summit - ECR +++ CDU/CSU im Bundestag zum Westbalkan-Gipfel der EU: Viel Schatten - wenig Licht +++ WKÖ: Westbalkan braucht glaubhafte Erweiterungsperspektive +++  UKRAINE: EP Opinion - Further macro-financial assistance to Ukraine - PE 620.988v02-00 - Committee on Foreign AffairsEU Commission Answer - Association agreements with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia - E-000584/2018EU-Abgeordneter He…

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INFRINGEMENT PACKAGE: EU Commission: May infringements package - key decisions +++  TRANSPARENCY: Ombudsman sends Special Report to Parliament on lack of Council legislative accountabilit +++  MERGERS: Mergers: EU Commission clears acquisition of the Accolade Group by Carlyle +++  VAT: EP Draft report - Common system of value added tax as regards the special scheme for small enterprises - PE 621.115v02-00 - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs +++  TAXATIONOECD releases decisions on 11 preferential regimes of BEPS Inclusive Framework MembersBahrain and the United Arab Emirates join the Inclusive Framework on BEPSOECD: Comments are invited on a draft toolkit that will help developing countries address profit shifting in the mining sector CJEUEU General Court confirms the validity of the restrictions introduced at EU level in 2013 against the insecticides clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid because of the risks those substances pose to beesT…