Brexit fishing threat – EUbusiness Week newsletter 793 – EUbusiness.com

EUbusiness Week 793 top stories: Brussels supports end to Greek deficit procedure; Tusk cements EU-Ukraine partnership, urges unity; Finance ministers approve plan for bad loans; Experts propose simpler access to EU funds; Brexit threatens UK flights to EU 27, says Ryanair boss; Muskrat, alligator weed added to EU alien species list

Publisher’s Note

The first example of Britain ‘taking back control’ and ‘getting back our waters’ has been its withdrawal from the London Fisheries Convention.

Responding to this crude negotiating position, MEPs in committee this week backed plans to tackle overfishing through multi-annual fishing quotas in the North Sea – fishing grounds set to become bargaining chips in the Brexit talks. The goals and ambitions of the EU’s fisheries policy should be defended. Unilateral withdrawal from agreements is not defensible, and non-cooperation with the UK’s neighbours over shared fish stocks is not a workable policy.
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Regards,

Nick Prag
Publisher, EUbusiness

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1. Brussels supports end to Greek deficit procedure

The Commission recommended Wednesday that the Council close the Excessive Deficit Procedure for Greece, hailing it as a positive signal of financial stability and economic recovery in the country.
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2. Tusk cements EU-Ukraine partnership, urges unity

The EU cemented its partnership with Ukraine at a summit Thursday, as Council president Donald Tusk urged the country to keep ‘your unity at any cost, and avoid like the plague internal conflicts’.
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3. Finance ministers approve plan for bad loans

EU finance ministers have approved an action plan to address the problem of non-performing loans in the banking sector, to reduce stocks and prevent their future emergence.
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4. Experts propose simpler access to EU funds

Faced with the prospect of Brexit and a diminishing EU Budget, a group of independent Cohesion Policy experts have presented their final report for a simplified EU funds framework after 2020.
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5. Brexit threatens UK flights to EU 27, says Ryanair boss

There could be no flights between the UK and the EU-27 immediately after Brexit, Ryanair boss Michael Oâ��Leary warned at meeting of the European Parliament’s transport committee Tuesday.
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6. Muskrat, alligator weed added to EU alien species list

The muskrat and alligator weed were among 12 new species added to the Commission’s list of invasive alien species that require action across the EU, part of EU efforts to halt biodiversity loss.
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EUROPEAN LAW

Bialowieza Forest: the Commission is referring Poland to the EU Court of Justice for increased logging in the Bialowieza Forest, which is a protected Natura 2000 site. www.eubusiness.com/eulaw/infringements-july17-1 July infringements – Part 2: other letters of formal notice
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Latest news from the European Court of Justice
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Inside the EU Institutions

Council Watch

EU-Ukraine association agreement – 2018 EU budget – Carcinogens or mutagens at work exposure limits – non-performing loans – Economic, employment and fiscal policies: 2017 country-specific recommendations – Eurogroup meeting – Capital markets union: action plan adjustments – EU-Jordan Association Council – Stabilisation and Association Council between EU and Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Commission Watch

Humanitarian aid for Iraq – illegal import of cultural goods to finance terrorism – EU-Ukraine Summit – Forest fires in Italy – July infringements: 3 states over broadband cost reduction, Slovenia over transposition of budgetary rules, Spain for failure to implement EU rules on whistle-blowers, Belgium for failing to provide common rules for non-EU workers, and over restrictions on accountants, Croatia for failing to amend law on privatisation of energy company, and on failure over posting of workers directive, Hungary for law on foreign-funded NGOs – Sustainable Finance – Western Balkans: Regional Economic Area
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Parliament Watch

Estonian Presidency priorities in committees – From waste to innovative and greener fertilisers – Mediterranean migration route: help for Italy and long-term solutions – Brexit: MEPs concerned over UK offer on EU citizens’ rights – North Sea plan: ensuring sustainable stocks and security for fishermen – Airline and airport bosses alarm on impact of Brexit – Finance ministers face sceptical MEPs on steps taken in fight against tax fraud – Climate change : plans to help forests remove CO2 – Aviation emissions: MEPs back ETS exemption for international flights – Peace and stability projects will get more EU support
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EU diary

17 Jul: Digital single market conference on free movement of data
17 Jul: Foreign Affairs Council
18 Jul: General Affairs Council
18 Jul: Public hearing on sustainable finance
18 Jul: Commission Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre launch
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