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    Estonia aims for digital presidency – EUbusiness Week newsletter 792

    npsBy nps7 July 2017Updated:12 July 2024 Newswire No Comments6 Mins Read
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    EUbusiness Week 792 top stories: EU and Japan reach agreement on historic free trade deal; MEPs back new tax disclosure rules for multinationals; EU Parliament calls for longer lifetime for products; Brussels launches social security information system; Merck, GE and Canon in EU dock over merger rules; MEPs greenlight tougher anti-dumping rules

    Publisher’s Note

    Tiny Estonia took over the EU presidency on 1 July, with promises to focus on an innovative economy and a sustainable Europe. Top priorities for its first-ever Council presidency look like being creating a real digital single market and boosting European cooperation on defence and security.

    Of course well-prepared plans and priorities are often overtaken by events, and the country won’t be able to escape Brexit talks. As Estonian MEP Indrek Tarand puts it: “we choose the topics, life brings us challenges. These challenges are unpredictable and dealing with them might not depend from the rotating presidency.” Good luck Estonia.
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    1. EU and Japan reach agreement on historic free trade deal

    On the eve of the G20 summit, EU and Japanese leaders announced Thursday a political agreement on an EU-Japan free trade deal and closer political cooperation.
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    2. MEPs back new tax disclosure rules for multinationals

    The European Parliament gave its backing Wednesday to new rules to force large firms to make information about the tax bills they pay on a country-by-country basis publicly available.
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    3. EU Parliament calls for longer lifetime for products

    MEPs called on Commission, EU states and producers Tuesday to take measures to ensure consumers can enjoy durable, high-quality products that can be repaired and upgraded.
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    4. Brussels launches social security information system

    A new IT platform, launched on Monday by the Commission, will connect electronically around 15,000 social security institutions of EU Member States plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
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    5. Merck, GE and Canon in EU dock over merger rules

    The Commission sent three separate Statements of Objections to Merck and Sigma-Aldrich, General Electric and Canon Thursday alleging they breached EU merger rules.
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    6. MEPs greenlight tougher anti-dumping rules

    MEPs gave their green light Wednesday to start talks soon with national governments on new EU anti-dumping rules designed to give better protection to EU industry and jobs.
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    EUROPEAN LAW

    Uber blow: Uber, the taxi app for smartphones, again found itself on the wrong side of the EU’s top Court Tuesday when its Advocate-General said France was justified in banning it for ‘illegal exercise of transport activities’.
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    EU diary

    10 Jul: Eurogroup
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    11 Jul: Pre-accession workshop on communications
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