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November 2013
SECTORAL POLICIES.................................................................................................3
Agriculture And Fisheries .................................................................................................................3
Defence and Security Policy...............................................................................................................4
Energy and Environment...................................................................................................................4
Financial Services..............................................................................................................................6
Food and Beverage .............................................................................................................................7
Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals ......................................................................................................7
Information and Communication Technology..................................................................................8
Media and Audiovisual works ..........................................................................................................11
Transport...........................................................................................................................................11

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November 2013
CROSS-SECTORAL POLICIES.................................................................................. 14
Competition ...................................................................................................................................... 14
Consumers ........................................................................................................................................ 14
Intellectual Property Rights ............................................................................................................ 16
International Trade.......................................................................................................................... 16
Research and Development.............................................................................................................. 18
Taxation ........................................................................................................................................... 18

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November 2013
SECTORAL POLICIES
Common Fishery Policy: EU Parliament in favor of new fisheries fund
Common Agricultural Policy: 2013 direct aid cuts revised down to 2.45%
Agriculture
And Fisheries

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November 2013
Defence and
Security Policy
Report by the High Representative in preparation of the European Council
Energy and
Environment
Commission released a list of 248 priority infrastructure projects

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November 2013
EU Parliament voted for impact assessment prior to any fracking activity

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November 2013
Financial
Services
European Parliament suspends the bank-sharing agreement with the US

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November 2013
Food and
Beverage
Members of the European Parliament pressure the Commission on
processed products labelling
Healthcare and
Pharmaceuticals
New rules on Tobacco products voted by the European Parliament
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November 2013
First study on the cost of cancer carried out in the European Union
EU Leaders set 2015 for the completion of the EU digital single market
Information and
Communication Technology

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November 2013
Delays in the adoption of the EU data protection regulation
Telecoms package raises EU stakeholder concerns

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November 2013
. MEPs want to boost the use of cloud computing services

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November 2013
Media and
Audiovisual works
Commission to restrict state aid for audiovisual works
Transport
European Commission presents nine transport priority corridors

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November 2013
Baltic-Adriatic corridor (road and rail)
North Baltic Sea corridor (ports and rail)
Mediterranean corridor (ports, road and rail)
Eastern Mediterranean corridor (ports and
road)
Scandinavian-Mediterranean corridor (ports
and road)
Rhine-Alps corridor (ports and waterways)
Atlantic corridor (ports, waterways and road)
North Mediterranean Sear corridor (ports
and inland ports)
Rhine Danube corridor (waterways and road)
4th
Railway package: new procedure proposed for rolling stock certification

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November 2013
Divergences between Member States on air passenger rights

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November 2013
CROSS-SECTORAL POLICIES
Competition
European Commission searches new competition schemes for internet
search engines
Consumers
Agreement on 2014-2020 Consumer Programme

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November 2013
Parliamentary Committee in favour of product safety and market
surveillance package
Public consultation on improving cross-border consumer protection

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November 2013
Intellectual
Property Rights
New rules for online products’ copyright
International
Trade
EU requests WTO panel against Russia on car recycling fees

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November 2013
Council green-lights investment negotiations with China
EU and Canada reached political agreement on free trade deal
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November 2013
Research and
Development
Innovation and research under the spotlight at European Council summit
Taxation
European Commission issues a proposal for a VAT standardization

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November 2013
Commission asks France to abolish the discriminatory capital gains tax on
precious metals
European Digital Economy to go under scrutiny

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November 2013