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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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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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SECTORAL POLICIES
Agriculture
And Fisheries
Common Fishery Policy: EU Parliament in favor of new fisheries fund

Common Agricultural Policy: 2013 direct aid cuts revised down to 2.45%

INSIGHTS BRUSSELS
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

INSIGHTS BRUSSELS
November 2013

EU Parliament voted for impact assessment prior to any fracking activity

INSIGHTS BRUSSELS
November 2013

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

INSIGHTS BRUSSELS
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

INSIGHTS BRUSSELS
November 2013

First study on the cost of cancer carried out in the European Union

Information and
Communication Technology
EU Leaders set 2015 for the completion of the EU digital single market

INSIGHTS BRUSSELS
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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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)

Baltic-Adriatic corridor (road and rail)

North Baltic Sea corridor (ports and rail)

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

INSIGHTS BRUSSELS
November 2013

Parliamentary Committee in favour of product safety and market

surveillance package

Public consultation on improving cross-border consumer protection

INSIGHTS BRUSSELS
November 2013

Intellectual
Property Rights
New rules for online products copyright

International
Trade
EU requests WTO panel against Russia on car recycling fees

INSIGHTS BRUSSELS
November 2013

Council green-lights investment negotiations with China

EU and Canada reached political agreement on free trade deal

INSIGHTS BRUSSELS
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

INSIGHTS BRUSSELS
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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