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The European Commission today warned Bulgaria that it could star two penalty procedures against it in the field of transport, reports Sega. 

Today, the European Commission issued a reasoned opinion - the second step in the infringement procedure - to Hungary for its law on foreign-funded NGOs.

Brexit minister David Davis called on the European Union on Aug. 20 to relax its position that the two sides must first make progress on a divorce settlement before moving on to discussing future relations.

Bulgaria's Ministry of Agriculture and Foods has called for the legal barriers preventing foreign citizens from buying agricultural land to be scrapped, Minister Rumen Porozhanov said on Friday.

In an interview for BTV, the minister said the current requirement could lead to serious European sanctions being imposed.

The issue of the appointment by the Greek government of cleaning, restaurant and security staff has gone beyond the Greek borders after the 3rd department of the Council of State (CoS) in Greece sent preliminary questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The CoS requested to know whether the appointments of the personnel on annual contact basis was compatible with EU law.

Ride-hailing firm Uber provides a transport service and therefore must be licensed to operate like any other taxi company, according to an adviser to the European Union's top court.

Uber faces the biggest challenge yet to its European roll-out after the region’s top court was advised to rule that the U.S. ride-hailing firm is actually a transport service not an app.

U.S. ride-hailing app Uber told Europe's top court on April 24 that it was a digital service, not a transport service, and that a French law clearly targeted online taxi services, in its latest European legal battle with the taxi industry.

Over the past few months there have been repeated calls from a number of European Union member-states to resume the transfer of asylum seekers to Greece under the Dublin Regulation, which provides for the return of applicants to the member-states through which they first entered the EU.

The European Commission has said it will refer Bulgaria to the Court of Justice of the EU for non-implementation of obligations it has assumed under the common law related to e-documents.

In a statement dated Monday, the Commission cites "non-implementation of the obligation to create a Single Point of Contact" for e-passports and e-residence permits.