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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13237

29 August 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 20
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Money laundering
European Commission wants to add Cameroon and Vietnam to European list of high-risk third countries
Brussels, 28/08/2023 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission updated, on Friday 18 August, the list of high-risk third country jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes. Two jurisdictions have been added to the list: Cameroon and Vietnam, bringing the total number of jurisdictions on the list to 27.

As required by the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (2015/849), this list takes into account information provided by the Financial...

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BEACONS
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SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: European Commission proposes to extend restrictions on cod and herring fishing in Baltic to 2024
MIGRATION: negotiations between European Parliament and Council of the EU will resume in mid-September on key texts of ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’
REGIONS: aid package for Slovenia following floods confirmed by Charles Michel
TRANSPORT: risk of pilot fatigue poorly managed, according to an ECA report
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AGRICULTURE: five EU countries want to extend ban on Ukrainian grain imports
RUSSIA: Hungary’s Foreign Minister contradicts Josep Borrell on effectiveness of sanctions
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: Charles Michel insists on need to prepare for EU enlargement “by 2030”
DEVELOPMENT: MEPs to debate EU’s contribution to sustainable extractive industry
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: European Commission wants to add Cameroon and Vietnam to European list of high-risk third countries
TAXATION: capital income is generally less taxed than wage income, according to OECD
INSTITUTIONAL
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: MEPs are due to vote in mid-September on Council’s compromise of a 720-seat Chamber
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Federation for Family Employment and Home Care calls for legal recognition of sector in EU
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COHESION: €411 million in EU funding for Murcia-Almeria high-speed rail link
COMPETITION: European Commission gives green light to Rexel’s acquisition of Wasco
SPACE: ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen begins his Huginn mission aboard International Space Station
INDIA: despite differences, EU and New Delhi want to make faster progress in their negotiations on trade and investment
CIVIL PROTECTION: nine European countries help Romania to treat victims of an LPG station explosion