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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10693
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) state aid

UK aid for Energy Works gets go-ahead

Brussels, 20/09/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 19 September, the European Commission gave the go-ahead to UK plans to grant £19.9 million (around €22.9) investment aid to Energy Works (Hull) Limited for the construction and commissioning of an “energy from waste” gasification plant in Kingston-upon-Hull, judging that the aid is in line with EU state aid rules. The plant will generate 25MW of electricity from 190 kilotonnes of waste. The Commission found that the aid, funded...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) GMO: NK603 maize is toxic for rats - EFSA awaits its chance
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: MEPs say no shale gas fracking without robust rules
(AE) INDUSTRY: Commission promises action plan on steel by June 2013
(AE) JHA: EP approves new asylum reception conditions - NGOs are critical
(AE) JHA: Consular protection - strengthened rights for Europeans
(AE) RESEARCH: 12 States call for rules of participation to be changed
(AE) REGIONS: Regions limit crisis damages but warn against centralisation
(AE) REGIONS: Budget - peripheral maritime regions call on EU27
(AE) WOMEN: Greens favour quotas and hit back at nine blocking states
(AE) SPACE: MEPs approve future funding for Galileo and EGNOS
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) CHINA: Appeasement at last summit of Wen era
(AE) SYRIA: Negotiated solution needed according to EEAS
(AE) RUSSIA: MEPs call on EU to act on Magnitsky case
(AE) EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: Bildt says elections to be carefully observed
(AE) BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA: Commission discusses impact of Croatia's accession
(AE) EGYPT: €10 million for better access to drinking water
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: First of EBRD's investment commitments
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: UfM an exclusive channel for EU relations
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) SPAIN: Promised aid will only be used for banks
(AE) ECONOMY: MEPs try to slow down Banking Union process
(AE) INSURANCE: Solvency II may be postponed until 2015
(AE) STATE AID: Aid for ÖVAG gets go-ahead
(AE) STATE AID: UK aid for Energy Works gets go-ahead
(AE) STATE AID: Czech Airline 2010 aid complies with EU rules
SOCIAL - EDUCATION
(AE) SOCIAL: MEPs dubious about “social enterprise” label
(AE) SOCIAL: Monitoring powers for posted workers debated
(AE) EDUCATION: “Erasmus for All” -first debate on Doris Pack report