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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10754
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) state aid

In-depth investigation into Caixa Geral de Depósitos

Brussels, 18/12/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 18 December, the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation to examine whether a payment of €405,415 in dividends on 28 September 2012 by Caixa Geral Finance Limited, an affiliate of Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD), to institutional investors, is in line with EU State aid rules. Last July (see EUROPE 10658), the Commission authorised rescue capital injection from the Portuguese State amounting to €1.65 billion recapitalisation...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Parliament accepts that debate on the political section will resume in June
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) EUROGROUP: Olli Rehn will not be standing
(AE) ECONOMY: Rehn says rebalancing should not be overstated
(AE) CYPRUS: Cyprus rolls over its debt
(AE) GREECE: Troika cautiously praises progress
(AE) STATE AID: In-depth investigation into Caixa Geral de Depósitos
(AE) STATE AID: Court interprets applicability of de minimis thresholds
(AE) STATE AID:
(AE) COMPETITION:
(AE) COMPETITION:
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) CLIMATE/ETS: Poland says no to temporary quota freeze
(AE) CLIMATE: €1.2 billion to kick-start 23 innovative renewable energy projects
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Manifesto for a resource-efficient Europe
(AE) TRANSPORT: TEN-T maps and guidelines reviewed and corrected in committee
(AE) INFRASTRUCTURE: MEPs' full support for Connecting Europe Facility
(AE) ENERGY: Regulation on TEN-E infrastructure on way to adoption
(AE) DIGITAL: New Digital agenda priorities for 2013-2014
(AE) AGRICULTURE: EP compromise amendments on CAP reform
(AE) REGIONS: €12 million for research in less-developed regions
(AE) FISHERIES:
(AE) JHA: MEPs say police should be given asylum-seekers' fingerprints
(AE) JHA: Institutional shortcomings in data protection
(AE) DIGITAL: Light agenda for last Telecoms Council of the year
(AE) EDUCATION: U-Multirank is a more realistic university ranking
(AE) CULTURE: EP committee adopts “creative Europe” report
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) ICELAND: Opening of six new negotiation chapters
(AE) MONTENEGRO: Accession conference calls for continuation of reforms
(AE) ARMENIA: Agreements signed on visas and European programmes
(AE) AZERBAIJAN: EU and Baku want to accelerate negotiaions
(AE) FYROM: Hungary recognises FYROM as “Republic of Macedonia”
(AE) TRADE: WTO door is half open for Bosnia-Herzegovina
(AE) TRADE: Anti-dumping investigation on Chinese telecoms continues
(AE) TRADE: Enforcing EU rights under international agreements