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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10755

20 December 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 35
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) state aid
Commission takes raft of state aid decisions

Brussels, 19/12/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 19 December, the European Commission took a number of decisions about state aid in the following member states:

In Italy, it: - ordered the clawback of €360 million worth of state aid granted between 2002 and 2010 by SEA, the state operator of Milan Airport, to its ground-handling company SEA Handling. The Commission says the aid gave SEA Handling an unfair advantage against its competitors. SEA Handling must return the cash, plus...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) HEALTH: Borg says tobacco should taste like tobacco
(AE) FISHERIES: European Parliament fisheries committee wants CFP overhaul
(AE) FISHERIES: Political agreement on updating cod management plan
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Greening “under threat” in CAP reform
(AE) AGRICULTUR: E: Differences at Council over dairy quotas
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Conclusions on planting rights for wine go down well
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Joint declaration by eight countries on bundled support
(AE) TRANSPORT: Roadworthiness tests and aviation relations on Council agenda
(AE) TRANSPORT: Making better use of incident data for air safety
(AE) TRANSPORT: Vote on TEN-T favours cycle, rail and environment
(AE) PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: Parliament wants more responsible public contracts
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: agreement obtained on unitary patent
(AE) JHA: Canada toughens its asylum law due to abuse by EU nationals
(AE) ENERGY:
(AE) TRADE:
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GReeCE: First positive consequences of the Greek bailout
(AE) FINANCE: Commission introduces EMIR technical standards
(AE) FINANCE: Commission sets out rules for hedge funds
(AE) ECB:
(AE) COMPETITION: Commission and Google close to agreement
(AE) STATE AID: New broadband rules in January
(AE) STATE AID: Commission takes raft of state aid decisions
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) RUSSIA: No great progress expected from EU-Russia summit
(AE) SERBIA: EU satisfied with technical work on integrated border management
(AE) IRAN: EU calls on Tehran to restore confidence on nuclear issue
(AE) ISRAEL: EU recalls its opposition to settlements
(AE) GEORGIA: Closing negotiations on association agreement by November 2013
(AE) MAGHREB: Communication on new “Euro-Maghreb strategy”
(AE) TUNISIA: Europe supports Tunisian budget and Schulz makes official visit
(AE) MOROCCO: 2012 is record year for EIB-Morocco partnership
(AE) DJIBOUTI: European aid to water purification plant
(AE) TRADE: Bosnia takes big step to joining WTO
EDUCATION - SOCIAL AFFAIRS - RESEARCH
(AE) SOCIAL: EGF pays €25.3 million for redundant workers in five countries
(AE) EDUCATION: Freeze on proceedings kept for Belgian and Austrian quotas
(AE) RESEARCH: Seven experts to find the next president of the ERC