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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10764

16 January 2013
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 31
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) africa
EU can do better on efficiency of aid for road sustainability

Brussels, 15/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - The efficiency of aid granted by the European Commission to countries in sub-Saharan Africa to guarantee the sustainability of the road network in the region leaves much to be desired, according to a Court of Auditors report published on Tuesday 15 January. This special report (no 10712), “The European Development Fund (EDF) contribution to a sustainable road network in sub-Saharan Africa”, is based on the inspection of around 2,400 kilometres of...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) MALI: Extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council to be held Thursday
(AE) CANADA: Free trade - difficult talks on agriculture
(AE) ICELAND: Pace of negotiations slows before elections
(AE) NEIGHBOURHOOD: Package to be adopted on 20 March
(AE) CROATIA:
(AE) SYRIA: ALDE leader calls for EU to take action
(AE) AFRICA: EU can do better on efficiency of aid for road sustainability
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) FUTURE OF EUROPE: Austrian leader wants debt redemption fund
(AE) UNITED KINGDOM: Swoboda and Verhofstadt criticise British attitude
(AE) CYPRIOT PRESIDENCY: Criticism of country's economic policy
(AE) RATING: An end to talks on rating agencies
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: EP calls for regulations on company restructuring
(AE) RESEARCH: Horizon 2020 and impact of dwindling budget
(AE) COHESION: Territoriality - MEPs call for more details
(AE) COHESION: Urbanism - suburbs and energy in buildings are key issues for EP
(AE) DALLI AFFAIR: MEPs want the truth
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: EU must fight efficiently against biopiracy
ECONOMY - FINANCES
(AE) CYPRUS: Christofias wants direct bank bailout
(AE) TAXATION: Commission takes gently gently approach to tackling tax evasion
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Data protection, insolvency and Greece at informal Council
(AE) JHA:
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Consultation on organic agriculture
(AE) WOMEN: National parliaments give go-ahead to quotas on company boards
(AE) DIGITAL: eCall - six new members join HeERO
(AE) ENERGY: EIB loan for wind power project in Baltic Sea
(AE) ENERGY: EU/Swiss agreement on electricity - Berne must shift
(AE) EESC/EUROPEAN COUNCIL:
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) ECJ: Urban planning decisions on projects with environmental impact must be accessible
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) MONACO: Possible association agreement with EU explored
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
(AE) EDUCATION/YOUTH/CULTURE/AUDIOVISUAL: Presidency priorities
(AE) SOCIAL: One in four Europeans risks social exclusion