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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10827

16 April 2013
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) portugal/ireland
Repayment deadlines extended by seven years

Dublin, 15/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - The average maturity of the loans to Ireland and Portugal from the eurozone bailout funds will be extended by seven years.

The Ecofin Council took this decision on Friday 12 April 2013 for loans from the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism (EFSM), after the Eurogroup decided to do the same for loans from the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) (see EUROPE 10826).

By spreading out the repayment of loans that were initially due by 2010, the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU and third Mediterranean countries must give up big inefficient ceremonies and focus on operational cooperation
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) TAXATION: Political head of steam building for a European FATCA
(AE) BANKING: Deal confirmed on Eurozone bank supervisory system
(AE) PORTUGAL/IRELAND: Repayment deadlines extended by seven years
(AE) BANKING:
(AE) GREECE: Greece should receive €16 billion soon
(AE) COMPETITION: All clear for Liberty Global's take over of Virgin Media
(AE) CYPRUS:
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) TRANSPORT: Heavy goods vehicles - revision of design and clarity on mega-trucks
(AE) JHA: Only six countries have transposed new rules on human trafficking
(AE) JHA: Commission looks again at FRONTEX and sea rescue operations
(AE) ETS: NGOs urge Parliament to vote for short-term reform
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Beef producers in turmoil
(AE) ACCOUNTING: Commission wants more social and environmental transparency
(AE) DIGITAL: Cyber-security - problems persist, laments ENISA
(AE) ENERGY:
(AE) CULTURE:
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) TRADE: EU/US negotiations to be focus of EU ministerial
(AE) JAPAN: EU and Japan get to grips with free trade
(AE) MONTENEGRO: Second accession chapter provisionally completed
(AE) BALKANS: Ashton in Western Balkans this week
(AE) TURKEY: Füle hails adoption of judicial package but with reservations
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: Parliamentary Assembly wants strong parliaments
(AE) TURKEY:
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: Shift to smart farming tailored to climate
(AE) EU/AFRICA: Moves towards strategic partnership for agriculture
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) CROATIA: Very low turnout in election for first MEPs
(AE) PARLIAMENT: No special committee on lobbies in Dalli affair
(AE) BUDGET: €1 billion reduction in countries' contributions in 2013
(AE) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/CORRIGENDUM:
COURT OF JUSTICE OF EU
(AE) SOCIAL: Court defines notion of “disability” and overturns Danish provision
(AE) CONSUMERS: Data on damaged goods authorised
BUSINESS NEWS NO 57
(AE) TOURISM:
(AE) LEISURE:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
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