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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11153

12 September 2014
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 26
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / (ae) competition
Court upholds illegality of MIFs applied by Mastercard

Brussels, 11/09/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 11 September, the Court of Justice of the EU rejected (case C-382/12 P) MasterCard's appeal against the verdict of the General Court (T-111/08) upholding the decision by the Commission in December 2007 banning the multilateral interchange fees (MIF) applied within the MasterCard card payment system.

The Commission banned these MIFs, which correspond to a proportion of the price of a card transaction passed on to merchants by MasterCard and...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) COMMISSION: Affront or re-direction - Juncker's choices appeal or surprise
(AE) CATALONIA: Catalans call for referendum
(AE) SCOTLAND: Impassioned pleas by Cameron ahead of referendum
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) INDUSTRY: Competitiveness - Twenty-Eight must take decisive measures
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: No White Paper on copyright during this mandate
(AE) TRANSPORT: Kallas opens up competition for record investment
(AE) AGRICULTURE: EU suspends support measures for fruit and vegetables
(AE) CONSUMERS: Prominent position in Juncker Commission, says BEUC
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Ten NGOS send Jean-Claude Juncker list of grievances
(AE) DIGITAL: No more taxi queues thanks to “Smartaxi”
(AE) CULTURE: China discovers young European authors with “Flash Europa 28”
(AE) CULTURE: Support for Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov still solid
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: EU sanctions against Russia to be applied from 12 September
(AE) RUSSIA/UKRAINE: Trilateral ministerial meeting on 20 September on gas conflict
(AE) UKRAINE: EU increases its aid to conflict victims by €22 million
(AE) RUSSIA: MEPs hail Mistral warship suspension and propose alternatives
(AE) GAZA: Nurit Peled calls on EU to act against holocaust of Palestinians
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: NGOs full of expectations for future commissioner
(AE) EBOLA:
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) COMPETITION: Court upholds illegality of MIFs applied by Mastercard
(AE) COMPETITION: General Court to review verdict on Groupement français
(AE) COPYRIGHT: Libraries may freely digitise their books
(AE) ENERGY: Transition to green energy takes precedence over free movement
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) ECOFIN: Facilitating investment will be central theme at informal meeting
(AE) COMPETITION: Almunia persists on investigations into Google
(AE) FINANCE: European Parliament's left is ready and waiting for Hill