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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11158

19 September 2014
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 32
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) cohesion
ERDF could do better on biodiversity

Brussels, 18/09/2014 (Agence Europe) - The European Court of Auditors has stated that the ERDF is not hitting all its biodiversity targets. A report published on Wednesday 17 September, states that member states are not making enough use the European regional development funds to compensate for the loss of biodiversity in the EU.

European Court of Auditors member Phil Wynn Owen has scrutinised 32 ERDF-funded projects during the 2007-2013 period. He has found that, although biodiversity...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) UKRAINE: European Parliament calls for ceasefire to be respected
(AE) ISLAMIC STATE: Parliament asks EU to help Iraq, including militarily
(AE) LIBYA: European Parliament wants coordinated action from member states
(AE) MIDDLE EAST: European Parliament calls on EU to do more
(AE) AZERBAIJAN:
(AE) EBOLA: Parliament calls for coordinated emergency plan against global threat
(AE) BANGLADESH: Parliament calls for labour laws to be respected
(AE) BURUNDI:
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) SCOTLAND: Scottish referendum keeps London and Brussels in suspense
(AE) CATALONIA: Madrid on tenterhooks over Scottish referendum
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) HEALTH: Tailor-made commissionership for Andriukaitis
(AE) HEALTH: Ebola forces its way onto health ministers' agenda in Milan
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Potential and risks of Juncker Commission as IUCN sees them
(AE) FISHERIES: Portuguese action plan on fisheries control
(AE) RESEARCH: EU-funded smart electric driving system
(AE) COHESION: ERDF could do better on biodiversity
(AE) BUSINESS: First SME Instrument beneficiaries announced
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) EIB: Support to economy - Hoyer tries to dampen states' ardour
(AE) INSURANCE: Securitisation - Giegold critical of lowering of risk weighting
(AE) EUROGROUP: Luxembourg cool on permanent presidency
(AE) ECB: Targeted TLTRO operation - 255 entities lent €82.6 billion
(AE) ECB: Madrid, Tallinn, Athens and Dublin first to be affected by rotation
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) IRAN: Nuclear programme negotiations to resume on 19 September
(AE) LIBYA: Confused conclusions from Madrid meeting
(AE) TRADE: Cecilia Malmström up against a TTIP mountain
(AE) ASEM: EU wants to establish its partnership with Asia for growth and security
(AE) TRADE: Two new deputy directors-general at DG Trade
(AE) FIJI: EU hails conduct of general elections
(AE) CYPRUS:
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) SOCIAL: Minimum wage cannot be imposed on foreign subcontrtactors
(AE) TRANSPORT: Checked-in luggage may be subject to surcharge
(AE) JHA: Court rejects compensation claim by Zimbabwean deputy minister