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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11195

13 November 2014
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 35
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) trade
Breakthrough on review of WTO agreement on ITC

Brussels, 12/11/2014 (Agence Europe) - It was announced on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Beijing on Tuesday 11 November that agreement had been reached between China and the United States on the outstanding issues in the review of the WTO Information Technology Agreement (ITA). This now paves the way for agreement among the 54 countries taking part in the review on expanding the list by 200 new products which will enjoy customs duty reductions.

The ITA, signed by 29 countries in 1996...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Realities and responsibilities of tax evasion - positive developments and obstacles
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) TAXATION: Luxleaks - Juncker torn between duty to abstain and duty to act
(AE) PORTUGAL: Bailout plan - final loan of €400 million from EFSM
(AE) FINANCE: Council does not wish to redesign financial supervision system
(AE) BANKS: 'Stress tests' - recapitalisation plans put forward
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) COMMISSION: Juncker decides to respond to criticism
(AE) COMMISSION: Working programme ready by mid-December
(AE) BUDGET: Commission presents own resources proposal
(AE) BUDGET: OLAF needs independent controller of procedural guarantees
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) GMOS: MEPs promote project for culture of “individual choice”
(AE) FISHERIES: Agreement on 2015 and 2016 quotas for deep sea fish
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Cypriot state aid - Council to decide in December
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Russian ban - Greek application for peaches/nectarines
(AE) AGRICULTURE:
(AE) SPACE: Rosetta keeps its historic date with comet
(AE) INDUSTRY: Better coordination of industrial renaissance policies
(AE) TRANSPORT: European taxis get organised against Uber app
(AE) ENERGY:
(AE) DIGITAL: BNetzA's arguments fail to convince Commission
(AE) HEALTH: Four MEPs rally for campaign against pancreatic cancer
(AE) HEALTH:
(AE) JHA: LIBE sceptical over relaunch of European PNR
(AE) JHA: British MPs pass opt-out amidst chaos
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) FRANCE: EU may provide former Air France workers with €25.9 million in aid
(AE) GREECE: €6.4 million from Globalisation Fund for former Fokas department store workers
(AE) POLAND: €1.2 million for former Polish Fiat workers
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: EU to discuss new measures against Russia
(AE) HUMANITARIAN AID: EU increases its aid to Ukrainians by €7.8 million
(AE) TURKEY: No doubt about European outlook but road is long
(AE) MIDDLE EAST: EU calls for tension to be eased
(AE) PAKISTAN: 53 MEPs call on Mogherini to take action to save Asia Bibi
(AE) NIGERIA: EU strongly condemns suicide bombing targeting a school
(AE) TRADE: Breakthrough on review of WTO agreement on ITC
(AE) TRADE:
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) SOCIAL: Court gives member states weapon to tackle “welfare tourism”