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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11243

31 January 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 35
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha
New rules to upgrade SIS

Riga, 30/01/2015 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission adopted new rules upgrading the Schengen Information System (SIS) on Thursday 29 January. These new rules will come into force immmediately.

On the day that home affairs ministers were discussing the EU response to terrorism in Riga, Latvia, these new rules (which were not connected with this meeting) will bring technical level improvements to the SIS and allow the member states to enter more information, for example, informing...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: Yanis Varoufakis does not want to see troika back in Athens
(AE) FINANCE: Beginning capital market union where the most work has been done
(AE) ECONOMY: Inflation estimated at -0.6% in eurozone in January
(AE) STATE AID:
(AE) COMPETITION:
(AE) COMPETITION:
(AE) COMPETITION:
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Ministers work on definition of terrorism and on Eurojust
(AE) JHA: Disagreement over data protection directive
(AE) JHA: Crewless vessels - Paris and Berlin want Frontex and Europol used
(AE) JHA: New rules to upgrade SIS
(AE) AGRICULTURE: EU facilitates Tunisian exports of olive oil
(AE) AGRICULTURE: EU agricultural exports to Russia down 36%
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Organic production - equivalence between EU and South Korea
(AE) TELECOMS: Mobile and mobile internet communications not covered by “universal service”
(AE) TRANSPORT: Railway reform - technical negotiations at deadlock
(AE) TRANSPORT: Berlin beats retreat over minimum wage for truck drivers
(AE) REGIONS: Markkula and Lambertz put forward for Presidency of CoR
(AE) COHESION: Croatia congratulated by Commissioner Cretu
(AE) RESEARCH: New “teaming” instrument
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
(AE) SOCIAL: After 30 years of social dialogue, EU seeks new impetus
(AE) EMPLOYMENT: Unemployment in EU below 10% for first time since October 2011
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) COMMISSION: Ombudsman calls for more balanced and transparent expert groups
(AE) BUDGET:
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) USA: TTIP negotiations resume after a four-month break
(AE) USA: Canete to visit Washington in early February
(AE) TRADE: WTO member countries determined to make progress on Doha
(AE) RUSSIA: Moscow calls on EU to reflect on its sanctions policy
(AE) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: EU welcomes presidency agreement
(AE) EGYPT: EU criticises fresh attacks in Sinai
(AE) SAHARA: OLAF focuses on management of aid to Saharans
(AE) DRC: EU hails military operations against DFLR
(AE) BAHRAIN: EU calls for rules to be respected in judicial proceedings
EVENTS CALENDAR
: (AE) Main events of the European institutions 2- 8 February 2015
: (AE) Other events 2-8 February