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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11263

27 February 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 3 / 33
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) finance
TTIP - Hill argues for financial services to be included

Brussels, 26/02/2015 (Agence Europe) - In a speech to the Brookings Institution in Washington on Wednesday 25 February, the Commissioner for Financial Services, Jonathan Hill, argued in favour of the benefits of including financial services in the future transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) currently under negotiation.

“The main added value of the TTIP will lie in regulatory cooperation (…), not in slashing down tariffs or only granting market access. Financial...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: Athens fears short-term cash flow problems
(AE) FINANCE: ECON committee supports rapporteur's approach to money market funds
(AE) FINANCE: TTIP - Hill argues for financial services to be included
(AE) ECONOMY: Vice tightens on France
(AE) TAXATION/PARLIAMENT: Special committee on tax rulings in place
(AE) TAXATION: VAT exemption - Germany before Court of Justice
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: MEPs return to PNR but with no promise of success
(AE) JHA: Large-scale Europol hacking operation
(AE) ENERGY: Renewables directive case against Poland withdrawn
(AE) ENERGY: Three member states challenged over energy efficiency directive
(AE) ENERGY: Spain and UK in trouble over oil stocks directive
(AE) ENERGY: Energy Union strategy goes down fairly well with Parliament
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Clean air legislative package not to be dropped
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Slovenia, brought before court, faces fines
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Inadequate treatment of wastewater - Greece before court
(AE) CLIMATS: EU's Paris protocol contribution calls for more clarity
(AE) TRANSPORT: Austria and Luxembourg in court over bus transport
(AE) TRANSPORT: Denmark referred to court over rail
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Dairy debt - Italy before Court
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Copa welcomes aid for private storage of pig meat
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Private storage aid for dairy products extended by seven months
(AE) HEALTH: New interest group on brain, mind and pain at European Parliament
(AE) HEALTH: Commission prize for progress on antimicrobial resistance
(AE) YOUTH: Riga conference says more power should be given to youth
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: Tusk and Verhofstadt want new strategy on Russia
(AE) RUSSIA: EU calls for immediate release of Nadia Savtchenko
(AE) PANAMA: Malmström and Arrocha assess progress on free trade
(AE) MOROCCO: Association Committee meeting
(AE) MOROCCO: EBRD announces its strategy
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) JHA: Court clarifies conditions in which a deserter can become a refugee
(AE) TAXATION: Court rejects deducting social contributions from assets
(AE) CLIMATE: Greenhouse gas emission allocations, Czech tax refused
(AE) SOCIAL: