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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11306

1 May 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 44
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) digital
Commission to investigate internet platforms

Brussels, 30/04/2015 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is expected to open an investigation into the practices of US groups Google and Amazon, in particular, into the way they list the results of searches and utilise user data.

The Commission is here echoing the concerns of the economy ministers of France, Emmanuel Macron, and Germany, Sigmar Gabriel (see EUROPE 11304). In their letter to Commission Vice-President Andrus Ansip and Commissioner Günther Oettinger who is responsible...

Contents

(AE) LABOUR DAY: As 1 May is an official public holiday in Belgium, please note that our offices will be closed on Friday. EUROPE 11307 will be dated Tuesday 5 May
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) PLANT HEALTH: MEPs say measures against Xylella are insufficient
(AE) FOOD: Expo 2015 in Milan will highlight food security
(AE) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Leaders must move on from commitments to action
(AE) ALBANIA: European Parliament calls for efforts in reforms
(AE) INDONESIA: MEPs condemn latest executions
(AE) JHA: Parliament wants strong and politically independent European prosecutor's office
(AE) BUDGET: Parliament approves 1.6% rise in spending for 2016
(AE) BANGLADESH: Parliament wants further progress on working conditions
(AE) MALDIVES: Parliament calls on parties not to make matters worse
(AE) EDUCATION: Parliament wants more action on Bologna process
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) TRADE: Anti-dumping investigation into Chinese steel reinforcing bars
(AE) UKRAINE: WTO consultations on import surcharge
(AE) JAPAN: Good results achieved in free trade negotiations
(AE) ASIA: Mogherini in South Korea and China on 4-6 May
(AE) BANGLADESH: EU calls for inquiry into election irregularities and violence
(AE) SAHARA: European Parliament wants enlightenment on aid to Tindouf camp
(AE) ALGERIA: Meeting conditions for new structured dialogue with EU
(AE) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: EU condemns attack on police station
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) CROATIA: Croatia unlikely to join eurozone in 2020
(AE) GREECE: Commission welcomes new constructive spirit of talks
(AE) ECONOMY: Eurozone inflation 0.0% in April
(AE) ECONOMY: Juncker plan - governance and financing of EFSI discussed
(AE) STATE AID: New guidance for states on local support measures
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) DIGITAL: Commission to investigate internet platforms
(AE) DIGITAL: Reasoned opinion for Czech Republic over authorisation directive
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: Hungary in court over notaries
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Disagreement over CAP simplification
(AE) ENERGY: Five countries given notice over energy efficiency directive
(AE) ENERGY: Buildings - reasoned opinions for Italy, Netherlands and Poland
(AE) ENERGY: Poland in trouble over renewables directive
(AE) TRANSPORT: Bulc states three priorities for Euro-Asia relations
(AE) TRANSPORT: Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark have some of Europe's best railway networks
(AE) SINGLE MARKET: EuroCommerce welcomes Benelux initiative
(AE) SINGLE MARKET: Ideas to stimulate cross-border electronic trade
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) SOCIAL: Collective redundancy threshold must be reached in each individual “establishment”
(AE) ECB: Court rejects action against Eurosystem
(AE) TAXATION: Limitations regime permitting VAT impunity must be ignored
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) EMPLOYMENT: Unemployment stable in EU and eurozone in March
(AE) EMPLOYMENT: Denmark taken to task again over annual leave
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) HUNGARY: Outcry following Orban's statement on death penalty
(AE) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Parliamentary study group on Eastern Christians
CALENDAR
: (AE) Main events of the European institutions 4-10 May
: (AE) Other events 4-10 May