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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11338

19 June 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 33
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport
Commission opens infringement case against Germany

Brussels, 18/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - Germany was sent a letter of formal notice by the European Commission on Thursday 18 June for its road charging scheme. The Commission is of the view that the German law introducing the scheme breaches the principles of non-discrimination and proportionality.

“A toll system can only be compliant with European law if it respects the fundamental Treaty principle of non-discrimination. We have serious doubts that this is the case in the final text of...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: State of emergency once again
(AE) GREECE: Debt burden has already been reduced by 50% of GDP, says ESM
(AE) BANKS: Structural reform - Paris blasts British derogation
(AE) ECONOMY: Commission creates support group for structural reform
(AE) ECONOMY: Inflation at 0.3% in eurozone and EU in May
(AE) TAXATION: Taxation on real estate - Belgium referred to Court
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) TRANSPORT: Commission opens infringement case against Germany
(AE) TRANSPORT: Council-Parliament agreement on rail package technical pillar
(AE) ENERGY: Baltic gas project by E.ON, Shell, OMV and Gazprom
(AE) ENERGY: Greece in dock over energy efficiency directive
(AE) ENERGY: Romania in Court for not having emergency gas plan
(AE) ENERGY: Austria and UK faulted over buildings performance
(AE) ENERGY: Spain and UK challenged over oil stocks
(AE) ENERGY: EHPA demands on heating and cooling strategy
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Belgium and Bulgaria referred to Court over air quality
(AE) CIRCULAR ECONOMY: MEPs present European Commission with their wish list
(AE) REGIONS: Corina Cretu reports back to Parliament on progress made in six months
(AE) REGIONS: Donchev says “we have already learned lessons” from 2007-13
(AE) DIGITAL: 12 states participate in digital jobs initiative
(AE) DIGITAL: Telecom companies want more ambition from member states
(AE) FISHERIES: Parliament fisheries committee supports EU/Madagascar agreement
(AE) WOMEN: Parliament committee criticises continuing wage inequality
(AE) WOMEN: Council takes stock of gender balance progress
(AE) WOMEN: Council adopts conclusions on retirement pensions
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL: Council welcomes new formula European Semester
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: EU and Ukraine sign a €55 million financing agreement
(AE) RUSSIA: EU makeS firm call for Nadiya Savchenko's release
(AE) FYROM: EU calls for utmost effort for lasting political compromise
(AE) SERBIA/KOSOVO: Discussion on freedom of movement
(AE) BAHRAIN: EU criticises sentence of Ali Salman
(AE) SAHEL: EU and Sahel G5 move to deeper and more concrete cooperation
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
(AE) JHA: Online grooming of children could be criminalised
(AE) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Muiznieks says Hungarian anti-immigration fence “ill-advised”