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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11356

11 July 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 32
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport
Member states rubberstamp €13 billion for the IEM

Brussels, 10/07/2015 (Agence Europe) - The Interconnection in Europe Mechanism (IEM) is to receive €13.1 billion now that the member states at the IEM coordinating committee on 10 July adopted the 2014-2020 investment plan unveiled by the European Commission in last month.

A shortlist of 276 projects (whittled down from 700 by the European Commission) will receive funding in order to fill the structural investment gap between European regions. “I am very pleased that the member states...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: Largely positive initial reactions to Greek proposals
(AE) EUROGROUP: Next head of Eurogroup to be announced on Monday 13 July
(AE) ECOFIN: Ministers to discuss measures to boost EMU
(AE) BANKING: No change to Parliament's bank structural reform negotiating team
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) ENERGY: Commission wants to redesign electricity market
(AE) ENERGY: Pan-European initiative for integrated gas market in central and south-east Europe
(AE) JHA: Relocation of migrants - ministers to try again on 20 July
(AE) AGRICULTURE: GMOs, Russian ban and milk on the agenda of Monday's Council
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Big drop in cereals production this year
(AE) FISHERIES: EU signs new fisheries agreement with Mauritania
(AE) CLIMATE: Investment banks commit to monitor financing of adjustment to climate change
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Commission gets round Parliament's rejection of cadmium in TV screens
(AE) TRANSPORT: Member states rubberstamp €13 billion for the IEM
(AE) REGIONS: High-level group on fund simplification launched
(AE) REGIONS: Regions call for more resources for reception of migrants
(AE) REGIONS: Romania to receive €9.5 billion for infrastructure
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) BUDGET: Council reaches its position on draft budget 2016
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) YEMEN: EU hails already fragile humanitarian truce that will be short
(AE) LIBYA: Municipalities to be engine for ending conflict
(AE) TUNISIA: European allocation of €100 million to accompany transition
(AE) EBOLA: EU pledges €450 million for post-epidemic recovery of African countries
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) JHA: EPP rejects “naïve” internal security resolution
(AE) HUMAN RIGHTS: Calls to Cambodia to withdraw trade unions draft law
(AE) BURUNDI: Parliament calls for presidential election to be postponed
COURT OF JUSTICE OF EU
(AE) TAXATION: Companies providing sheltered accommodation for the elderly should not have to pay VAT
(AE) CONSUMERS: When changes to telecoms price plans make it possible to terminate a contract
(AE) CONSUMERS: Percentage of salt in a product should be the total amount of sodium
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) COURT OF AUDITORS:
(AE) SYRIA:
(AE) UKRAINE:
EVENTS CALENDAR
: (AE) Main events of the European institutions 13-19 July
: (AE) Other events 13-19 July