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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11391

18 September 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 9 / 26
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) tunisia
EU offers country improved access for olive oil

Brussels, 17/09/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 17 September, the European Commission adopted a legislative proposal offering temporary additional access for Tunisian olive oil to the EU market. The legislation (a regulation) now needs to be adopted by the Council and European Parliament.

The Commission proposes to offer a unilateral duty-free tariff rate quota of 35,000 tonnes for Tunisian olive oil exports until the end of 2017. This is in addition to the existing 56,700 tonnes (also...

Contents

ECONOMY - BUSINESS - FINANCE
(AE) TAXATION: Juncker silent on country-by-country reporting of tax payments
(AE) FINANCE: Commission fine-tunes capital market action plan
(AE) ECONOMY: Juncker Plan agreement to facilitate start-up loans in Germany
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) JHA: Asylum - Parliament supports Commission on relocation of 120,000 people
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Parliament satisfied overall with anti-crisis support plan
(AE) COMMISSION: Commission urged to take initiative more in 2016
(AE) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Correct implementation of the global agenda post-2015 - priority for MEPs
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) MIGRATION: Hahn says European foreign policy is not a cash machine
(AE) TUNISIA: EU offers country improved access for olive oil
(AE) ALGERIA: Algiers advocates process of evaluation and adaptation for association agreement
(AE) TRADE: Good reception for investment court proposal
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Special summit on migration crisis arranged for 23 September
(AE) CLIMATE: Environment ministers finalise EU's COP21 position
(AE) GMO: France uses opt-out to ban 9 GMO crops
(AE) ENERGY: Boiler efficiency standards - massive savings anticipated
(AE) DIGITAL: Council and Parliament finalise ISA² agreement
(AE) REGIONS: Member states endorse Commission proposed Greek aid plan
(AE) TRANSPORT: EESC wants to reinforce EASA role and wants to fight against social dumping
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL: Unions cool to Commission's long-term unemployment initiative
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) TRANSPORT: Unforeseen technical problems do not release airlines from requirement to compensate passengers for cancelled flights
(AE) STATE AID: Italy ruled against for second time in same case of failure to recover illegal aid
(AE) COMPETITION: Total's paraffin wax fine reduced
NEWS BRIEF
(AE) AZERBAIDJAN:
(AE) BURKINA FASO:
(AE) REGIONS:
(AE) TOURISM: