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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11399

30 September 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 32
ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) antitrust
Gazprom says European Commission's concerns are unfounded

Brussels, 29/09/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 29 September, the European Commission said that it had received a reply from Russian gas giant Gazprom to its Statement of Objections, sent to Gazprom in April (see EUROPE 11300). Gazprom rejects the accusations of abusing its dominant position.

European Commission spokesman Ricardo Cardoso said that the competition services would now carefully examine the response. The Commission suspects that Gazprom has abused its dominant position on the...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) FINANCE: Industry fears fragmentation of crowdfunding markets
(AE) FINANCE: Commission's ideas to make Capital Markets Union a reality
(AE) TAXATION: Text on transparency of tax rulings watered down
(AE) TAXATION: Greens/EFA ask Commission for documents again
(AE) ANTITRUST: Gazprom says European Commission's concerns are unfounded
(AE) GREECE: End of special VAT regime for six Greek islands
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Notaries view inheritance regulation as major step
(AE) INDUSTRY: T&E calls for more checks on ways CO2 tests are manipulated
(AE) INDUSTRY: Hungary to receive €500 million to stimulate innovation
(AE) CLIMATE: COP 21, 100 countries have submitted their INDCs, EU calls for quicker pace
(AE) CLIMATE: Commission allocates 2016 quotas to companies selling fluorinated gases
(AE) GMO: Eleven countries want to opt out of GM crops
(AE) DIGITAL: Commission consultation on simplifying cross-border VAT
(AE) DIGITAL: Broadcasters call for Lamy report to be implemented
(AE) DIGITAL: Ansip in Berlin for digital strategy discussions
(AE) REGIONS: Ireland must improve broadband access in rural areas, says Cretu
(AE) HEALTH: Call for more attention to be paid to heart failure
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) CSDP: EU28 decide to launch phase II of EUNAVFOR Med (newly named Sophia)
(AE) SAUDI ARABIA: Riyadh does not want a solution with Bashar al-Assad
(AE) IRAN: Mogherini says implementation of agreement going according to plan
(AE) ENLARGEMENT: Western Balkans want innovative approach
(AE) CAR: EU calls for immediate halt to violence
(AE) USA: France expects more on TTIP from EU's first partner
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) BUDGET: Budget 2016 - budgets committee reverses cuts made by Council
(AE) BUDGET: Redundancies - Parliament budgets committee approves aid under EGF
(AE) UNITED KINGDOM: European Socialists counting on Jeremy Corbyn to lead calls to keep country in EU
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) AGRICULTURE:
(AE) BURMA/MYANMAR:
(AE) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(AE) DIGITAL:
(AE) ENERGY:
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: