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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11434

20 November 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 33
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport
Five member states referred to Court over driving licences

Brussels, 19/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission decided on Thursday 19 November to refer the Czech Republic, Estonia, Italy, Portugal and Slovenia to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to correctly transpose the European rules on driving licences (Directive 2006/126/EC).

The Czech Republic failed, over the period 2004-2011, to ensure that driving licences were only issued to persons residing in the country.

The Commission states that “driving licences issued in the...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Council likely to back French calls on external border controls, PNR and hotspots
(AE) JHA: Greece and Turkey commit to greater border surveillance
(AE) ENERGY: Greece in dock over building performance directive
(AE) ENERGY: France warned on transposing radioactive waste directive
(AE) ENERGY: France and Netherlands criticised on energy efficiency directive
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Greece faces heavy fines over poor waste water treatment
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Sweden's Court hearing on Commission's failure to act on endocrine disruptors
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Romania in court and facing fine for infringement
(AE) CLIMATE: Renewables are poor relation in energy union, regret environmentalists
(AE) FISHERIES: Commission quite happy with ICCAT results
(AE) AGRICULTURE: 88% of rural development programmes now adopted
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: Hungarian nuclear reactors in Commission sights
(AE) TRANSPORT: Poland in Court over interconnection of electronic transport registers
(AE) TRANSPORT: Five member states referred to Court over driving licences
(AE) INDUSTRY: Parliament and Council manoeuvring on polluting gas emissions
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) TERRORISM: Juncker calls for EU-US-Russia coalition against ISIL
(AE) ISRAEL: Vedrine says settlers have made two-state solution impossible
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: EMHRN says human rights defence marginalised in new EU neighbourhood policy
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: UfM says new neighbourhood policy provides fresh opportunities
(AE) KOSOVO: Mogherini says violence at Kosovan Parliament is unacceptable
(AE) MERCOSUR: Long process of exchange of offers continues
(AE) TRADE: Industrialised countries to limit support for coal
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) FRANCE: Paris puts extra security costs at €600 million
(AE) TAXATION: Decision to extend special Taxe committee postponed
(AE) FINANCE: Luxembourg brought before Court on ratings agencies
(AE) INSURANCE: Five countries ordered to transpose Solvency II directive
(AE) MONEY LAUNDERING: EU has right tools but implementation has not followed
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) RULE OF LAW: First ministerial debate marked by terrorism and immigration
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) CULTURE:
(AE) DIGITAL:
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(AE) ENERGY:
(AE) JHA: