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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11435

21 November 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 8 / 35
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) agriculture
Unduly spent monies to be recovered

Brussels, 20/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission adopted a decision on 13 November (published in the Official Journal of Friday 20 November) excluding €276 million spent by member states under the European agricultural guarantee fund (EAGF) and the European agricultural fund for rural development (EAFRD) from European Union financing.

This spending was declared, after verification, to have been irregular. Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, France (€11.5...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: All Europeans soon to be checked on external borders of EU
(AE) JHA: EU counter-terrorism coordinator happy with ministers' measures
(AE) WOMEN: Work not looking good for directive on quotas
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: Agreement on sharing revenue from unitary patent
(AE) TRANSPORT: Netherlands tops Commission's transport scoreboard
(AE) REGIONS: CoR builds cooperation with accession regional players
(AE) ENERGY: Parliament expects much of energy union
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Unduly spent monies to be recovered
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Money to be returned to European farmers
(AE) AGRICULTURE: MEPs want legislation on unfair practices in the food chain
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: EU to invest €160.6 million in 96 LIFE projects
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Poland asked to comply with Water Framework Directive
(AE) BIODIVERSITY: WWF and civil society save Natura 2000 habitat in Romania
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) TERRORISM: France calls on UN to use all means necessary against IS
(AE) MIDDLE EAST: EU condemns new attacks
(AE) UKRAINE: EU offers €97 million to help train officials
(AE) SAHEL: EU and G5 united against terrorism and in favour of stability
(AE) TRADE: Intense work at WTO to win minor gains in Nairobi on farm aspect of Doha round
(AE) UNITED STATES: EESC to stimulate dialogue on TTIP with social partners
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) EUROGROUP: Ministers to rule on draft budgets 2016
(AE) GREECE: Eurozone expected to give green light to payment of €12 billion
(AE) TAXATION: Large-scale operation to fight VAT fraud
(AE) TAXATION: Germany must change certain rules on inheritance tax
(AE) TAXATION: Spanish tax treatment of foreign non-profit entities is discriminatory
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) EP: Journalists turn to Court of Justice for right of scrutiny of MEPs' spending
(AE) EP: European Parliament plenary upset by Paris attacks
EDUCATION - SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) EDUCATION: Shadow of Paris attacks hangs over Council of EU
(AE) SOCIAL: Council-European Parliament deal on undeclared work platform
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
(AE) DEMOCRACY: Council of Europe debates freedom vs control in wake of Paris attacks
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) FUTURE OF EUROPE:
(AE) HEALTH:
(AE) JHA:
(AE) TRANSPORT:
EVENTS CALENDAR
: (AE) Main events of European institutions 23-29 November
: (AE) Other events 23-29 November