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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11439

27 November 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 37
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) acp
ACP banana producers call on EU not to abandon them

Brussels, 26/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - The Banana for Development Coalition is calling on the EU to support its ACP (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific) partner banana producers as it is alarmed that ACP bananas, which drive development for ACP producer countries, are being threatened with competition from Chiquita bananas.

The Banana for Development Coalition launched its call at an exchange of views in Brussels on 20 November between the coalition (comprising banana producers from the ACP...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) ENERGY: Way open for talks on revised energy labelling
(AE) ENERGY: Council lays foundations for energy union governance system
(AE) INDUSTRY: Committee of enquiry into Volkswagen scandal now possible
(AE) CONSUMERS: BEUC concerned by Volkswagen's approach to consumers
(AE) DIGITAL: Radio broadcasters get 700 MHz lower band
(AE) DIGITAL: Commission consultation about roaming costs
(AE) FISHERIES: Council approves delegated act on North Sea discard plan
(AE) FISHERIES: Lithuanian plan to improve fisheries control adopted
(AE) FISHERIES: New funding to promote fisheries products
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) TRADE: WTO-Doha - Parliament wants result in Nairobi
(AE) MOLDOVA: Parliament calls for dialogue and reform from political parties
(AE) GEORGIA: Commission says impetus for democracy must not slacken
(AE) BURMA/MYANMAR: MEPs hail elections and call for path of democracy to be taken
(AE) CAMBODIA: Parliament demands all charges against opposition to be dropped
(AE) BANGLADESH : MEPs call for independence of the media
(AE) HUMANITARIAN AID: Parliament supports doubling of support for education of children in emergency situations
(AE) ANIMAL HEALTH: Parliament calls for ambitious animal welfare strategy
(AE) SOCIAL: Parliament wants new binding health safety and security measures at work
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) ECONOMY: 2016 European Semester exercise gets underway
(AE) ECONOMY: Analysis of macroeconomic imbalances will target 18 countries
(AE) TAXATION: Mandate of special TAXE committee 2 to be negotiated
(AE) FINANCE: Still some technical points to settle to fine-tune agreement on benchmarks
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: Economic imbalances and regional challenges on UfM agenda
(AE) ACP: EU and ACP sign intra-ACP cooperation programme for €3.6 billion
(AE) ACP: EU-Mozambique cooperation programme signed for €734 million
(AE) ACP: ACP banana producers call on EU not to abandon them
(AE) TRADE: EU approves OECD agreement on limiting support to coal plants
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: NGOs hail growth of aid funding in EU budget
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) CONSUMERS: Contracts may provide for rates to be changed on basis of objective index
(AE) STATE AID: Spain must recover state aid granted by Spain to operators of terrestrial television platform
NEWS BRIEFS
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