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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11473

22 January 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 32
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) horn of africa
EU to mobilise €77 million in humanitarian aid this year

Brussels, 21/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - Involved in recurring cycles of conflict and natural disaster, the Horn of African is to receive €77 million in emergency humanitarian assistance from the EU.

The news was announced from Kenya by European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides on Thursday 21 January, during his visit to the region. He was previously in Somalia (see EUROPE 11472).

The aid is financed by the ECHO budget (the European Commission's...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) TAXATION: Contents of Commission's anti-tax avoidance package
(AE) ECB: Institution stands ready to readjust its monetary policy in March
(AE) BANKS: Single Resolution Fund will have €10 billion by end of 2016
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) INDUSTRY: Parliament approves composition of the committee of investigation into Volkswagen
(AE) CSDP: Procedures for implementing mutual defence clause must be made clear
(AE) JHA: Avramopoulos says 2016 will be dedicated to fighting terrorism financing
(AE) KOSOVO: Parliament ratifies association and stabilisation agreement
(AE) EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: Parliament welcomes progress in association agreements
(AE) TURKEY: Parliament calls for peace talks to resume
(AE) AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND: Support for free trade but sensitive sectors must be protected
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) TRANSPORT: Outcry over European rules at aviation summit
(AE) JHA: ECR Group wants to keep basic Dublin system
(AE) JHA: Austria wants asylum seeker ceiling
(AE) ENERGY: Belgium seeks to highlight safety of its nuclear facilities
(AE) GMOS: MEPS veto three glyphosate-resistant soyas
(AE) FOOD SAFETY: SNE says European Parliament veto on draft baby foods rules is counter productive
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: PAN Europe contests EFSA glyphosate arguments
(AE) HEALTH: Restart of negotiations on medical devices
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) MOLDOVA: EU calls for calm and restraint after Pavel Filip's appointment
(AE) LEBANON: EU and Lebanon commit to doing more to help Syrian refugees
(AE) HORN OF AFRICA: EU to mobilise €77 million in humanitarian aid this year
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: CONCORD says migration has positive potential but is sacrificed on the altar of security
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) TAXATION: Assisted-living homes for non-disabled elderly people may be in part VAT-exempt
(AE) SOCIAL: Cypriot law on civil servants' pension rights will have to be amended
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL: Social inequalities confirming two-speed Europe
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) FUTURE OF EUROPE:
(AE) HUMAN RIGHTS:
(AE) UNITED KINGDOM:
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN:
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN:
(AE) TRANSPORT:
(AE) TUNISIA: