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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11574

17 June 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 38
BREACHES OF EU LAW / (ae) transport
Denmark and Finland sent to court over cabotage rules

Brussels, 16/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 16 June, the European Commission sent Denmark and Finland to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to properly implement EU legislation on cabotage for road transport.

Cabotage means temporary transport of goods in a country by non-residents, which aims to improve the efficiency of road freight transport by reducing empty trips after the unloading of international transport operations.

The two Scandinavian countries have...

Contents

BEACONS
(AE) BEACONS: Ernest Renan, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and “Brexit”
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) TRADE: Interinstitutional agreement on conflict minerals law
(AE) MEXICO: Negotiations for new global agreement are on track
(AE) RUSSIA: Juncker warns sanctions will not be lifted until Minsk agreements implemented
(AE) ALGERIA: Rules discriminating against European and other foreign investment to remain in place
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: €73 million for resilience and youth employment in Somalia
(AE) EGYPT: Giulio Regeni's parents ask EU to take measures
(AE) SYRIA: Syrian opposition suggests E3+3 formula could resolve the conflict
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) BANKS: Esther de Lange connects finalisation of banking union to progress on treatment of sovereign risk
(AE) TAXATION: FTT - participating countries isolate thorny issues, no agreement yet
(AE) ECONOMY: Member states want to extend Juncker plan
(AE) ECOFIN: Anti-tax avoidance and banking union on ministers' agenda
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL: Council consensus on European semester debate but disagreements persist on posted workers
(AE) EQUALITY: Council conclusions on gays and lesbians finally passed
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) HEALTH: Council call for national plans on antimicrobial resistance and healthy eating
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Council to focus on Paris Agreement ratification and ETS reform
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Call for market crisis to be dealt with at highest level
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Survey confirms low morale among EU farmers
(AE) FISHERIES: Commission preparing Adriatic sardine and anchovy plan
(AE) FISHERIES: Council likely to adopt general approach on external fleets
(AE) FISHERIES: Sri Lanka removed from list of non-cooperating countries
(AE) JHA: European Parliament and Council closer to agreement on border guards
(AE) ENERGY: Theresa Griffin promotes benefits of energy renovation
(AE) TRANSPORT: Iran Air again allowed to fly in EU airspace
(AE) COHESION: Cretu prepared to consider indicators other than GDP
BREACHES OF EU LAW
(AE) TRANSPORT: Denmark and Finland sent to court over cabotage rules
(AE) TRANSPORT: Hue and cry over French and German minimum wage policies
(AE) TRANSPORT: Germany sent to Court of Justice over unfair competition in railways
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Slovakia faces heavy fines for unlawful landfill site
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) JHA: Court explains remit of national jurisdictions in trade disputes
(AE) DIGITAL: Electronic book loans could be subject to same rules as traditional book lending
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) UNITED KINGDOM: All referendum-linked activities suspended after murder
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
(AE) JHA: UEFA Euro 2016 launch of new convention for preventing sports events clashes
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) BAHRAIN:
(AE) ENERGY:
(AE) DIGITAL:
(AE) POLAND:
(AE) HEALTH: