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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11575
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) trade

NGOs disappointed at draft regulation on conflict minerals

Brussels, 17/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - The NGOs Amnesty International, Global Witness and Action Aid are far from happy with the political agreement, concluded in trilogue between the European Parliament and Council on Wednesday 16 June, on the draft regulation aimed at curbing the financing of military and armed groups in conflict areas (especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes region) through the extraction and trade of tin, gold, tantalum or tungsten (see EUROPE...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) TAXATION: Agreement on tax avoidance directive awaiting “yes” from Belgium
(AE) BANKING: Finalisation of banking union in limbo
(AE) ECONOMY: Assessment of Spanish and Portuguese budgets postponed until July
(AE) GREECE: ESM releases aid of €10.3 for Greece
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) HEALTH: Member states concern over health services standardisation
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Endocrine disruptors, differences between WHO definition and European Commission criteria highlighted
(AE) ENERGY: Fico highlights Slovak Nord Stream-2 concerns
(AE) FOOD SAFETY: Single regulation on monitoring whole food chain to be adopted soon
(AE) INDUSTRY: Juncker may be called on if Verheugen refuses to appear before Volkswagen commission
(AE) TRANSPORT: 195 projects selected in second CEF call for tender
(AE) REGIONS: MEPs call for real support for Alpine regions
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) TRADE: EU approves revised WTO agreement on IT products
(AE) TRADE: NGOs disappointed at draft regulation on conflict minerals
(AE) TUNISIA: Commission says Tunisian transition process is exemplary
(AE) CRIMEA: EU extends sanctions related to annexation of Crimea for a year
(AE) FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU wants to step up its strategy in the Sahel
(AE) CSDP: Council to prolong and extend EU's naval mission in Mediterranean
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) PES: Robert Fico and his party threatened with new sanctions
(AE) BUDGET: CoR calls for increase in ceilings to manage migration crisis
(AE) BUDGET: Council approves budgetisation of 2015 surplus
BREACHES OF EU LAW
(AE) FINANCIAL SERVICES: Law on agricultural land - Hungary referred to Court
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Austria has still to transpose water pollution directive
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: France called on to protect migratory bird
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
(AE) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Commissioner for Human Rights speaks out against erosion of rule of law in Poland
NEWS BRIEFS
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(AE) FINANCE:
(AE) HEALTH:
(AE) EEAS:
(AE) TRANSPORT:
CALENDAR
: (AE) Major events at European institutions 20-26/06
: (AE) Other events of the week from 20-26/06