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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11575

18 June 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 32
CALENDAR /
(AE) Major events at European institutions 20-26/06

Monday 20 June

Luxembourg. Council of Ministers. General Affairs Council. - Debate and conclusions document on an integrated EU policy for the Arctic region; - examining the situation in the Sahel and the EU's general approach to security in the region, and a conclusions document based on a briefing by Federica Mogherini on the G5 Sahel ministerial meeting (17/06); - situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; - progress in Middle East peace process following on from Paris...

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
(AE) DEVELOPMENT:
(AE) ENERGY:
(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