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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11589
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INSTITUTIONAL / (ae) budget

Court of Auditors calls effectiveness of financial instruments into question

Strasbourg, 07/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - Following an audit, the results of which were published on Thursday 7 July, the Court of Auditors of the EU has revealed “a number of significant issues” that limited the efficiency of the financial instruments as a mechanism to implement the EU budget during the 2007-2013 programme period.

The financial instruments are a tool designed to provide financial assistance from the EU budget in the form of loans or guarantees, for the implementation of...

Contents

BEACONS
(AE) BEACONS: An off-the-beat strategy
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Suspension of visa-free regimes adopted in parliamentary commission
(AE) JHA: Parliament says European list of safe countries of origin to replace national lists in three years
(AE) JHA: Parliament's civil liberties committee approves compromise on legal aid
(AE) JHA: Asylum - Slovakia will seek compromise in its favour by end of year
(AE) CLIMATE: Effort-sharing and flexibilities taking shape in forthcoming summer package
(AE) INDUSTRY: MEPs increasingly surprised by Commission position on Volkswagen affair
(AE) FISHERIES: Commission allows limited landings of dogfish on experimental basis
(AE) AGRICULTURE: This year's wine harvest forecast to be down on 2015's
(AE) DIGITAL: Slovak Presidency wants tangible progress to complete single market
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) ECONOMY: Commission opens door to possible sanctions against Madrid and Lisbon
(AE) COMPETITION: Commission validates commitments of shipping companies
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: Commission seeks legal basis for whistle-blower protection
(AE) FOOD SAFETY: Parliament vetoes any positive health claims for caffeine in energy drinks
(AE) COMMISSION: Parliament asks Commission for actions in 2017 for refugees, employment and security
(AE) CHINA: Some MEPs call for a pact on Africa, others criticise the trafficking of organs of prisoners of conscience
(AE) AGRICULTURE: MEPs complain about non-tariff barriers affecting exporters
(AE) FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Parliament advocates in-depth reform of UN
(AE) BAHRAIN: Parliament says harassment of human rights defenders must end
(AE) BURMA/MYANMAR: Parliament calls for improvement to situation of Rohingya
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) CANADA: UK supports CETA ratification despite Brexit
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) COMPETITION: Royalty agreed must be paid even if licence patent is unused
(AE) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Physical market operator can be liable for trademark infringements by market traders
(AE) COPYRIGHT: French regime on unavailable books infringes EU directive
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) BUDGET: Court of Auditors calls effectiveness of financial instruments into question
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) COMPETITION:
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(AE) JHA:
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN:
(AE) PALESTINE: