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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11592
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha

Privacy Shield adopted but far from reassuring

Brussels, 12/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 12 July, the European Commission announced that it had formally adopted the new arrangement for personal data transfer to the US - the Privacy Shield. With the 'adequacy decision' now adopted, the US will launch the process of certification for companies participating in the new framework from 1 August, US secretary of commerce Penny Pritzker stated in Brussels. Privacy Shield replaces the former Safe Harbor (or Security Sphere) adequacy...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) ECONOMY: Spain and Portugal likely to be handed symbolic sanctions
(AE) MONEY LAUNDERING: Ministers challenge transposition deadline for new proposal
(AE) MONEY LAUNDERING: MEPs respond with irony to new version of anti-money laundering directive
(AE) TAXATION: Monaco hopes to be removed from European national blacklists
(AE) BANKS: Italian banks - EU stresses need for banking union rules to be followed
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) BUDGET: Mario Monti says 'income' aspect of the EU budget can help to achieve political objectives
(AE) BUDGET: 23% cut in payments for cohesion policy comes under fire from European Parliament
(AE) COMMISSION: Cañete denies any conflict of interest over Panama Papers
(AE) COMMISSION: Ombudsman calls for ethics rules for former Commissioners to be tightened up
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Commission to announce on 20 July that it is not changing draft legislation on secondment of workers
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Privacy Shield adopted but far from reassuring
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Agreement on revision of air quality directive approved
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Committee does not want Parliament veto on extended glyphosate licence
(AE) ENERGY: Parliament preparing demands for heating-cooling strategy
(AE) ENERGY: EU ever more dependent on oil imports from non-EU companies
(AE) TRANSPORT: MEPs approve inter-institutional agreement of 4th rail package
(AE) TRANSPORT: Extent of EASA competence debated in Parliament
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: MEPs critical of implementation of postal services directive
(AE) DIGITAL: Transfer of value, Andrus Ansip unveils his vision
(AE) FISHERIES: Slovak Presidency to focus on quotas, external fleet and stock management plans
(AE) FISHERIES: European Parliament committee approves deepwater fishing compromise
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) CHINA: Donald Tusk asks Beijing to respect international rules
(AE) UKRAINE: EU continues support to Ukraine
(AE) BELARUS: Alena Kupchyna supports normalisation of relations with EU
(AE) ISRAEL: EU criticises new legislation on NGOs
NEWS BRIEFS
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