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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11599
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COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / (ae) commission

General court upholds lifting of Giovanni Kessler's immunity

Brussels, 22/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - The President of the General Court of the EU rejected the request made by the Director General of OLAF (EU anti-fraud office), Giovanni Kessler, to suspend the lifting of his diplomatic immunity, which was decided upon by the European Commission in March (EUROPE 11510).

In an order published on Friday 22 July (case T-251/16), the President of the General Court rejected the application for interim measures brought by Kessler, arguing that it was...

Contents

BREACHES OF EU LAW
(AE) STATE AID: Commission calls for €6 million fine against Greece for failure to recover aid
(AE) TRANSPORT: Greece, Luxembourg and Romania risk daily fines for failing to implement single railway area
(AE) HEALTH: Luxembourg in dock for non-transposition of chemicals rules
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Row between Poland and Czech Republic over toxic waste reaches Court
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Bulgaria before Court over insufficient protection for wild birds in Rila Mountains
(AE) EMPLOYMENT: Barriers to freedom to supply services in Austria
(AE) PLANTS: Further letter of formal notice to Italy over Xylella fastidiosa
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Greece asked to amend law on affiliation of wine producers to cooperatives
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: Commission monitors application of rules to counter trafficking of cultural goods
(AE) TAXATION: Commission calls upon Vienna to amend certain tax rules
(AE) ENERGY: France called to order over electricity directive
(AE) ENERGY: Bulgaria requested to fully apply Energy Performance of Buildings directive
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) COMMISSION: General court upholds lifting of Giovanni Kessler's immunity
(AE) SINGLE MARKET: National judgements not binding upon EUIPO
(AE) SOCIAL: Setting age limit for recruitment of police officers may be legal
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) ENERGY: Court of Auditors queries biofuel sustainability certification
(AE) HEALTH: Move towards preventive use of Truvada in EU
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Three more GMOs approved in Europe
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Via Campesina calls for new European land policy
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) ECONOMY: Impact of Brexit - ECB waiting to see how things pan out before taking action
(AE) ECONOMY: Deficit down and debt up in eurozone in first quarter
(AE) EURO: Drop in counterfeiting of euro banknotes in first half of 2016
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) UNITED KINGDOM: Theresa May in Berlin and Paris to buy time to trigger Article 50
(AE) EEAS: Mogherini appoints 17 new heads of delegation
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) CHINA: Industry gives cautious welcome to Commission's solution for new anti-dumping calculation method
(AE) RUSSIA/UKRAINE: Kiev ready to resume talks on gas with Moscow
(AE) JORDAN: Simplified rules of origin for Jordanian exporters
(AE) ALBANIA: EU hails adoption of judicial reform
(AE) TURKEY: Even with state of emergency, core fundamental rights are inviolable, EU says
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
(AE) TURKEY: Ankara to derogate from convention on human rights
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) FUTURE OF EU:
(AE) GREECE:
(AE) IRAQ:
(AE) JHA:
(AE) UKRAINE:
CALENDAR
: (AE) Major events of European institutions 25-31/07
: (AE) Other events 25- 31/07