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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11599
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BREACHES OF EU LAW / (ae) transport

Greece, Luxembourg and Romania risk daily fines for failing to implement single railway area

Brussels, 22/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 22 July, the European Commission decided to bring Greece, Luxembourg and Romania before the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to implement the single European railway area; it is calling for these countries to be handed down daily fines, which may be in excess of €30,000.

€30,310 for Greece, €8710 for Luxembourg and €29,091 for Romania: these are the daily fines the three member states are risking for failing to comply with...

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