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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11618

8 September 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 24
NEWS BRIEFS / Eurozone
Tumpel-Gugerell to assess financial bailout plans of eurozone bailout funds (EFSF and ESM)

07/09/2016 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 7 September, the Governing Council of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) appointed Austria's Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell as chief independent assessor of the financial bailout plans supported by the eurozone's bailout funds (EFSF and ESM). The former member of the Governing Council of the ECB will be responsible for assessing the relevance and effectiveness of these aid plans, from which Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus have...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: Ministers to take stock of third Greek bailout plan
EMU: Europe's financial decision-makers to discuss outlines of budgetary capacity for eurozone
STATE AID: Irish government solicits its parliament's support over Apple
TAXATION: Britain takes first step towards country-by-country tax transparency
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: EU preparing to extend sanctions
RUSSIA: EU condemns latest addition to 'foreign agents' list
GABON: EU highlights clear anomalies in presidential election and calls for recount
UNITED STATES: Lars Løkke Rasmussen wants political agreement on TTIP this year
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: MEPs prepare EU negotiating position two months ahead of COP 22
JHA: Single certification system for airport security equipment
ENERGY: Šefčovič promises to publish all draft Energy Union legislation this year
INTERNAL MARKET: Bienkowska says services passport is likely to change name
INDUSTRY: Eurocadres backs draft directive to protect whistleblowers
TRANSPORT: Drones industry realtively satified with recent EASA guidelines
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CONSUMERS: Sale of computers with preinstalled software is not unlawful
ENERGY: Court of Justice doubts legality of French gas price rules
NEWS BRIEFS
FUTURE OF EUROPE:
Tusk says Europe cannot build a political community based solely on total openness for all
TRADE: CETA- and TTIP-free zones now number 2,000
COMPETITION: Court of Justice rejects Pilkington's appeal
ENERGY: Hungary to host ministerial meeting on gas interconnection
ENVIRONMENT: 'Waste' Directive – Court of Justice fines Greece
EUROZONE: Tumpel-Gugerell to assess financial bailout plans of eurozone bailout funds (EFSF and ESM)
CJEU: Appointment of 14 new judges and an advocate general
CORRIGENDUM
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