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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11628

21 September 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 29
SECTORAL POLICIES / Transport
Further stage in cooperation on ERTMS deployment
Brussels, 20/09/2016 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission, the European Union Agency for Railways, and the rail sector organisations signed the 4th memorandum of understanding on cooperation on the deployment of the European rail traffic management system (ERTMS) at the international trade fair for transport technology, InnoTrans, in Berlin on Tuesday 20 September.

This memorandum of understanding sets the technical specifications in line with CCS TSI (Control Command Signalling Technical Specification for Interoperability),...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: 'Net contributor' countries struggle with proposals for increased flexibility and financial framework
COMMISSION: Council broadly happy with Commission's forthcoming priorities for 2017
EXTERNAL ACTION
CANADA: Council satisfied CETA respects criteria of transparency and balanced agreement
JAPAN: Katainen confident in possibility of concluding free-trade negotiations before end of this year
TRADE: New Greenpeace offensive against TiSA
UN: Tusk advocates EU border security in exchange for more aid for refugees
TERRORISM: Council to be able to apply autonomously sanctions against Daesh and al-Qaeda
SWITZERLAND: Berne and EU closer to free movement agreement
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Council calls on Commission to begin work on accession application
RUSSIA: EU does not recognise elections in Crimean peninsula
DRC: EU calls on all parties to show restraint following devastating violence in Kinshasa
WESTERN SAHARA: Polisario calmly awaiting Court of Justice ruling
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Sizeable majority in the Council in favour of postponing entry into force of 'Priips' regulation for one year
ECONOMY: Council recommends creation of national productivity boards
ANTI-TRUST: Austrian company ARA fined €6 million
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
BANKING: Court competent to rule on EU liability in Cypriot bailout programme
SECTORAL POLICIES
INTERNAL MARKET: CJEU case law to aid of whistleblowers directive
ENERGY: Worrying financing delays and deficits in projects to dismantle nuclear power stations in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia, according to EU external auditor
TRANSPORT: Further stage in cooperation on ERTMS deployment
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: Extra funds limited for Youth Guarantee
SOCIAL: CoR expected to recommend posting of workers limit to 12 months
NEWS BRIEFS
BUDGET: Council approves new rules on secretariat of OLAF Supervisory Committee
DEVELOPMENT: EU announces additional €5 million to tackle poverty-related diseases
ENERGY: Eurostat's digital publication to shed light on energy
TAXATION: Member states endorse EU-Andorra information exchange agreement
INDIA: EU condemns terrorist attack against army camp
REGIONS: Green light to EU Solidarity Fund for Ionian Islands
HEALTH: Political agreement at EU Council on medical devices
TRANSPORT: Commission opens aviation negotiations with Qatar