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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11630
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NEWS BRIEFS / Digital

New participatory broadband platform

22/09/2016 (Agence Europe) – In a press release published on Wednesday 21 September, the advisory body said that the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Commission would soon be launching a "participatory platform on broadband". This new instrument is expected to help Europe reach the connectivity objectives it set out in its draft telecommunications code (see EUROPE 11624). The CoR notes that the new platform will enable local and regional representatives to discuss the main...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Bahamas Leaks vindicates Commission in its crusade
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: Commission requests clarifications from Neelie Kroes after investigation into Bahamas Leaks
UNITED KINGDOM: Martin Schulz in London to call for rapid triggering of Article 50
BREACHES OF EU LAW
SOCIAL: Commission tackles failure to respect legislation on workers' mobility
SECTORAL POLICIES
JHA: Juncker casts doubt on compulsory nature of asylum seeker relocation
JHA: Asylum seeker numbers up between first and second quarters of 2016
CLIMATE: Bulc confident of broad participation of countries in first phase of ICAO agreement to be concluded
CONSUMERS: Jourova announces VW pledge to repair duped European consumers' vehicles
DIGITAL: End to roaming costs - wholesale market ceilings still being discussed
FISHERIES: Action plan adopted to improve fisheries control in Croatia
FISHERIES: Parliament to call for limited revision of control rules
REGIONS: Cretu highlights EU aid available after natural disaster
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Keenly awaited ministerial assessment of pressing trade policy issues
CANADA: European civil society organisations call for rejection of CETA
CUBA: EU paves way to signing new agreement on political dialogue and cooperation
UKRAINE: MEPs and Ukrainian deputies call for specific roadmap for Minsk agreements
TERRORISM: Tusk calls for global anti-terrorism strategy
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CFSP: Council of EU should not blindly follow decisions of national authorities to justify its sanctions
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: EU welcomes initialling of peace agreement between government and Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin
AGRICULTURE: Commission revises withdrawal prices for fruit and vegetables upwards
INDUSTRY: Member states agree to harmonise information on hazardous chemicals
DIGITAL: New participatory broadband platform
PHILIPPINES: Commission refuses to get into slanging match with President Rodrigo Duterte
RUSSIA: New York meeting between Mogherini and Lavrov
TUNISIA: First session of joint parliamentary committee