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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11686
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NEWS BRIEFS / Montenegro

EU signs €23.9 million agreement for environment and the economy

09/12/2016 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 8 December, the European Union and Montenegro signed a new financing programme totalling €23.9 million from pre-accession funds for 2016.  Of this €23.9 million, €16 million will go to the environment sector to improve the quality of air and water, promoting recycling of waste and tackling climate change.  The remaining €6.9 million will support economic competitiveness and innovation, in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises....

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
JHA: Refugee crisis, no breakthroughs by ministers on question of 'effective solidarity'
JHA: Council of EU reaches partial political agreement on new Eurodac regulation
JHA: Interior ministers discuss counter-terrorism
JHA: MEPs say future European asylum agency should monitor member states' respect of EU rules
JHA: Inter-institutional agreement on directive on protecting the EU's financial interests
JHA: Avramopoulos says countering terrorism online is working well, but more needs to be done
INDUSTRY: War of words between car makers and Commission over new tests
ENVIRONMENT: Risk assessment of chemicals by prediction methods can lead to misuse, says PAN Europe
HEALTH: Council of EU wants health to be part of European semester
AGRICULTURE: Concentration of agricultural land in EU worries MEPs
AGRICULTURE: New framework proposed for agricultural statistics
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF THE EU: European Parliament set to commemorate 60th anniversary of Treaty of Rome
FUTURE OF THE EU: A Europe of several orbits would be an opportunity, not a tragedy, says Juncker
PLENARY OF THE EP: MEPs to award Sakharov Prize, negotiate Martin Schulz's successor and vote on railway package
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Sanctions on Congolese leaders, Africa and Syria on ministers' agenda
TRADE: Three further anti-dumping investigations into Chinese and Indian products
MEXICO: Publication of negotiating text proposals for updating free trade agreement
VIETNAM: EU describes human rights dialogue with Vietnam as 'constructive'
BENIN: EU commits €184 million for support to good governance
NORTH KOREA: EU takes out sanctions against another eleven officials and ten entities
UKRAINE: Mark Rutte makes ratification of association agreement conditional on obtaining legally binding guarantees
SERBIA/KOSOVO: EU gets involved in having Mitrovica Bridge agreement respected
WESTERN SAHARA: Polisario Front sends protest to Federica Mogherini
ALGERIA: Assessement of cooperation ahead of association agreement
MAGHREB: Seminar at European Parliament highlights Europe's pivotal role for Maghrebi integration
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: EU institutions lukewarm about idea of new legislation in a 'social pillar'
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
TURKEY: Venice Commission recognises need for state of emergency in Turkey, but criticises excesses
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: EU agriculture programmes are effective
MONEY-LAUNDERING: MEPs say black list of countries facilitating money-laundering needs improvement
ENERGY: Revised IGA transparency mechanism could be in force by mid-2017
GREECE: Commission has not been informed of latest social measures announced
JAPAN: Japanese parliament ratifies Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership
SINGLE MARKET: 15 member states rebuked by the Commission over their public procurement legislation
INTERNAL MARKET: Commission calls on six member states to correctly transpose the provisions on measuring instruments
MONTENEGRO: EU signs €23.9 million agreement for environment and the economy
RUSSIA: EU expresses regret at fine handed down to NGO Memorial
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: CoR suggests limiting worker posting to 12 months
TRANSPORT: Germany and Denmark must respect common rules on driving licences, says Commission
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: Monday 12/12 to Sunday 18/12
Other events: Monday 12/12 to Sunday 18/12