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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11687
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ECONOMY - FINANCE / Competition

Commission sanctions rechargeable battery cartel

On Monday 12 December, the European Commission announced its decision to fine the companies Sony, Panasonic and Sanyo a total of €166 million for having worked with Samsung SDI to coordinate their prices and exchange sensitive information on sales of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.

These batteries are used in devices such as laptops and mobile phones. Samsung SDI revealed the existence of the cartel to the Commission and therefore received total immunity. All of the companies involved...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
DRC: EU immediately adopts sanctions against seven individuals responsible for violence to put pressure on Joseph Kabila
MALI: EU signs its first agreement with an African country to support return of irregular migrants
AFRICA: Foreign affairs ministers want to strengthen economic and political partnership with continent
SOUTH SUDAN: EU urges all parties to put down weapons and stop human rights violations
SYRIA: European Union to issue new sanctions against Syrian allies of El-Assad regime
COLOMBIA: OIDHACO says European support fund for peace agreement should support land restitution
CUBA: EU stresses that the normalisation of its relations with Havana also sends out a strong signal to the US
NORTH KOREA: EU threatens Pyongyang with additional sanctions
TRADE: First international debate on EU-Canadian plans for multilateral court to resolve investment disputes
CHINA: Beijing brings EU and US before WTO over anti-dumping calculation methods
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Council unhappy at lack of flexibility on effort sharing in non-ETS proposals
AGRICULTURE: Council acknowledges stalemate on organic farming
HEALTH: ECA finds room for improvement in EU's preparedness for cross-border threats
CLIMATE: Surge in global methane emissions threatens Paris Agreement
DIGITAL: EU announces creation of new fund for broadband
ECONOMY - FINANCE
TAXATION: Oxfam describes five European countries as tax havens
COMPETITION: Commission sanctions rechargeable battery cartel
STATE: Green light to Danish plan in favour of energy-intensive sectors
STATE AID: Commission approves four French schemes in favour of renewables
INSTITUTIONAL
EEAS: High Representative announces appointment of eight senior officials
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Council conclusions on food supply chain
STATE AID: Green light to German 'business angels' plan
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: EU accession questionnaire handed to Sarajevo
EGYPT: EU stands alongside Egypt in its efforts to defeat terrorism
GAMBIA: EU urges President Yahya Jammeh to accept election result
GEORGIA: Prolongation of civilian monitoring mission in Georgia until 31 December 2018
GHANA: EU congratulates new president, Mr Nana Akufo-Addo
FISHERIES: Council agreement on 2017 Black Sea quotas
FISHERIES: Council adopts total allowable catches for deep-sea species
PSDC: Two PSDC missions in Somalia extended by two years
RESEARCH: Global Surface Water Explorer, new climate tool coproduced by European Commission
SERBIA/KOSOVO: EU hails full implementation of justice agreement
TURKEY: EU strongly condemns double attack in Beşiktaş
RUSSIA-UKRAINE: Trilateral gas talks to continue
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 1163