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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11689

15 December 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 32
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Trade
European Parliament approves Ecuador's accession to EU-Colombia and Peru free trade agreement
Brussels, 14/12/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 14 December, the European Parliament gave its approval in Strasbourg – by 544 votes in favour to 114 against and 44 abstentions – to Ecuador joining the multiparty free trade agreement between the EU on one side, and Colombia and Peru on the other.  This paves the way for provisional implementation of the memorandum of understanding that was signed by the four parties on 11 November(see EUROPE 11666).

The agreement concluded between the EU and Ecuador in 2014 (see EUROPE...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Mark Rutte seeks agreement with EU over Association Agreement with Ukraine
UNITED KINGDOM: Heads of state to discuss united EU27 line on Brexit over dinner without Theresa May
MIGRATION: EU says EU-Turkey agreement is working but is concerned at chaos in Syria
DEFENCE: European leaders to determine level of ambition for 2017
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
TRANSPORT: MEPs adopt agreement on controversial rail package
EUROPEAN SUMMIT: MEPs express impatience at member states' failure to take action on Aleppo
GREECE: Much criticism at European Parliament of Athens' creditors being tempted to make a legal no man's land of Greece
AGRICULTURE: MEPs call for new tools to combat market crises
TRADE: European Parliament approves Ecuador's accession to EU-Colombia and Peru free trade agreement
UZBEKISTAN: European Parliament backs draft memorandum of understanding on textiles trade
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: MEPs says more unity needed in EU's external action
HUMAN RIGHTS: European Parliament urges EU to do more to protect human rights activists
SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: Political agreement in Council on 2017 fishing quotas
AGRICULTURE: Criticism from some ministers of biofuels section of clean energy package
SPACE: First Galileo services come on stream on Thursday 15 December
DIGITAL: National regulators want control of electronic communications code
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: EU and Iran sign agreement strengthening environmental cooperation
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Inter-institutional agreement on stabilisation mechanism for bananas
TRADE: European Parliament's S&D Group says Council's proposals for TDI reform unacceptable
SERBIA: Belgrade opens two EU accession negotiation chapters and provisionally closes one of them
MONTENEGRO: Opening of two new EU accession negotiation chapters
INSTITUTIONAL
EPP: Antonio Tajani starts bid to win over other political groups for European Parliament Presidency
PARLIAMENT: Martin Schulz steps down after five years as President
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Council isolated in its legal reading of country-by-country tax transparency
STATE AID: Green light to German support to four highly efficient cogeneration plants
STATE AID:  'Yes' to Danish changes to the renewable support scheme
ENTERPRISE:  Better Finance flags up missed opportunities in revision of 'shareholders' rights' directive
NEWS BRIEFS
INTERNAL MARKET: Agreement reached on 'firearms' directive
SINGLE MARKET: Commission postpones action programme for growth and jobs until 2017
DIGITAL: Agreement possible on radio spectrum management
SAHEL: EU commits €381 million to fight the root causes of irregular migration
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Children of cross-border workers in Luxembourg still face unjustified discrimination