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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11690

16 December 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 37
NEWS BRIEFS / Court of auditors
European Parliament endorses appointment of Juhan Parts of Estonia

15/12/2016 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 14 December, the European Parliament decided (by 488 votes in favour, 133 against and 88 abstentions) to approve the proposal of the Council to appoint Estonia's Juhan Parts as a member of the European Court of Auditors. Parts has previously served as Auditor General, Prime Minister (2003-2005) and Minister of the Economy of his country. The Council is responsible for decisions on appointing members of the Court and Parliament is consulted. (LC)

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Time to listen to new civil society, not (overly) to public opinion (II)
EUROPEAN COUNCIL
UKRAINE: EU hopes to have resolved Dutch problems with finalising association agreement
SYRIA: European leaders want their voice heard on the humanitarian front
SYRIA: Mayor of eastern Aleppo gives cry of despair at European summit
UNITED KINGDOM: EU27 limit themselves to clarifying procedures for Brexit negotiations
MIGRATION: Council gears up for fresh summit with Turkey
GREECE: Latest social measures comply with budget targets, says Tsipras
RUSSIA: EU to extend economic sanctions for six months
SECTORAL POLICIES
ETS: MEPs flesh out ETS reform in favour of the climate whilst protecting European industry
DIGITAL: Parliament and Council agreement on spectrum reorganisation
JHA: Denmark will continue to work with Europol, but in a reduced format
AGRICULTURE: Commission wants to retain measures for outermost regions
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
JHA: European Parliament wants Commission to reimpose visa requirements for third countries not respecting reciprocity
TRANSPORT: European Parliament adopts regulation on modernising maritime port services
POLAND: Fruitless discussion continues on rule of law
PLANTS: Parliament calls for stricter rules to protect citrus fruit
HEALTH: Parliament says EU should support paediatric medicines
HEALTH: MEPs not giving up on compensation for thalidomide victims
EXTERNAL ACTION
NIGER: EU allocates €30 million to support justice and border management during the visit of President Issoufou
AFGHANISTAN: EU police mission to close its doors on 31 December 2016
TRADE: A third of EU exporting companies face non-tariff barriers according to study by ITC and Commission
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
GREECE: Moscovici hits out at temporary suspension of public debt relief measure
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
SOCIAL: No difference between children and stepchildren of cross-frontier workers
GMO: Authorisation for marketing products containing genetically modified soya should not be re-examined
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: All candidates for European Parliament Presidency are announced
PARLIAMENT: Tajani aims to reform communication at the European Parliament
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Commission registers new Italian PDO
BOSNIA: EU and Bosnia-Herzegovina sign protocol to SAA
TRADE: EU to continue its support to UNCITRAL Transparency Registry for ISDS
COMPETITION: Actions of Phillips and Infineon in the smart card chip market cartel dismissed
COURT OF AUDITORS: European Parliament endorses appointment of Juhan Parts of Estonia
ENERGY: EIB lends €438 million for Belgian wind farm
JHA: European Parliament adopts visa waiver suspension mechanism
FISHERIES: Parliament approves EU-Norway agreement on fishing in Skagerrak
S&D: S&D group reshuffles political office
SERBIA/KOSOVO: Telephone code allocated to Kosovo
TRANSPORT: European Parliament demands more involvement in comprehensive aviation agreement negotiations