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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11692

20 December 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 30
NEWS BRIEFS / State aid
Commission authorises conversion support for a unit of Drax power plant

19/12/2016 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 19 December, the Commission announced that UK support for the conversion of one unit of the Drax power station from coal to biomass was in line with EU rules on state aid. In April 2015, the United Kingdom notified the Commission of its intention to grant state aid to the Drax power station to convert one of its units to run solely on wood pellets. Having opened an in-depth investigation in January 2016, the Commission has now concluded that the plan...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
ETS: Maltese Presidency of the Council will attempt to obtain political agreement on ETS reform in February
ENVIRONMENT: Commission behind on its health and chemicals schedule
DIGITAL: Revision of private life rules outlined
INDUSTRY: Committee of inquiry into Volkswagen scandal takes member states and European Commission to task
AGRICULTURE: Only 40 tonnes of powdered milk returned to market
FOOD SAFETY: Council adopts first reading position on official checks
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Crossfire over European Commission's decision in Apple case
TAXATION: VAT – Commission lays down restrictive criteria for the application of a reverse-charge mechanism
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Several financing and cross-border cooperation agreements signed
UKRAINE: Set of EIB loans worth €600 million for Ukraine
LEBANON: Mogherini hails creation of new government
TURKEY: EU strongly condemns attacks
TRADE: EU ProSun calls for anti-dumping duties to be maintained on Chinese solar cells and modules
JAPAN: Free-trade agreement could be concluded in early 2017, says Commission
INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: College of Commissioners to debate next step in its rule of law recommendations on 21 December
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Council adopts regulation amending suspension of duties for certain agricultural and industrial products
STATE AID: Commission authorises conversion support for a unit of Drax power plant
STATE AID: Commission prolongs Greek bank guarantee scheme
STATE AID: Polish bank guarantee scheme prolonged until June 2017
STATE AID: Commission prolongs Irish credit union resolution scheme
COMPETITION: Green light to acquisition of WhiteWave by Danone
COURT OF AUDITORS: Council appoints Juhan Parts to Court
SPACE: Commission opens interim evaluation of Copernicus programme
FISHERIES: Council adopts regulation on Black Sea quotas for 2017
FISHERIES: Council adopts EU-Norway Skagerrak agreement
SOCIAL: Council ratifies proposal from social partners in maritime fisheries sector
SOCIAL: EESC divided but supports Commission on question of posted workers
TRANSPORT: Commission launches public consultation on access to bus services market
CORRIGENDUM
SOCIAL: CoR supports so called 'cumulated' rule for posted workers
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
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