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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11694

22 December 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 30
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Western sahara
Court rules that Western Sahara is not part of Morocco
Brussels, 21/12/2016 (Agence Europe)

The association and liberalisation agreements concluded between the EU and Morocco are not applicable to Western Sahara as this territory cannot be considered to be part of the Kingdom of Morocco, the Court of Justice of the EU concluded in a ruling on Wednesday 21 December.

This ruling (case C-104/16P) marks the end of legal proceedings that have provoked strong diplomatic tension between the EU and Rabat. The action was brought by the Front populaire pour la libération de la...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: Neelie Kroes reprimanded over undeclared income in 2016
COMMISSION: Ansip 'temporarily' takes over Oettinger's post
POLAND: Rule of law - Commission still not ready to step up pressure on Warsaw
SECTORAL POLICIES
TERRORISM: EU wants to tighten cash controls and make it easier to seize criminal assets
JHA: Commission proposes creating new alerts in Schengen Information System
JHA: Commission confirms that it does not intend to place visa requirements on American nationals
HEALTH: Still no decision on endocrine disruptors
TRANSPORT: European Parliament study says Brexit would slow down EU road transprot initiatives
TRANSPORT: Shipowners issue position paper on EU's policy for the Arctic
CUSTOMS: European Commission wants to give Customs Union resources it deserves
REGIONS: European Commission presents its first progress report on regional policy
FISHERIES: January-September first sales up in four EU countries
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
TRADE: No EU exclusive competence on free-trade agreement with Singapore
WESTERN SAHARA: Court rules that Western Sahara is not part of Morocco
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Countries may under certain conditions oppose collective redundancies in the interest of workers
JHA: EU law precludes general and indiscriminate retention of data under national rules
CONSUMERS: Court opposes idea of putting time limits on invalidity of abusive clauses for macroeconomic reasons
STATE AID: Court refers two cases regarding Spanish taxation scheme back to the General Court
STATE AID: Guarantee granted to ARCO companies by Belgium is illegal
EXTERNAL ACTION
TURKEY: Commission wants mandate to update customs union
JAPAN: Commission and Japanese government officially postpone concluding a free trade agreement
ARAB LEAGUE: EU and League of Arab States want to step up cooperation
BANGLADESH: EU urges country not to deport the Rohingya
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Court upholds Commission's decision in cases concerning Irish tax on airline passengers
CITIZENSHIP: Green light to citizens' initiative calling for a laissez-passer for 'Europeans of good standing'
TRADE: EU adopts anti-dumping tax against certain steel products from Belarus
ENERGY: EIB grants loan of €15.3 million for property refurbishment programme in Bucharest
TAXATION: Commission proposes criteria for application of generalised reverse-charge mechanism for VAT
JHA:  A state's jurisdiction is competent to rule on illegal sales on foreign Amazon sites
NUCLEAR SAFETY:  EU to fund projects with a total pricetag in excess of €9 million, in framework of IAEA