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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11694
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Transport

Shipowners issue position paper on EU's policy for the Arctic

On Tuesday 20 December, the European Community Shipowners Association (ECSA) unveiled a position paper on the European Commission’s communication on an integrated policy for the Arctic (see EUROPE 11541).

The shipowners welcome the EU’s desire to support the polar code promoted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and make a number of recommendations for maximising European added value.

The ECSA says the EU should support the development of critical maritime infrastructure...

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