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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11700
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ECONOMY - FINANCE / State aid

Spain brought before Court for failing to recover legal aid

On Tuesday 10 January, the European Commission announced its decision to refer Spain to the Court Justice of the EU for failing to recover State aid, judged to be illegal, for the digitisation of its television network. Spain has not suspended payments in place at the moment, as it was supposed to have done.

In October 2014 and June 2013, the European Commission said that the aid granted by Spain to pay for the switch-over from analogue to digital terrestrial television in certain remote...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Commission seeks balance between protection and use of personal data
JHA: Commission updates data protection rules applied in European institutions
JHA: Commission seeking to increase number of personal data transfer agreements with third countries
INTERNAL MARKET: Commission seeks to dispel services e-card fears
CLIMATE: Improvements made to Commission non-ETS effort sharing proposal, say NGOs
ENVIRONMENT: ECI seeking to ban glyphosate soon to be registered
ENERGY: Gazprom announces record gas exports to EU and Turkey in 2016
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: New workplace exposure value limits for chemical products
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: EPP calls on S&D and ALDE to come to their senses on presidency-sharing agreement
PARLIAMENT: Gianni Pittella wants to strengthen European Parliament's democratic functioning
PARLIAMENT: Eleonora Forenza advocates radical change in European policies
PARLIAMENT: Lamberts says Greens/EFA Group can do at least as well as others
COMMISSION: S&D group does not want Oettinger to be given 'human resources' portfolio
BUDGET: MEPs want to protect whistleblowers defending EU's financial interests
EXTERNAL ACTION
NEW ZEALAND: Europe and New Zealand confirm intention to launch free trade negotiations in 2017
AFRICA: Youth to be focus of preparations for fifth EU-Africa summit in Abidjan
EGYPT: EU condemns attack in Sinai
ECONOMY - FINANCE
TAXATION: How anti-tax avoidance work is shaping up for Maltese Presidency
ENTERPRISE: Transparency International criticises Council's changes to country-by-country reporting rules
STATE AID: Areva's restructuring plan gets go-ahead
STATE AID: Spain brought before Court for failing to recover legal aid
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: General Court sets out for first time criteria deciding what constitutes excessive duration in a procedure
TAXATION: Relevance of a fiscal information request may be subjected to summary examination by national judge
NEWS BRIEFS
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Herman Ruys from Belgium to provide EUTM CAR command
CONSUMERS: Mandatory labelling of origin for ingredients in ready-made meals in force in France
MIGRATION: Intervention teams for return of irregular migrants launched
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: 'Five Star Movement' MEPs to remain in ELDD