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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11703

14 January 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 25
SECTORAL POLICIES / Jha
Commission denies reports of dispute with Poland over headquarters of new Frontex agency
Brussels, 13/01/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Friday 13 January, the European Commission denied reports in the press in Poland that Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos cancelled a scheduled visit to Warsaw on 18 January because of potential controversy with the Polish government about the headquarters of the Frontex agency, which in October became the European Border and Coastguard Agency.

This story is a complete fabrication, explained Natasha Bertaud and the visit was nothing to do with talking about the headquarters. ...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: Election of the future President of the European Parliament harder to call than ever
PARLIAMENT: Plenary session will be marked by Tuesday 17 January's election of the new President of Parliament
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
INSURANCE: Transatlantic agreement on insurance and reinsurance measures
GREECE: Athens sees IMF withdrawal as a possible way out
ECONOMY: Commission proposes granting Moldova €100 million in macro-economic aid
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: US lifts ban on French beef imports
AGRICULTURE: Milk crisis not yet over, say farming organisations
INDUSTRY: Dieselgate - Commission says it's prepared to work wth EPA on FIAT question
INDUSTRY: MEPs highlight scheduling issues for Parliament's EMIS committee's work
JHA: Commission denies reports of dispute with Poland over headquarters of new Frontex agency
ENVIRONMENT: ECSA impatient to see list of recycling yards extended to third countries
ENVIRONMENT: Seed producers say neonicotinoid ban has had negative economic and environmental effect
HEALTH: Alarming new report on endocrine disruptors from Générations Futures
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Ministerial meeting to focus on post-conflict Syria and relaunch of Middle East peace process
HUMANITARIAN AID: UNHCR calls for more to be done for refugees in extreme winter conditions in Europe
CANADA: EU manufacturing industry urges European Parliament to ratify CETA
TUNISIA: Additional import quota for olive oil had marginal impact for EU in 2016
NEWS BRIEFS
JHA: Commission asked to properly assess Privacy Shield
JORDAN: Conference in Brussels on 25 January on new trade opportunities with EU
MIGRATION: Efforts to relocate refugees are too weak, says UNHCR
REGIONS: Commission proposes aid for UK in aftermath of floods in December 2015
COHESION: Constanze Krehl sole rapporteur for own-initiative report on Structural Fund simplification
TRANSPORT: ECMTR hails European Commission's report on data protection
CALENDAR
MAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS: 16/01 to 22/01
OTHER EVENTS: 16/01 to 22/01