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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11707

20 January 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 37
SECTORAL POLICIES / Consumers
Conclusion of enforcement cooperation phase with car hire industry
Brussels, 19/01/2017 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission announced the end, on Thursday 19 January, of the enforcement cooperation phase with the world leaders in car hire – Avis, Europcar, Enterprise, Hertz and Sixt.

Thanks to a dialogue involving national consumer protection agencies, the industry has made a number of commitments: - the total booking price will include all unavoidable charges (for example, when winter tyres are compulsory by law in some countries); - the description of the main rental services will be...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Disturbing variations on the theme of information (II)
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SOCIAL: Parliament seeking to legislate on decent working conditions and ban zero contract hours
HUMANITARIAN AID: European Parliament urges EU to rectify 'unacceptable situation' for refugees experiencing glacial weather conditions in Europe
TRADE: MEPs approve of lifting of Belarus textile import quotas
TRANSPORT: Parliament calls for European strategy on goods haulage
MONEY LAUNDERING: MEPs reject blacklist of high-risk third countries
TAXATION: MEPs more divided than ever over FTT
INDONESIA: European Parliament condemns violence against minorities
CENTRAL AFRICA: European Parliament urges CAR government to pursue peace and reconciliation
BURUNDI: European Parliament urges ICC to open investigation into violations of human rights
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: It is not yet time for a reflection on increasing interest rates
COMPETITION: Commission's fears in audiobook sector appeased
COMPETITION: Smiths takeover of Morpho Detection given conditional approval
SECTORAL POLICIES
ITALY: EU to provide solidarity to Government and population grieving from further earthquakes
MIGRATION: Ombudsman accuses Commission of violating fundamental rights in application of agreement with Turkey
AGRICULTURE: Ministers to discuss markets and trade agreements on 23 January
ANIMAL HEALTH: EFSA publishes advice to help EU prepare itself against prion disease from deer
FISHERIES: Improvement in economic performance of fishing fleet
CONSUMERS: Conclusion of enforcement cooperation phase with car hire industry
JUSTICE: New rules make it easier to recover outstanding invoices
TRANSPORT: Delli wants to create new prize for sector start-ups
REGIONS: CoR welcomes election of Antonio Tajani as President of EP
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Merkel, Hollande and Putin discuss Minsk agreements
TRADE: In Davos, Malmström pushes Euro-Canadian proposal for a multilateral investment court
TUNISIA: Tunisia's 'big ambitions' for cooperation on security and counter-terrorism
ZAMBIA: EU invests €65 million to help poor people in Zambia access electricity grid
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
TAXATION: Tax authorities should not assume that subsidiaries of third-country companies necessarily facilitate tax evasion
GIBRALTAR: Gibraltar's special status does not make it a member state in its own right, says Advocate General
NEWS BRIEFS
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU mobilises €40 million for Lake Chad countries
AGRICULTURE: New French protected geographical indication
FUTURE OF THE EU: Theresa May to attend informal summit in Malta
CANADA: European Parliament to vote on 24 January on whether to recommend ratification of CETA
TRADE: Current account surplus of €15.8 billion for the EU-28 in November 2016, €193 billion over 12 months
TRADE: EFTA and MERCOSUR to negotiate a free trade agreement
COMPETITION: Commission approves Italian state guarantee for two banks
MOLDOVA: EU sees Association Agreement with Moldova as positive for both sides
PARLIAMENT: Nominations for members of committees