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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11721

9 February 2017
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Competition
Three recycling companies fined over cartel
Brussels, 08/02/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 8 February, the European Commission handed down fines to the cartel in place between 2009 and 2012 between the Belgian company Campine, Recylex of France, Johnson Controls of the USA and Eco-Bat Technologies of the UK. These recycling companies agreed to fix the purchase prices for scrap automotive batteries in Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands.

These recycling companies purchase scrap automotive batteries (from cars, lorries and vans) from scrap dealers or scrap...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Three recycling companies fined over cartel
COMPETITION: Commission to test commitments offered by LSE and Deutsche Börse
EMU: Negotiations at daggers drawn over fiscal capacity for Eurozone
FINANCE: ESMA calls for revision of equivalence rules of third-country legislation with that of the EU
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Commission will decide in March whether it should join Member States to fulfil commitments on relocation
DIGITAL: Agreement on portability of cross-border online services examined
DIGITAL: Member states approve inter-institutional agreement on wholesale roaming
YOUTH: Mounting discontent over Commission's decreasing ambition for 18-year olds' InterRail project
JHA: European Commission says Romania must not back track
JHA: Dimitris Avramopoulos to meet US counterpart, John Kelly
ENVIRONMENT: 'Stop glyphosate' ECI is public health issue
AGRICULTURE: Farm Europe suggests CAP risk management toolbox
TRANSPORT: Council green light to trialogue on review of air safety agency
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Council to adopt conclusions in June on incorporating SDGs into EU policies
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Commission proposes 18-month extension in anti-dumping duties and gradual phase-out to tackle Chinese solar panels
CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica gives positive analysis of free trade agreement with EU
CHINA: Beijing promises to offer foreign companies more investment opportunities
MIGRATION: Mogherini says management of migrant flows requires cooperation
ISRAEL: EU urges Israeli leaders not to implement 'Regularisation Law'
MOROCCO: Mogherini tries to calm Western Sahara situation and implicitly disavows Cañete
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COPYRIGHT: 'BitTorrent'-type websites should be held responsible for shared files
CONSUMERS: Difference in format or size of shops used for price-comparison advertising must be referred to clearly
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Brexit provides opportunity to make changes to EU own resources, says European Parliament
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: EU criticises killing of six Red Cross employees
BANKS: Finalisation of work on bridge financing for Single Resolution Fund
TRADE: Closure of expiry review of antidumping duties against certain Chinese PET
DEVELOPMENT: Neven Mimica in The Gambia to assure new president of EU's support
ENERGY: Putin gives final green light to construction of Russian-Turkish gas pipeline TurkStream
UNITED STATES: Katainen hopes to relaunch TTIP with Trump administration
INDUSTRY: Council position expected to be clarified on 15 February for vehicle approval
COHESION: Inter-institutional agreement reached on Structural Reform Support Programme 2017-2020
HEALTH: Atlas of Contraception in Europe
HEALTH: PAFF committee to discuss endocrine disruptors end of February
TRANSPORT: Commission launches first CEF call for proposals compatible with EFSI