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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11721

9 February 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 34 / 34
NEWS BRIEFS / Transport
Commission launches first CEF call for proposals compatible with EFSI

08/02/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 8 February, the European Commission is launching a call for proposals for €1 billion of grants as part of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). For the first time, this call for proposals will help combine CEF grants with the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and further co-funding from the private sector and the European Investment Bank. Selected projects must contribute to sustainable, innovative and seamless transportation along...

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