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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11808
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NEWS BRIEFS / Energy

ERDF support for Lwówek-Odolanów gas pipeline

14/06/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 14 June, the European Commission announced €112.5 million-worth of aid from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to support construction of a 167 km-long natural gas (LNG) pipeline between the cities of Lwówek and Odolanów, in the Polish region of Wielkopolska, interconnections in Krobia, Kotowo, Lwówek and Odolanów, and of supporting infrastructure. The Lwówek-Odolanów pipeline will connect the LNG terminal in Świnoujście, North-West Poland, to the existing gas transmission, storage and distribution infrastructure. It was designated a project of common interest (PCI) and has the potential to export gas to Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. (EH)

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
CLIMATE: European Parliament deplores Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from Paris Agreement and reassures Marshall Islands president
CLIMATE: Parliament slightly improves draft regulation on non-ETS effort sharing
TAXATION: Green/EFA MEPs ask Commission to investigate in Malta
AFRICA: Ouattara calls for greater solidarity and cooperation on migration
BANGLADESH: Parliament urges Dhaka to do more to protect textile workers
AGRICULTURE: Parliament narrowly backs EFA pesticide ban
FYROM: European Parliament calls for cooperation between political parties
SERBIA: European Parliament hails Belgrade's continuing work on European path
KOSOVO: European Parliament calls for swift formation of government
RESEARCH: European Parliament adopts Euro-Mediterranean research and innovation programme, Prima
ENTERPRISE: European Parliament adopts own-initiative report on cross-border mergers and divisions
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECOFIN: VAT, reducing financial risks and budget policy on Council's agenda
COMPETITION: Formal investigations opened into practices by Nike, Sanrio and Universal Studios in licensing and distribution
FINANCE: City expresses concern at new proposal on central counterparties outside EU
BREACHES OF EU LAW
MIGRATION: Commission gives Budapest, Warsaw and Prague a month to take action on asylum seeker relocation
AUDIT: Croatia before Court over incomplete transposition of auditing rules
ENERGY: Czech Republic and Netherlands in trouble over energy performance of buildings directive
ENERGY: Reminder for Netherlands over offshore safety
ENERGY: Netherlands under fire over two directives of third package on liberalisation of single market
TRANSPORT: Commission urges Spain to finalise transposition of rules setting up single railway area
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Preliminary inter-institutional agreement on plan for additional trade preferences
UKRAINE: EU calls on Kiev to continue its progress on human rights
ALBANIA: Europeans call for full implementation of justice reform
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU adopts Annual Action Programme 2017 of the Partnership Instrument
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Council expected to reach new political agreement for protecting workers against carcinogenic and mutagenic agents
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
DIGITAL: Site operators make protected works available in 'bit torrents' without right holders' consent and in breach of copyright
CONSUMERS: Designations reserved for animal-based products do not, in principle, apply to purely plant-based products
CONSUMERS: In disputes, states may require mediation before any court proceedings
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: European pillar of social rights & fight against overweight on Council's agenda
TERRORISM: Theresa May and Emmanuel Macron want action plan to tackle Internet terrorist propaganda
AGRICULTURE: New food prices monitoring tool
NEWS BRIEFS
COLOMBIA: Federica Mogherini calls on FARC to complete disarmament
ENERGY: ERDF support for Lwówek-Odolanów gas pipeline
PARLIAMENT: Jean-Marie Le Pen's parliamentary immunity lifted
REGIONS: CoR welcomes European Parliament vote on cohesion policy's future
REGIONS: European Parliament seeking to enhance cohesion policy visibility
SOCIAL: Unions putting on the pressure ahead of Employment and Social Policy Council for a strong social Europe
TRANSPORT: Commission launches roadmap on road infrastructure and tunnel safety
TUNISIA: EBRD loan to UBCI for on-lend to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises