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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11829

14 July 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 41
NEWS BRIEFS / Competition
Slovak aid for paper manufacturer Mondi SCP given go-ahead

13/07/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 13 July, the European Commission authorised aid of €19 million from Slovakia to the company Mondi SCP to help the company start up in an existing factory in Ružomberok the manufacture of sheets for corrugated cardboard.  Ružomberok is in a region eligible for regional aid and the company is planning to create 105 direct jobs. The Commission says that without the financial support from the Slovak authorities, Mondi SCP would have made the...

Contents

BREACHES OF EU LAW
HUNGARY: Commission steps up action against two controversial laws of Orbán government
MIGRATION: Belgium sent to ECJ for incomplete transposition of rules on non-EU workers
DIGITAL: Commission takes Belgium, Croatia and Slovakia to Court over cost of broadband
INDUSTRY: Commission pursues infringement procedures against five member states as part of 'Dieselgate' investigation
PLANTS: Italy receives reasoned opinion for not doing enough to stem Kylella fastidiosa
SOCIAL: Commission takes Croatia to European Court over 'posted workers' directive
BIODIVERSITY: Commission demands immediate suspension of tree-felling in Bialowieza Forest
ECONOMY: Slovenia before Court of Justice over transposition of budgetary rules
INTERNAL MARKET: Croatia taken to Court for failure to amend law on privatisation of energy company
INTERNAL MARKET: Belgium will have to explain to ECJ why it is restricting chartered accountants
FINANCE: Spain referred to Court over incomplete application of rules on market abuses
ENERGY: Austria, Croatia, Italy, Portugal and Czech Republic in dock over 'radioactive waste' directive
INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: Warsaw tightens up its legal system another notch
UNITED KINGDOM: Michel Barnier consults three British opposition leaders
UNITED KINGDOM: Brexit will mean the UK withdrawing from Euratom treaty, Guy Verhofstadt warns
BUDGET: European Parliament protests against Council's cuts in draft 2018 budget
COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Lambertz would like to review way in which CoR members work
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Jean-Claude Juncker calls on Kiev to get to grips with fight against corruption
BALKANS: Western Balkans commit to strengthening their economic cooperation
TRADE: EU institutions hope for agreement in September on new anti-dumping methodology
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: European ministers set out paths for encouraging eco-innovation as an engine of the circular economy
ENVIRONMENT: Plan to renew authorisation of glyphosate for ten years to be debated on 19 and 20 July
HEALTH: War breaks out over future tobacco product tracking and follow-up system
CUSTOMS: EU wants to stem financing of terrorism through sale of antiquities
INDUSTRY: European Parliament 'internal market' committee adopts position on updated fertiliser rules
AGRICULTURE: Ministers to discuss CAP, organics, labelling and trade on 17 and 18 July
AGRICULTURE: Cereal production down and increased acreage devoted to sugarbeet
MIGRATION: Frontex figures confirm increased migrant arrivals in Italy
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EMU: Angela Merkel open to debate on Eurozone budget and European finance minister
ECONOMY: Negotiations on extending 'Juncker' investment plan resume in early September
TAXATION: FTT, transparency of tax intermediaries – Pierre Moscovici lays into member states
FINANCE: ESMA authorises renewal of short selling prohibition on Liberbank securities
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: Judge indicates how to decide which court covers cases of corporate defamation online
SINGLE MARKET: Spain condemned over delay in liberalising certain port services
SINGLE MARKET: Statute of limitations to take action against vendor of faulty second-hand item cannot be less than two years
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
JUSTICE: Belgium urged to ensure minimum service if prison staff go on strike
RUSSIA: Council of Europe denounces Russian law on foreign agents
NEWS BRIEFS
COMPETITION: Slovak aid for paper manufacturer Mondi SCP given go-ahead
FRANCE: Pierre Moscovici says French budget trajectory measures are credible
LIBYA: Agreement between member states to renew EUBAM until 31 December 2018
REGIONS: Three regions win Enterprising European Region (EER) prize