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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11859

12 September 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 9 / 24
EXTERNAL ACTION / Humanitarian aid
EU mobilises €2 million in aid for most vulnerable victims of Hurricane Irma in three ACP countries
Brussels, 11/09/2017 (Agence Europe)

At midday on Monday 11 September, the European Commission announced that in response to the scale of destruction in the third countries devastated by Hurricane Irma, the European Union has released €2 million in emergency humanitarian assistance.  This is an initial amount of humanitarian assistance for the most vulnerable and it is based on the preliminary assessment of needs, the Commission states (see EUROPE 11858).

The funding is taken from the ECHO budget (the European Commission's...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: Commission quietly publishes plans to tackle illegal cigarette trade
MIGRATION: Frontex agency operates increasing number of 'returns' flights
ETS/ICAO: EPP warns in event of hard Brexit there will be no favours to United Kingdom over intercontinental flights
ETS: Amended negotiating mandate granted to Estonian Presidency for new trialogue on 13 September
AGRICULTURE: Momagri surprised at EPP position on CAP
JHA: Spanish data protection agency fines Facebook €1.2 million
SINGLE MARKET: Construction, insurance and cleaning sectors repeat e-services card concerns
EXTERNAL ACTION
BURMA: EU calls on Aung San Suu Kyi for action to calm tension
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU mobilises €2 million in aid for most vulnerable victims of Hurricane Irma in three ACP countries
TRADE: European Parliament's S&D Group against burden of proof falling on industry in new anti-dumping system
TRADE: EU ready to reduce floor prices for its Chinese solar panel imports
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Four largest Eurozone economies reach common position on taxation of Internet
GREECE: Alexis Tsipras hopes to come out of third bailout plan soon
COMPETITION: Google challenges record fine handed down by Commission
FINANCE: City still world's largest marketplace, despite spectre of Brexit
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Risk of in-work poverty increased between 2007 and 2014 in EU
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: UK parliament to vote on EU (Withdrawal) Bill
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: Commission consultation involving revision of maritime emissions monitoring system
SPACE: European Space Operations Centre celebrates 50th anniversary
KOSOVO: EU calls on new government to work on reforms immediately
LIBYA: Ongoing discussion on monitoring coastguard
MALI: EU ready to implement UN sanctions against those hampering peace agreement application
PARLIAMENT: Five new arrivals at European Parliament and six departures
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: N. 1190