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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11899

8 November 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 29
INSTITUTIONAL / Catalonia
Pro-independence mayors and anti-independence entrepreneurs in Catalonia travel to Brussels to get their voices heard
Brussels, 07/11/2017 (Agence Europe)

A delegation of 200 pro-independence mayors and representatives from the anti-Catalan independence industrial sector, members of Empresaris de Catalunya, travelled to Brussels on Tuesday 7 November to get their respective voices heard among the European institutions and media.

The Association of Catalan and Municipalities (AMC) and the Association of Municipalities in Favour of Independence (AMI), representing more than 80% of towns and villages in the region (according to their figures)...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Council fails to agree on VAT on e-commerce
TAXATION: Blacklist of tax havens – Luxembourg opposes sanctions
FINANCE: Proposed revision of European supervisory authorities goes too far, say finance ministers
BANKS: ECB exceeding its mandate on management of non-performing loans, says Padoan
EMU: European finance ministers discuss deepening Eurozone
ECONOMY: EBF predicts positive economic growth for 2017 and 2018, despite ongoing political uncertainty
SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: European Commission plans ban on eel fishing in its 2018 quotas
AGRICULTURE: Moving towards early implementation of farm aspect of 'omnibus' regulation
HEALTH: Member states could strengthen independence criteria on cigarette product traceability and follow-up
TRANSPORT: SESAR seeking to put digitalisation at heart of debate on air traffic management
ENERGY: Commission to propose amendment to third energy package to supervise Russian Nord Stream-2 project
ENERGY: EU institutions mobilised to boost €400 billion investment per year in clean energy transition by 2030
ENERGY: Friends of the Earth says continued use of gas incompatible with climate security in EU
ENERGY: Lithuania seeks agreement in spring 2018 on synchronisation of Baltic electricity grids with EU
ENERGY: Launch of EU SysFlex project for integration of renewable electricity grids
CLIMATE: Carbon trading and zero-carbon transport, EU and California to work more closely together
CLIMATE: Greenhouse gas emissions fall by 0.7% in EU in 2016 and by 23% since 1990
ENVIRONMENT: CEO submits complaint about Monsanto to EU transparency register
JHA: MEPS strengthen Schengen Information System to help combat terrorist threats
INSTITUTIONAL
CATALONIA: Anne Weyembergh sees problems with Belgium's transposition of European arrest warrant rules
CATALONIA: Pro-independence mayors and anti-independence entrepreneurs in Catalonia travel to Brussels to get their voices heard
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: Andrew Tabler calls for sanctions over use of chemical weapons
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: No agreement at Council on conclusions document on soil protection
STATE AID: Green light to prolongation of Portuguese guarantee scheme for credit institutions
STATE AID: Prolongation of Portuguese guarantee scheme on EIB lending cleared
ENERGY: €180 million EIB loan to Sweden for largest European onshore wind farm in Europe
UNITED STATES: Wess Mitchell in Brussels underscores United States' commitment to Europe
ETS/ICAO: MEPs approve inter-institutional agreement on extending ETS exemption for long-haul flights
DIGITAL: European Parliament committee responsible will vote on copyright reform on 25 January