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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11899

8 November 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 29
NEWS BRIEFS / Ets/icao
MEPs approve inter-institutional agreement on extending ETS exemption for long-haul flights

07/11/2017 (Agence Europe) – The EU took a step forward on Monday 6 November to take account of the political agreement found at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) on a Carbon Reduction and Offsetting Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) aiming to address the sector's CO² emissions.  It was by a large majority (40 votes for, one against with two abstentions) that the European Parliament's environment committee approved the provisional inter-institutional...

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