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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11912

25 November 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 29
CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
27/11 - 03/12

 

Monday 27 November

  • Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 31/08). - EMPL-ECON: joint economic dialogue on the annual growth review and report on the early warning mechanism, to be attended by Vice-President Dombrovskis and Commissioner Moscovici. – ENVI: structured dialogue with Vice-President Šefčovič on the Commission’s working programme and the priorities for 2018. CONT: examination of the execution of the Commission’s 2016 budget with Commissioner...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: EU and Eastern Partnership countries want stronger cooperation
ARMENIA: EU and Armenia sign new partnership agreement
BURMA/MYANMAR: EU hails signing of bilateral repatriation agreement between Myanmar and Bangladesh
SYRIA: EU regrets Russian veto on mandate renewal for joint investigative mechanism on chemical weapons
AFRICA: NGOs from Europe and Africa call for stronger AU-EU cooperation on climate
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: EU wants to speed up improved electricity interconnections between member states
ENERGY: Third PCI list cut back to 173 projects, with four on CO2 transport
ENERGY: Ambition of draft revised renewables directive put to first major test in Parliament
DIGITAL: No agreement at EU Council on revised e-privacy rules by the end of year
CLIMATE: Inter-institutional talks on non-ETS effort-sharing and Lulucf could conclude in mid-December
BIODIVERSITY: Forests and unique wild species under threat in all of Europe's Danube-Carpathian region
JUSTICE: Criminal records – summary of positions of European Parliament and Council on ECRIS-TCN system
REGIONS: MEPs present recommendations for improving macroregional strategies
COHESION POLICY: Commission department recommends greater use of financial instruments post-2020
TRANSPORT: EU and Armenia agree on common airspace
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EIB: Inter-institutional agreement in sight on revision of mandate for loans outside EU
BANKS: EU banks are more robust, but non-performing loans and low rates are adversely affecting their profitability, says EBA
PAYMENTS: Adoption of technical security draft rules for payment services expected on 27 November
STATE AID: Green light to capacity mechanism for joint Irish and Northern Irish electricity market
STATE AID: Green light for Greek plan to exchange Eurobank preference shares with Tier 2 bonds
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Tusk finds it possible to take up 'huge' challenge of moving on to free trade negotiations in mid-December
EU2019BG: Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council wants to put Balkans at heart of European agenda in 2018
NEWS BRIEFS
PATENTS: EPO and China's State Intellectual Property Office renew cooperation
CATALONIA: European Free Alliance launches campaign in support of Catalan detainees
COHESION POLICY: CEMR and Commission launch 60 local dialogues on cohesion policy
MIGRATION: Italy to receive extra €40 million in emergency aid
CORRIGENDUM
INTERNAL MARKET: Clarification about French authorities' memo on European services card
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: 27/11 - 03/12
Other events: 27/11 - 10/12