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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11924

13 December 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 38
NEWS BRIEFS / Transport
European airports respond to airlines on airport charges

12/12/2017 (Agence Europe) – In a press release on Monday 11 December, the Europe Airports Council International (ACI) provided a response to Airlines for Europe (A4E) with regard to the revision of the directive on airport charges (see EUROPE 11922). ACI Europe believes the main priority in the EU Aviation Strategy should be to develop aviation connectivity by signing aviation agreements with third countries or revising regulation 868/2004 (see EUROPE 11804) and that A4E does not support...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
ECONOMY: Parliament approves extension of 'Juncker' investment plan
DIGITAL: European Parliament refuses to reopen SatCab negotiating mandate
KAZAKHSTAN: Parliament agrees to concluding Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
TRANSPORT: MEPs adopt resolution for EU/US aviation agreement
ETS/ICAO: European Parliament ratifies inter-institutional agreement to extend ETS derogation to 2023 for long-haul flights
ETS: Parliament gives go-ahead to signature of agreement linking Swiss and EU emissions trading schemes
FISHERIES: European Parliament adopts regulation on external fleets
AGRICULTURE: Agriculture strand of omnibus regulation formally adopted
BANKS: European Parliament approves renewal of Elke König's mandate as head of Single Resolution Board
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Michel Barnier warns London that EU will not accept any backtracking
UNITED KINGDOM: Parliament wants to hold London to agreement reached following first phase of Brexit talks
ROMANIA: 2019 Presidency of Council of EU will be citizen-focused
EP2019: MEPs' vote on composition of Parliament postponed until January 2018
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: Glyphosate - Commission to legislate in March 2018 on transparency of EU scientific assessments
CLIMATE: EU announces €9 billion in investment at One Planet summit
MIGRATION: Avramopoulos says Tusk's call for end to compulsory relocation of asylum seekers is unacceptable
JHA: European Commission to offer law enforcement agencies single websites for searching through all European databases
AGRICULTURE: European Court of Auditors criticises lack of effectiveness of CAP greening
DEFENCE: Council adopts position on European defence industrial development programme
TRANSPORT: Inter-institutional agreement of principle on qualifications and training for road hauliers
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: 164 WTO member countries striving to negotiate minimum package to save face in Buenos Aires
TRADE: EU, US and Japan to enhance their co-operation at WTO against industrial overcapacity
TRADE: Over 110 WTO countries to work to promote women's economic empowerment through trade
TRADE: UK promises to play more prominent role at WTO after Brexit
ACP: Commission proposes a negotiating mandate for an updated, post-2020 ACP-EU partnership
MONTENEGRO: Two new EU accession negotiating chapters opened
SERBIA: Belgrade opens two new EU accession negotiating chapters
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: Final round of negotiations anticipated on fifth anti-money laundering directive
BANKS: Parliament rapporteurs unveil their ambitions for 'risk reduction' legislative package
FINANCE: Commission's roadmap for European leadership in sustainable finance
COMPETITION: EasyJet's acquisition of certain assets of Air Berlin approved
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
FINANCE: Advocate General clarifies financial information protected by business secrecy
NEWS BRIEFS
COHESION: Inter-institutional agreement on review of rules governing European structural and investment funds
TRADE: Possible EU-Mercosur free-trade agreement worries Switzerland
GULF STATES: EU urges Gulf states to cooperate
IRAN: New meeting of mixed committee for joint action plan on 13 December
LIBYA: Adoption of new assistance programme to improve health services
TRANSPORT: European airports respond to airlines on airport charges