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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11947

26 January 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 41
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / State aid
Irish asset management agency did not break state aid rules
Brussels, 25/01/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 25 January, the European Commission found that the Irish National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) had not breached EU state aid rules in its financing or actions.

NAMA, which was created in Ireland in 2009 as a result of the financial crisis in order to stabilise the national banking system, acquired portfolios of non-performing commercial loans backed by land and real estate to be developed from five Irish banks. The creation of the body and its support to the five banks received...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: European ministers want European asylum system to succeed but still do not know how
JUSTICE: Contrary to member states, MEPs rule out dual nationals from ECRIS-TCN' system
ENERGY: EU allocates €873 million to 17 infrastructure projects, including €578 million for Spain/France interconnection
ENERGY: Several EU countries want clarifications over amendment to 'gas' directive concerning third-country gas pipelines
CLIMATE: CO2 of new heavy vehicles - MEPs hail MRV system proposed by Commission
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs call on Bulgarian Council Presidency for more climate commitment
INTERNAL MARKET: MEPs give positive welcome to Commission's 'products' package
REGIONS: Commission produces guide for improving use of European funds and migrant integration
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: No summit conclusions at all on financial future of Erasmus +
EDUCATION: Future of Erasmus + programme will form core of ministerial meeting on 15 February
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Draghi concerned at euro's rise against dollar
TAXATION: Progress report on negotiations on transparency of tax intermediaries
MONEY LAUNDERING: EU following questions of corruption in Malta closely
FINANCE: European Parliament's revision of European financial supervisory architecture to focus on division of competences
EU2018BG: Goranov may achieve compromise at Council on reducing bank risks
STATE AID: Irish asset management agency did not break state aid rules
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CONSUMERS: Court rejects collective action triggered by Schrems against Facebook
MIGRATION: Asylum seeker cannot be subject to psychological test to determine sexual orientation
BREACHES OF EU LAW
ENVIRONMENT: Ireland is threatened with high fines for failure to implement Court ruling on Derrybrien wind farm
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Poland and Portugal receive letters of formal notice regarding defence procurement markets
BIODIVERSITY: Portugal taken before Court for continued breach of Habitats directive
DIGITAL: Poland taken to European Court of Justice over copyright question
DIGITAL: Bulgaria and Netherlands in court over broadband directive
TRANSPORT: Malta and Romania in the dock for failure to provide notification on provision of alternative fuel infrastructure
ENERGY: Romania referred to CJEU over breach of obligations stemming from 'oil stocks' directive
ENERGY: Bulgaria ordered to comply in full with 'electricity' and 'gas' directives of 2009
ENERGY: Final warning to Slovenia over transposition of energy performance of buildings directive
FINANCE: Twelve member states ordered to transpose MiFID II Directive in full
EXTERNAL ACTION
LIBYA: Libyan actors should rally together for sustainable solution to crisis
UKRAINE: Mikhail Kostarakos regrets that there is no EU military mission
DEFENCE: Atanas Zapryanov says EU will not be international actor without military capability
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Leo Varadkar hopes that London will seek 'Norway +' cooperation model with EU after Brexit
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: Nearly 30,000 requests from Turkey lodged with ECHR in 2017
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: Effort sharing in sectors outside ETS - MEPs endorse interinstitutional agreement
CLIMATE: MEPs validate interinstitutional agreement on 'Lulucf' regulation
SPACE: New Spanish site for Galileo backup centre will soon be operational
MEXICO: Publication of progress report for eighth round of talks on revised comprehensive EU/Mexico agreement
REGIONS: European Commission launches project for supporting economically backward region of Slovakia
TRANSPORT: European shipowners welcome Commission proposal on port reception facilities
TRANSPORT: European airports concerned by Brexit negotiations outcome
TURKEY: EEAS confirms EU still committed to discussions with Turkey