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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12044

20 June 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 38
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / State aid
Green light to Cypriot aid for orderly liquidation of Cyprus Cooperative Bank
Brussels, 19/06/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 19 June, the European Commission approved Cypriot measures to facilitate the liquidation of Cyprus Cooperative Bank Ltd. (CCB).

These measures complete the restructuring process of the CCB, which the Cypriot state launched in February 2014. As the bank was unable to return to a certain level of viability, the national authorities notified the Commission on Sunday 17 June of their plans to support its orderly liquidation.

This liquidation will take the form of the sale and total...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
JHA: Council agrees on temporary internal border controls that do not exceed a year as opposed to the three years initially proposed by Commission
MIGRATION: Commission calls for continued monitoring of Western Balkans route
JUSTICE: Parliament/Council agreement on reforming model of governance for Eurojust
DIGITAL: Greens/EFA group proposes alternative amendments to 'copyright' directive a day before committee vote
ENVIRONMENT: Circular economy, drinking water directive and CO2 from new cars on Council agenda for 25 June
ENVIRONMENT: Revision of general EU food laws defended by Vytenis Andriukaitis before Parliament's special PEST committee
AGRICULTURE: Member states critical of US measures against Spanish olives
AGRICULTURE: Commission rejects French suggestions to sell off skimmed milk powder stocks
FISHERIES: Oceana calls on France to ban bottom trawling in Mediterranean
FISHERIES: Measures taken to protect salmon in Greenland waters
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: Franco-German duo's joint position on deepening eurozone
UNITED KINGDOM: Barnier rules out possibility of UK applying European arrest warrant post-Brexit
PARLIAMENT: Edouard Martin advocates 'major action' to support cause of European Parliament interpreters
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: First Bulgarian compromise proposal on taxation of Internet giants
EUROGROUP: Greek aid plan and deepening of Eurozone on ministers' agenda
FINANCE: European Parliament committee vote on draft report on third-country equivalency decisions postponed
STATE AID: Green light to Cypriot aid for orderly liquidation of Cyprus Cooperative Bank
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Council of the EU preparing its position on three highly political legislative texts
SOCIAL: Parliament negotiations on coordination of social security systems delayed
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: EU and NATO hope to focus on implementation of their cooperation actions
EXTERNAL ACTION
MOROCCO: Launch of External Investment Plan in country
NUCLEAR: Court of Auditors says EU should target is cooperation more in fight against CBRN threats from third countries
MERCOSUR: Uruguay puts pressure on EU for swift conclusion of trade agreement with Mercosur
INDIA: India's President Ram Nath Kovind says New Delhi remains committed to concluding broad-based trade agreement with EU
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
PARLIAMENT: General Court upholds Parliament's decision ordering Marine Le Pen to pay back €300,000
MIGRATION: Court clarifies application of right to effective remedy in EU for asylum seeker subject to return decision
FINANCE: Content of supervision file is not necessarily confidential, says Court
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Commission rules out private storage aid for pig meat
AGRICULTURE: Nine MEPs speak out against any CAP renationalisation
AGRICULTURE: Updated EU guidelines for G20 agriculture ministers' meeting
BUDGET: Council adopts its position on budgetisation of 2017 surplus
SLOVENIA/CROATIA: Slovenia to take Zagreb to Court of Justice over conflict around Piran Bay
DEFENCE: MEPs support Parliament/Council agreement on EDIDP programme
IRAN: European Union condemns execution of Mohammad Salas
JHA: Member states endorse new Schengen Information System rules
SERBIA/KOSOVO: New dialogue meeting at presidential level on 24 June
SOCIAL: On directive on carcinogenic and mutagenic agents- Parliament/Council negotiations stalling on diesel vapour value limits
TRANSPORT: Parliament transport committee vote on rail passengers' rights and obligations postponed