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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12068
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NEWS BRIEFS / Transport

Toll road operators against charges for external costs and congestion

23/07/2018 (Agence Europe) – The European Association of Operators of Toll Road Infrastructures (ASECAP) has announced in a press release that it opposes the introduction of charges for external costs and congestion in the revision of Directive 1999/62/EC (the Eurovignette directive).  It is against the approaches taken by the European Commission in its proposal of last year (see EUROPE 11799) and by the European Parliament in May of this year (see EUROPE 12026).  The toll road operators...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Technical questions about digital content are in process of being settled
DIGITAL: Common platform of web giants to facilitate portability of personal data
COMPETITIVENESS: “Bureaucracy is a danger for democracy in the long term view,” says Leitl, president of Eurochambres
FISHERIES: EU and Morocco confirm renewal of agreement which still has to be ratified
GMO: New GMOs should be seen as previous GMOs, says Rivasi
CIVIL PROTECTION: Record level of support for Sweden in combatting forest fires
TRANSPORT: Parliament's concern at Commission's lack of ambition about transport section of CEF 2021-2027
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: Member states give themselves five weeks to revise EUNAVFORMed Sophia mandate
EXTERNAL ACTION
USA: Juncker's visit to Trump to defuse transatlantic trade tension
TRADE: Relative detente between USA and G20 partners on trade dossier
MERCOSUR: Calls on sidelines of G20 finance ministers' meeting to conclude EU-Mercosur trade talks in coming months
SYRIA: Federica Mogherini hails evacuation of 800 White Helmets
DEVELOPMENT: Neven Mimica assures Greenlandic authorities of stronger EU-Greenland cooperation
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
G20: In Buenos Aires, Europeans defend digital taxation
MONEY-LAUNDERING: Controversy continues in Malta despite publication of report clearing M. Muscat
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Member states reported to tend to favour European level for regulating digital platforms
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: May and cabinet members doing rounds of member states
SPAIN: New People's Party leader calls for European leadership on migration
NEWS BRIEFS
ALGERIA: David McAllister calls for cooperation on security to be continued
FINANCE: ESMA fines five banks €2.48 million for issuing credit ratings without authorisation
EP2019: European Parliament seeking citizens wishing to get involved in encouraging people to vote in European elections in May 2019
POLAND: Polish parliament accelerates preparations to replace head of supreme court who is being pushed out
TRANSPORT: Toll road operators against charges for external costs and congestion
TUNISIA: Jo Leinen calls for decentralisation process to be continued
TURKEY: Germany lifts its economic sanctions