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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12102

25 September 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 27
NEWS BRIEFS / Money laundering
Commission tasks European Banking Authority with investigating Danske Bank scandal

24/09/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 24 September, the European Commissioner for Justice, Vera Jourova, confirmed on Twitter that she had asked the European Banking Authority (EBA) to “probe what went wrong in the supervision of Danske Bank”, whose Estonian subsidiary has been caught up in a money laundering scandal. The EBA will attempt to determine whether the Estonian or Danish supervisory authorities broke EU law. The Commissioner previously raised this possibility at a press...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: Commission refers Polish law on Supreme Court to European Court of Justice
BUDGET: Commission sends United Kingdom reasoned opinion on customs duties due
BUDGET: European Parliament budget committee suggests cancelling proposed cuts to 2021-2027 MFF
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: New Austrian compromise similar to previous one on e-privacy
DIGITAL: Council of EU close to agreement on reuse of public sector data
JUSTICE: Whistleblowers, MEPs start discussing directive's legal basis, which could slow down negotiations
JUSTICE: European Parliament study on cross-border access to electronic evidence warns against effects on territorial sovereignty
ANIMAL HEALTH: Commission backs slaughter of farmed pigs in infected area of Belgium
ENVIRONMENT: Municipal waste recycling, 14 Member States at risk of failing the 2020 goal, Commission warns
ENVIRONMENT: Call at fifth European Water Conference to urgently preserve and restore water resources
TRANSPORT: MEPs call for directive on deployment of alternative fuel infrastructure to be revised
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Calls for creation of European anti-money-laundering authority
FRANCE: Draft 2019 budget does not comply with the rules of the preventative arm of the Stability and Growth Pact
TAXATION: EU 'blacklist' not an effective 'firewall' against financial secrecy, says Tax Justice Network
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Appetite of certain central and eastern European countries whetted to host European Labour Authority
NEWS BRIEFS
MONEY LAUNDERING: Commission tasks European Banking Authority with investigating Danske Bank scandal
CLIMATE: Opening of Climate Diplomacy Week
COHESION: João Ferreira questions 'thematic concentrations'
TRADE: First ministerial meeting of Alliance for Torture-Free Trade
ENERGY: 30% of electricity consumed in EU generated from renewable sources in 2016
ARAB LEAGUE: Second preparatory meeting for February 2019 Summit
MIGRATION: Panama prepares to withdraw its flag from migrant rescue ship Aquarius
DEMOCRACY: Code of good practices on disinformation expected for 26 September
EP2019: German national Nicola Beer ready to be liberals' Spitzenkandidatin in European elections
UK: EU Court of Justice asked if UK can stop Brexit unilaterally
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Commission says European economy is growing but at slower pace than in 2017
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 1231