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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12139

17 November 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 27
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / State aid
General Court of the European Union annuls Commission's decision considering United Kingdom market for electricity capacity to be in conformity with EU law
Brussels, 16/11/2018 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission should have opened a formal investigation procedure to better assess the compatibility of the UK electricity capacity market regime with EU state aid rules, the EU Court found in a judgement delivered on Thursday 15 November annulling the Commission's July 2014 decision authorising the regime (Case T-793/14). 

Through this aid scheme based on the UK Energy Act 2013, the United Kingdom pays capacity providers who undertake to produce electricity or to reduce or...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: There are two Austrian options on Council's table concerning date of application of taxation in digital sector
EUROGROUP: deepening of EMU and, potentially, Italian budgetary situation, on ministerial agenda
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Political declaration on future relations with EU must be further developed with Member States concerned to secure their interests
EP2019: European Green Party sets out twelve priorities for European elections in May 2019
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: general guidance on European Labour Authority for next EPSCO Council
SOCIAL: Mrs Thyssen praises soft law on occasion of first anniversary of European pillar of social rights
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: OCP group is confident about ongoing negotiations on maximum cadmium content of phosphate fertilizers
PLANTS: Fight against Xylella fastidiosa has limited effectiveness in Italy and Spain
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca welcomes Brexit agreement supported by British cabinet
JUSTICE: electronic evidence, Austrian Presidency proposes an informative notification procedure and only for 'content' data
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: a busy Council, with Yemen, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina and defence on agenda
CUBA: European Parliament deplores lack of 'tangible' progress in respect for human rights
WTO: British challenges at World Trade Organisation
WTO: only a modernization of WTO can prevent a war between 'Far West' and 'Far East'
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Civil-military crisis management exercise launched on Monday
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
STATE AID: General Court of the European Union annuls Commission's decision considering United Kingdom market for electricity capacity to be in conformity with EU law
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: green light for a German measure to support mobile communication infrastructure in unserved areas
STATE AID: green light for extension of Irish credit union resolution scheme
FUTURE OF THE EU: 800 young Europeans will adopt their final recommendations for December EU summit
CAMBODIA: EU welcomes verdict against two former leaders of Democratic Kampuchea
ECONOMY: Inflation rate increases to 2.2% in Eurozone in October
SPACE: space industry wants to secure €4 billion in Horizon Europe
MERCOSUR: no white smoke in talks with Mercosur
UNITED KINGDOM: Stephen Barclay appointed new Minister of Brexit
FOOD SAFETY: PAN Europe denounces new evidence of manipulation of scientific results by pesticide industry
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institutions : 19/11 - 25/11/2018
Other events: 19/11 - 02/12/2018