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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12144

24 November 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 32
NEWS BRIEFS / Taxation
Appleby again refuses to cooperate with Parliament's special committee 'TAXE 3'

23/11/2018 (Agence Europe) – The European Parliament's Special Committee on Financial Crime, Tax Fraud and Tax Avoidance (TAXE 3) announced on Thursday 22 November a new refusal to cooperate on the part of tax intermediary Appleby, whose tax planning practices had been revealed in the 'Paradise Papers'. As a reminder, Appleby had already refused to attend a Parliament hearing last June (see EUROPE 12046). In a statement, MPs condemned "this repeated disregard for transparency at a time...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN GREEN PARTY: European environmentalists call for a green and progressive change
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: European Parliament/Council agreement on further measures to prevent electricity blackouts
MIGRATION: Agreement expected in Council in December on an extended mandate for Frontex agency to include return of migrants
JUSTICE: Member States do not seem to want to extend whistleblower directive to workers' rights
JUSTICE: Eurojust aims to develop a digital infrastructure for judicial cooperation in criminal matters
INTERNAL MARKET: European Parliament/Council agreement on Regulation on mutual recognition of goods
REGIONS: Commission presents a series of initiatives to help outermost regions
FISHERIES: a compromise is emerging in European Parliament on a three-month ban on trawling under 100 m in Mediterranean
AGRICULTURE: Working Group on Rural Africa to present final report on 18 December
TRANSPORT: European Parliament/Council negotiations on port reception facilities for delivery of waste are expected to be completed in December
TRANSPORT: several civil society organisations react to vote of MEPs on Mechanism for Interconnection in Europe 2021-2027
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: risk reduction package, European Parliament/Council negotiations enter a decisive phase
COMPETITION: Initiation of an investigation into possible cartels and abuse of dominant position in airline ticket distribution services
EXTERNAL ACTION
DEVELOPMENT: Council to confirm EU's determination to strengthen fight against global hunger and malnutrition
DEVELOPMENT: EU Action Plan on Gender Equality in External Relations under scrutiny of Council
DEVELOPMENT: EU mobilises €124 million for Central Asian countries
UN: Poland, 5th EU country to turn its back on future Global Compact on Migration
TURKEY: Mr Hahn promises Mr Çavuşoğlu that he will do his utmost to modernise Customs Union
G20: WTO reform, climate change and digital taxation on Buenos Aires Summit agenda
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: commission concludes no grant in favour of container terminal operators at Port of Antwerp
ENVIRONMENT: CO2 emissions from aviation, Council could adopt on 29 November its decision on ICAO CORSIA system
TAXATION: MEPs want to allocate €300 million to Fiscalis programme for 2021-2027 period
TAXATION: Appleby again refuses to cooperate with Parliament's special committee 'TAXE 3'
INDUSTRY: Commission changes format of 'diesel summit' because of insufficient participation by ministers
ITALY: Giuseppe Conte is 'not worried' before his meeting on Saturday with Jean-Claude Juncker
MIGRATION: After failure in plenary, humanitarian visa issue returns to European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee
RESEARCH: European Open Science Cloud launch
SUDAN: Additional emergency humanitarian aid of €18 million
TURKMENISTAN: Opening of an EU delegation in Ashgabat in 2019
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: The ghost of Brexit future
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institutions: 26/11 - 02/12/2018
Other events: 26/11 - 09/12/2018