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NEWS BRIEFS / Transport

European Federation of Inland Ports is satisfied with European Parliament's vote on EIM 2021-2027

17/12/2018 (Agence Europe) – The European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) welcomed on Friday 14 December the European Parliament's vote of Wednesday 12 December on the architecture of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the period 2021-2027 (see EUROPE 12158). The organisation "wholeheartedly welcomes the expanded budget for transport", says EFIP. In particular, it considers that, without an increase in the budget for the EIM, the European Union could not make transport a...

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BEACONS
BEACONS: Presidency of the next Commission: the road to complexity
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Budgetary uncertainty complicates negotiations on post-2020 CAP
AGRICULTURE: Unfair trading practices, Austrian Presidency of Council proposes negotiations to the European Parliament for 19 December
AGRICULTURE: bioeconomy is a priority of future Romanian Presidency of Council
FISHERIES: NGOs put pressure on Council to meet deadline for eliminating overfishing
CLIMATE: EU pleased that COP 24 has at least saved the Paris Agreement by adopting multilateral implementation rules
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: limitation of disposable plastics polluting oceans, Council is ready to be a little flexible
DIGITAL: against all expectations, no agreement expected in December 2018 on digital content
DIGITAL: copyright, Commission's proposals on value gap still relevant today
ENERGY: Clean energy package and climate on Council's agenda on 19 December
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: Council is about to endorse new competences for EBA to prevent risks of money laundering
FINANCE: agreement in sight in Council on two new 'green' benchmarks
ECONOMY: French and Italian budgets for 2019, common need to reduce structural deficits
STATE AIDS: Commission is asking Bucharest to recover 335 million euros in illegal state aid
EXTERNAL ACTION
SWITZERLAND: Commission links six-month extension of equivalence for Swiss stock exchange to negotiations on framework agreement
KOSOVO: a stabilisation and association council marked by tensions
UKRAINE: Mr Groysman tries to reassure on fight against corruption
SYRIA: EU calls on Ankara to refrain from any unilateral action
SYRIA: EU announces new support of €122 million
DEVELOPMENT: development aid must focus on results, says European Court of Auditors
SOUTH KOREA: EU launches consultations to improve sustainable commitments in trade agreement for first time
TRADE: EU provides its latest texts on state of its negotiations with Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: EU strengthens EUBAM  Libya mission
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: British Parliament will re-examine draft exit agreement negotiated with EU the week of 7 January for a vote scheduled the week of 14
POLAND: European Court of Justice confirms that Polish Government must immediately suspend implementation of Supreme Court law
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUNGARY: Council of Europe denounces the immigration tax and is concerned about the 'administrative courts' package
NEWS BRIEFS
COMPETITION: Bulgarian Energy Holding group fined €77 million for abuse of dominant position
COMPETITION: Guess fined €40 million for blocking cross-border sales of its products
ECONOMY: Inflation at 1.9% in November in euro area
ENVIRONMENT: limit value for content of four phthalates in certain plasticised materials will apply from June 2020
HUNGARY: Commission expresses its concern about respect for rule of law after further demonstrations against Hungarian authorities
INSTITUTIONAL: European confidence in EU is returning with economic recovery, according to Eurofound
JORDAN: more jobs for Syrian refugees through an improved trade agreement
FISHERIES: Council adopted 2019 quotas in Black Sea, which remain stable
FISHERIES: Formal adoption of 2019/2020 deep-sea fishing opportunities
SOCIAL: COFACE calls for a European agreement to support childcare
SOCIAL: trade unions call for a radical change in collective bargaining
TRANSPORT: European Federation of Inland Ports is satisfied with European Parliament's vote on EIM 2021-2027