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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12176

22 January 2019
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NEWS BRIEFS / State aid
Sale by Vienna of 25% of Hypo Steiermark to Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark does not involve State aid

21/01/2019 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission considered on Monday 21 January that the Austrian State's sale of 25% plus two shares to Landes-Hypothekenbank Steiermark AG (Hypo Steiermark) to the private bank Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark AG did not involve State aid. The latter now holds 75% minus two shares of Hypo Steiermark's capital and has a pre-emptive right to acquire the remaining shares. After having been notified of the sale and submitted the valuation of the shares...

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INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: without offering 'plan B', Mrs May will continue discussions to find British consensus on orderly Brexit
EP2019: awareness campaign of European Students' Union in run-up to European elections
EXTERNAL ACTION
ARAB LEAGUE: EU wants to strengthen its cooperation with Arab League countries
SYRIA: 11 businessmen and five entities added to list of those subject to sanctions against the regime and its supporters
WEAPONS: EU sanctions Head and Deputy Head of the GRU and two ‘tourists’ in the Skripal case
DRC: after confirmation of Felix Tshisekedi's victory, EU will consult AU before reaching its common position
NICARAGUA: EU 'ready to use all its policy instruments' in event of a further deterioration of political situation
TRADE: EU puts its proposal for a standing Multilateral Investment Court on table at United Nations
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: agreement to be reached at EU Council on cross-border corporate mobility
RO2019EU: Eugen Teodorovici believes in an agreement in March in Council on reform of European financial supervision architecture
G7: participate in construction of 21st century taxation, a major priority of French G7 Presidency
ECONOMY: government debt down and government deficit up in third quarter of 2018 in EU and eurozone
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Romanian Presidency of Council excludes international firearms trade from scope of future Wistleblowers Directive
JUSTICE: European Parliament should finally endorse interinstitutional agreement on 'ECRIS-TCN' system
COHESION: marathon vote in view in European Parliament on Regulation laying down common provisions after 2020
TRANSPORT: MEPs divided on question of end of time change
TRANSPORT: European Parliament/Council agreement expected mid-February on Maritime Single Window
ENERGY: continuation of trilateral Commission/Russia/Ukraine gas talks in May
DIGITAL: blocking minority in Council on copyright reform
DIGITAL: European Parliament/Council negotiations on sales contracts are coming to an end
DIGITAL: European Parliament/Council agreement in sight on re-use of public sector information
MIGRATION: bringing migrants back to Libya is not EU policy, but remains a possibility depending on rescue site, Commission points out
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Russia could leave the pan-European organisation in June
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: sale by Vienna of 25% of Hypo Steiermark to Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark does not involve State aid
ECB: Irishman Philip Lane, candidate for position of management board member
COLOMBIA: attack claimed by ELN will have no impact on peace process implementation, says Ms Mogherini
NAGORNO-KARABAKH: EU welcomes discussions between Armenia and Azerbaijan
JUSTICE: CNIL imposes a fine of €50 million on Google for non-compliance with GDPR
MALI: EU reiterates its full support for MINUSMA mourning another terrorist attack
HEALTH: new milestone towards online data exchange
TRANSPORT: European Parliament coordinators unable to agree on follow-up to mobility package I
VENEZUELA: Ms Mogherini hopes that international contact group will be operational from February
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
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