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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12180

26 January 2019
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BREACHES OF EU LAW / State aid
Commission calls on Greece to recover aid granted to mining company Larco

25/01/2019 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission called on Athens by means of a letter of formal notice on Thursday 24 January to recover €135,8 million in State aid from Larco General Mining and Metallurgical Company S.A. This formal notice follows a 2014 Commission decision concluding that the aid in question is incompatible with EU law (see EUROPE 11049). As Greece did not recover this amount, the Court of Justice had also ordered it to do so in 2017. But the Commission notes that...

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BEACONS
BEACONS: Why not look on this as an opportunity to reunify Ireland? (2)
EXTERNAL ACTION
FYROM: Europeans welcome ratification of Prespa Agreement by Greek Parliament
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Europeans call for calm after proposal to change the name of Republika Srpska
VENEZUELA: Towards a new EU declaration calling for early holding of free elections
NEW ZEALAND: EU and Wellington want to finalise negotiations on free trade agreement before end of November
SYRIA: it would be 'inappropriate and ineffective' to normalise relations with Syrian regime, according to EEAS
WTO: 75 countries launch plurilateral negotiations in Davos on electronic commerce
TRADE: WTO reform, ratification of agreements with Vietnam and relations with United States are Romanian Presidency of the EU Council's priorities
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Council adopts its position on directive to protect ‘whistleblowers’
JUSTICE: more than 95,000 complaints lodged in eight months by citizens under General Data Protection Regulation
JHA: Interinstitutional negotiations begin on strengthening security of identity cards
TRANSPORT: Member States define their negotiating position on public procurement of clean vehicles
INDUSTRY: Huawei case raises question of EU's industrial strategy
AGRICULTURE: on Monday 28 January, European ministers will mainly discuss post 2020 CAP
AGRICULTURE: candidate Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle wants to make FAO more 'agile and transparent'
FOOD SAFETY: reform of EU law for more transparent EFSA assessments, European Parliament/Council agreement expected on 11 February
ANIMAL HEALTH: European Parliament Committee calls for better protection of animals during transport
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Parliament and Council address question of European Labour Authority’s name for first time
SOCIAL: Romanian Presidency of Council obtains a renewed mandate on Working Conditions Directive
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: European Parliament/Council agreement in principle expected in February on ‘Fiscalis’ programme
INSTITUTIONAL
CITIZENSHIP: 'Pagazaurtundúa' draft report aims to make 9 May a public holiday throughout EU
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Guido Raimondi welcomes the fact that national courts may request a preliminary advisory opinion from ECHR
BREACHES OF EU LAW
MIGRATION: Hungary receives several reminders of EU law regarding its controversial practices on asylum and legal migration
MONEY LAUNDERING: New wave of summonses to transpose 4th anti-money laundering directive
ENVIRONMENT: Air pollution: France, Sweden and Greece called to order for breach of EU law
STATE AID: Commission calls on Greece to recover aid granted to mining company Larco
JHA: Spain called to order on implementation of Directive on collection of PNR data in EU
JHA: Estonia singled out for additional requirements for crossing EU's external borders
SOCIAL: Commission asks four Member States to notify it of full transposition of Pension Portability Directive
ENERGY: Latvia is called upon to correctly transpose law on nuclear waste
ENERGY: radiation protection, Commission calls on Italy to transpose EU legislation
FISHERIES: Denmark does not comply with several control provisions
NEWS BRIEFS
TRADE: 'a lot of work still needs to be done by China' to reduce its production of steel, according to European Commission
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: IPA asks foreign journalists accredited in Belgium not to pay ‘security fee’
JUSTICE: green light from Member States for Interinstitutional Agreement on data protection in electoral context
EP2019: European Parliament launches new website explaining how to vote in European elections
CAR: EU welcomes opening of peace negotiations within framework of African Initiative
TRANSPORT: green light from Member States to Interinstitutional Agreement on post-Brexit ship inspections
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: It was always about the economy, stupid
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institutions: 28/01 - 03/02/2019
Other Events: until 10 February 2019