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NEWS BRIEFS / Climate

EIB provides €73.5 million loan to modernise urban bus fleet in Barcelona

29/05/2019 (Agence Europe) – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided a loan of €73.5 million to help Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) bring 254 new urban buses into operation between the end of 2019 and 2021. The buses will mainly be hybrid electric vehicles that are safer, cleaner and more modern than the current fleet. The agreement between the EIB and TMB was signed in Barcelona on 28 May. The EIB financing will contribute to the replacement of diesel and first generation compressed natural gas vehicles with 116 new electric buses, 63 hybrids and 75 buses using latest generation compressed natural gas. The renewal will also cover Barcelona's 20 diesel-powered double-decker tourist buses, which will be replaced with hybrids. It will also improve the on-board information system and build new electric charging stations. (AN)

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ASCENSION: Dear subscriber, our offices are closed on Thursday 30 and Friday 31 May. EUROPE 12267 will be dated 4 June 2019
BEACONS
BEACONS: A post-election period of selection
EXTERNAL ACTION
WESTERN BALKANS: Commission reiterates its recommendation that accession EU negotiations be opened with Albania and North Macedonia
WESTERN BALKANS: for Mr Zamfir, “no country is immune to malign influences”
TURKEY: country's accession negotiations with EU still at a standstill
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SECURITY: EU Member States call for further action to combat hybrid threats
SECTORAL POLICIES
SPACE: “European preference is a must!”, says Jan Wörner
RESEARCH: several Member States recall importance of investing 3% of national GDP in R&I
DIGITAL: Commission shall detail Regulation on free movement of data which has entered into force
JUSTICE: prosecutors from eight countries will have a reduced term of 3 years in European Public Prosecutor's Office
MIGRATION: ministers called on 7 June to set first modalities of ‘migration’, ‘borders’ and ‘internal security’ funds
ENERGY: launch of a €100 million investment fund for clean energy
FISHERIES: confirmation of differences between Member States on certain aspects of EMFF fund 2021-2027
FISHERIES: European agency in Vigo is helping to monitor fisheries in West Africa
ANIMAL HEALTH: EU Council insists on measures to prevent spread of transboundary animal diseases
CLIMATE: too many Member States benefit from energy transition aid without turning their backs on coal, according to CAN Europe
CLIMATE: Christos Stylianides wants to strengthen public/private partnerships in the EU's adaptation strategy
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ITALY: Commission asks Rome for explanations on its budgetary trajectory
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Commission submits its analysis of offers of four countries wishing to host European Labour Authority
INSTITUTIONAL
CATALONIA: UN and ECHR are blowing hot and cold toward independence fighters
COURT OF JUSTICE: 14 judges appointed to EU General Court
COMMISSION: Commission appoints new Directors-General to its departments for energy and for trade
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
AZERBAIJAN: ECHR pinpoints Baku for non-compliance with a judgment calling for release of Ilgar Mammadov
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: EIB provides €73.5 million loan to modernise urban bus fleet in Barcelona
TRADE: member States confirm their interest in a public procurement instrument
FINANCE: Commission adopts technical standards on European Single Electronic Format
TAXATION: OECD adopts its work programme on global tax reform
INDUSTRY: ‘Dieselgate’, recall of rigged cars is still very slow, according to T&E
JUSTICE: large international trafficking of heroin substitute dismantled
DIGITAL: worried Huawei calls on American justice system to speed up its assessment
WTO: continued strong opposition to allocation of post-Brexit tariff quotas
CSDP: Brigadier General Christian Habersatter to head EUTM Mali
CSDP: Antti Hartikainen to be appointed Head of Mission for EUAM Ukraine
TRANSPORT: Drone Alliance Europe welcomes adoption by Commission of regulations applicable to UAVs
VENEZUELA: meeting between International Contact Group and Lima Group in New York on 3 June
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 03/06 to 09/06/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 9 June 2019