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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12311

23 August 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 18
NEWS BRIEFS / Climate
Unused funds from NER programme reinvested in innovative energy projects supported by EIB

22/08/2019 (Agence Europe) – Pending the launch of the Innovation Fund in 2020, the European Commission decided in early August to reinvest the unspent funds from the NER300 programme to support low-carbon innovation projects under InnovFinEDP, an EU financial instrument managed by the European Investment Bank. Thus, some €73 million will be mobilised for the first three selected demonstration projects. These projects include innovative wave energy technology (Wave Roller), offshore...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
G7: a summit under tension in Biarritz
TRADE: EU requests WTO panel to examine Turkish measures on medicines
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: encouraged by his talks in Berlin and Paris, Boris Johnson wants to believe in an agreement with EU on Brexit
FUTURE OF EU: confidence in EU at its highest level since 2014
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Commission plans to legislate on facial recognition
ENERGY: Commission study confirms economic benefits of renewable energy for industry
ANIMAL HEALTH: Commission identifies shortcomings in Hungarian system for control of African swine fever
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: ECB aligns its supervision with new EU rules governing treatment of new non-performing loans
COMPETITION: Commission not convinced by network sharing agreement between Czech mobile operators
COMPETITION: in-depth investigation into PKN Orlen’s proposed acquisition of Lotos
CULTURE
CULTURE: China now principal export market for European films
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: Unused funds from NER programme reinvested in innovative energy projects supported by EIB
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Josep Borrell officially appointed High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs
COMPETITION: approval of public support for deployment of ultrafast broadband internet in Carinthia
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: EU reiterates its commitment to youth
SENEGAL: Jean-Claude Juncker expresses his sincere condolences to family of Jacques Diouf and Senegalese people
TURKEY: €127 million extra for refugee aid
TUNISIA: EU deploys electoral observation mission