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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12376

26 November 2019
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / State aid
Approval of €94 million in aid for a waste recovery facility in Bulgaria
Brussels, 25/11/2019 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 25 November, the European Commission authorised Bulgaria’s project to support the construction and operation of a high-efficiency cogeneration plant for heat and electricity using fuel derived from non-recyclable municipal waste for almost €94 million. The project is considered to comply with EU state aid rules.

On 8 October 2019, Bulgaria notified the Commission of its plan to support the construction and operation of a high-efficiency cogeneration plant in Sofia,...

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BEACONS
BEACONS: High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy … (1)
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: lack of loyal cooperation from United Kingdom should not hinder entry of 'von der Leyen' team into office, says Council of the EU
BUDGET 2020: six EU Member States vote against next year’s budget compromise
EXTERNAL ACTION
DEVELOPMENT: political leadership must guide future European financial architecture for development, according to ministers
DEVELOPMENT: EU Council calls for accelerated efforts to eliminate hunger and malnutrition, which are rising worldwide
DEVELOPMENT: EU wants to step up its efforts to promote gender equality in its external policy
DEVELOPMENT: EU wants to better integrate fight against inequalities into its cooperation policy to achieve SDGs
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU reaffirms its commitment to respect of international humanitarian law by all
SYRIA: EU denounces violence in north-west of country
WTO: remuneration structure of judges is responsible for long delays in Appellate Body, according to Washington
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: according to Berlin, only migrants with a real chance of obtaining international protection should be allowed to enter EU
JUSTICE: transatlantic agreement on access to electronic evidence, several substantive issues still to be resolved
TRANSPORT: ahead of third trilogue, six Member States are once again criticising proposals linked to ‘mobility I’ package
HEALTH: negotiations in EU Council on health technologies are particularly murky
SPACE: European Copernicus programme has pride of place at Ministerial Council of European Space Agency
AGRICULTURE: Mr Hogan confirmed increased flexibility in promotional actions due to US sanctions
AGRICULTURE: Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, Deputy Director of Cabinet of future Commissioner Wojciechowski
ENERGY: Naftogaz responds to Gazprom's proposal for a one-year agreement on gas transit
BIODIVERSITY: launch of ‘Save bees and farmers’ European Citizens' Initiative
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: approval of €94 million in aid for a waste recovery facility in Bulgaria
NEWS BRIEFS
DEVELOPMENT: Denmark's contribution of €10 million to EU External Investment Plan for Africa
EGYPT: EU condemns search of independent media
MIGRATION: Greek government will relocate 4,000 unaccompanied minors
CSDP: João Pedro Rato Boga de Oliveira Ribeiro to lead EUTM Mali mission
RUSSIA: EU calls on Russian legislators to abandon foreign agents law
TERRORISM: communication channel of Islamic State targeted by coordinated action of 12 Member States
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