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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12386

10 December 2019
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / State aid
Investigation into possible advantages for public casino operators in Germany
Brussels, 09/12/2019 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission announced on Monday 9 December the opening of an ‘in-depth investigation’ to determine whether the special tax treatment granted to public casino operators in Germany complies with EU State aid rules.

In a separate decision, the Commission also opened an in-depth investigation into specific measures adopted in North Rhine-Westphalia with regard to the public casino operator active in that region.

In Germany, public casino operators (Spielbankunternehmen) are...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
SUDAN: EU determined to support political, economic and social reforms for a democratic transition
DRC: EU is ready to make a progressive commitment to support the government's reform agenda
AFRICA: EU foreign ministers start to reflect on priorities for a strengthened EU-Africa partnership
AFRICA: meeting of AU Commission and European Commission in Africa at end of February, with a view to a strengthened partnership
HUMAN RIGHTS: EU Member States agree on creation of sanctions regime on human rights violations worldwide
MIDDLE EAST: recognition of State of Palestine divides Member States, concedes High Representative
ARCTIC: EU Council looks forward to an “update” of EU's Arctic policy
IRAN: widespread and disproportionate use of force against non-violent protestors is unacceptable, denounce Europeans
WTO: members will have to work twice as hard to reach agreement on fisheries subsidies before June 2020
TRADE: no agreement in EU Council on public procurement instrument in 2019
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: Council of the EU establishes a civilian advisory mission to Central African Republic
CSDP: EU Foreign Ministers welcome progress in implementation of Civilian CSDP Compact
SECTORAL POLICIES
REGIONS: outlines of Just Transition Fund becoming clearer
REGIONS: towards creation of a Forum of local and regional authorities to focus on European Green Deal
HEALTH: European data space makes appearance in EU ministers’ discussion
HEALTH: EU pharmaceutical policy continues to be as divisive for Member States
FISHERIES: Panama could be given a yellow card for its lax approach in fight against illegal fishing
AGRICULTURE: 2019 edition of European Agricultural Outlook conference
INTERNAL AFFAIRS: for Ylva Johansson, trust between Member States in migration matters must be restored
ENERGY: Energy Charter Treaty must stop protecting fossil fuels, denounce 278 civil society organisations and trade unions
TRANSPORT: T&E calls on EU to raise its ambitions to tackle maritime sector emissions
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: “the time has come to review” European competition rules, according to Margrethe Vestager
STATE AID: green light for €3.2 billion public support for European Battery Alliance in seven Member States
STATE AID: investigation into possible advantages for public casino operators in Germany
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: Conference on Future of Europe must not start with predetermined outcome, according to MEPs
NEWS BRIEFS
LATIN AMERICA: Josep Borrell makes holding EU/Latin America summits one of his priorities
FINLAND: Sanna Marin, new Finnish Prime Minister
INDONESIA: confirmation of countervailing duties on Indonesian biodiesel
IRAN: keeping nuclear agreement is a collective responsibility, according to Mr Borrell
JUSTICE: Eurojust welcomes Ireland's participation in Regulation on governance reform
FISHERIES: towards a new EU/Greenland fisheries agreement
SOCIAL: ETUC, BEUC and EEB call on European Commission to clean up European chemicals policy
TRANSPORT: Commission updates list of airlines banned in EU for safety reasons
VIETNAM: likely resignation of MEP Jan Zahradil, European Parliament rapporteur on EU/Vietnam trade agreements
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