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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13513
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Money laundering

FATF removes Senegal from its increased monitoring

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has removed Senegal from its increased monitoring following a successful on-site visit and updated its statements on “high-risk and other monitored jurisdictions”, according to an announcement made at its plenary meeting on Friday 25 October.

Senegal could therefore be removed from the EU list of high-risk third-country jurisdictions having strategic deficiencies in their regime on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
GEORGIA: Viktor Orbán’s support for current Georgian government not well-received by EU following allegations of irregularities in national elections
ALBANIA Interview: EU enlargement is a “necessity” to “strengthen Europe’s influence in world”, says Deputy Minister Olta Manjani
MIDDLE EAST: Josep Borrell calls for reform of Union for Mediterranean against backdrop of crises in Gaza and Lebanon
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: European Commission adapts administrative cooperation rules to new directive on minimum tax on businesses
MONEY LAUNDERING: FATF removes Senegal from its increased monitoring
STATE AID: Greece authorised to pay €150 million for carbon storage facility construction
Russian invasion of Ukraine
ECONOMY: EU 2025 contribution to bilateral loans from G7 countries for benefit of Ukraine reduced to €18 billion
UKRAINE/RUSSIA: NATO confirms that North Korean military units have been deployed in Kursk region
COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE HEARINGS IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
CLIMATE/TAXATION: Wopke Hoekstra commits to tax system that promotes carbon neutrality and European competitiveness
DEVELOPMENT: Jozef Síkela wants to rely on competitive partnerships to achieve Sustainable Development Goals
ENERGY/HOUSING: Dan Jørgensen to present his priorities for energy-efficient building stock to MEPs
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: eight North Sea countries call on new European Commission to establish a framework for deploying offshore wind power
AGRICULTURE: EU agri-food trade up 8% in July 2024
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: European social partners fail to agree on a framework agreement to support workers in fossil fuel sector
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: a ‘super-rich’ European pollutes as much in a week as someone in world’s poorest 1% in a lifetime, according to Oxfam
CULTURE: ‘Opera Europa Next Generation’, a new platform to support emerging opera and dance artists in Europe
ENERGY: ACER consults to address insufficient risk hedging opportunities at bidding zone border between Netherlands and Norway
MOZAMBIQUE: EU observers call for detailed publication of election results following Daniel Chapo’s announced victory
SYRIA: EU plans to appoint a special envoy for Syria
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