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Thursday 27 November 2014
COMPETITION
Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7407 - Lear Corporation/
Everett Smith Group)
Commission approves aerospace and
defence JV between Airbus and Safran,
subject to conditions (IP/14/2164)
Commission welcomes General Court
judgment confirming its inspection
powers in the area of electronic
searches (Memo/14/2181)
Commission
clears
acquisition
of
Alliance
Automotive
Group
by
Blackstone and Alliance Industries
(M.7401)
Midday Express 27.11.2014
CMA makes initial enforcement order to
Healthcare
Environmental
and
G.W.Butler
CMA highlights key issues for consumers
as it consults on priorities for its 2nd year
Agenda for the 40th meeting of the
Customs Code Committee – General
Customs Legislation on 4 & 5.12.2014
WTO - Azevêdo: “We are very close to
overcoming
impasse
on
Bali
implementation”
Online protest delays EU plan to resolve
US trade row
EU Briefing 26-27.11.2014 (Reuters)
Luxembourg: Foreign Minister supports
TTIP but “not at all cost”
EU Briefing 26-27.11.2014 (wort.lu)
Beuc
comments
on
proposals for TTIP
Transparency
Turbulence hits trade negotiations There would be merit to keeping TTIP trade talks
behind closed door
European Voice 27.11.2014 p.11
Merkel offers Putin trade talks olive
branch
Financial Times 27.11.2014 p.4
Wall Street Journal Europe 27.11.2014
Europe’s demands on Google mount
INTERNAL MARKET & GENERAL
USA - Appeals Court bars Motorola
antitrust lawsuit against LCD makers
Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston of
27.11.2014 in Case C-497/13, Froukje
Faber Vs. Autobedrijf Hazet Ochten BV
Re: Directive 1999/44/EC - Status of the
Financial Times 27.11.2014 p.1
Wall Street Journal Europe 27.11.2014
TRADE & CUSTOMS
purchaser - Judicial protection - Lack of
conformity of goods - Duty to inform the seller Burden of proof
Summary Report of the 141st meeting of
the Customs Code Committee (Sub
Section - Agriculture/Chemistry) of 27 & 28
October 2014
FINANCIAL SERVICES & TAXATION
Agenda for the 41st meeting of the
'Customs Code Committee – Special
Procedures' Section on 5 December 2014
Commissioner
Jonathan
Hill
hails
Parliament and Council agreement on
Commission proposal for a new long
term fund framework that will boost
investment in Europe's real economy
(Statement/14/2200)
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EBA to hold a public hearing on upcoming
CVA report
ENVIRONMENT
Europe to delay new capital rules for
banks
Agreement on monitoring
emissions from ships
INDUSTRY, EMPLOYMENT, RESEARCH
Speech by Karmenu Vella
Conference
on
Maritime
Planning and Tourism
Financial Times 27.11.2014 p.22
The Russian Embargo: Impact on the
Economic and Employment Situation in
the EU (See EP Briefing Note)
German industry suffers sanctions
fallout - Risk to jobs as Germany’s exports to
Russia look set to fall 20% this year
Financial Times 27.11.2014 p.4
Germany backs quotas for women on
boards - Rules set 30% target for large company
boards by 2016
Financial Times 27.11.2014
Industry groups, including Cefic, lists 7
priorities for EU policy leaders to act on.
AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU)
No 1263/2014 of 26 November 2014
providing for temporary exceptional aid
to milk producers in Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania
ENERGY & CLIMATE CHANGE
Draft Council conclusions on the
completion of the Internal Energy
Market = Adoption
Speech by Miguel Arias Cañete at the EP
plenary: “2014 UN Climate Change
Conference” in Lima (See the EP Statement)
Delegates head to Peru for climate talks
European Voice 27.11.2014 p.3
EPIA statement on the European
Commission
€300bn
investment
package
Cheap energy is the new cheap labour
Financial Times 27.11.2014
of
CO2
at the
Spatial
HEALTH & CONSUMER PROTECTION
Agenda - Employment, Social Policy,
HEALTH and Consumer Affairs Council
meeting - Brussels, 1 December 2014
Agenda
for :
Working
Party
on
Foodstuffs (Attachés level) on 5.12.2014
(Preparation - Trilogue on Novel foods)
World AIDS Day 2014: "We need to keep
up the momentum in the fight against
HIV/AIDS"
(See
Speech
by
Vytenis
Andriukaitis)
SCCS - Minutes of Working Group
Meeting on Cosmetic ingredients of 25
November 2014
EU Commission publishes guide to
assessment of mixtures (See EU JRC
report)
TELECOMS & INFORMATION SOCIETY
MEPs to vote on plans to separate search
engines from commercial activities
Reaction
relations
to
Google
strains
EU-US
European Voice 27.11.2014 p.1
Why the EU needs a Digital Single
Market (Speech by Vice-President Ansip in the
EP plenary session)
Telecoms reform in disarray
European Voice 27.11.2014 p.4
Ministers to
compromise
discuss
data-protection
European Voice 27.11.2014 p.3
EU: ‘right to be forgotten’ should be
extended
Wall Street Journal Europe 27.11.2014
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TRANSPORT
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Agenda & Background note - Transport,
Telecommunications
and
Eenergy
Council meeting - Brussels, 27 November
2014
Agenda for meeting of Foreign Relations
Counsellors of 27 November 2014
JUSTICE & HOME AFFAIRS
Commission reports on the state of the
Schengen area
Midday Express 27.11.2014
Statement by Avramopoulos on the
appointment of the new Executive
Director of Frontex
EURO & ECONOMY
Speech by Mario Draghi: Visit of the
President of the ECB to the Finnish
parliament
ECB may buy sovereign bonds early 2015,
says Constancio (Speech by Vítor Constâncio)
Financial Times 27.11.2014 p.2
Wall Street Journal Europe 27.11.2014
The EU's economic governance explained
European Commission (Memo/14/2180)
Deal secured to boost infrastructure
investment in the EU (See Com 2014-903,
the EP Statement)
Financial Times 27.11.2014
Wall Street Journal Europe 27.11.2014
Juncker’s investment plan is no silver
bullet
European Voice 27.11.2014 p.9
Europe’s biggest lenders face EU curbs
Financial Times 27.11.2014 p.14
Greek yields act as eurozone ‘fear
gauge’
Financial Times 27.11.2014
Wall Street Journal Europe 27.11.2014
FUTURE
OF
EUROPE
Motion
of
censure
against
the
Commission rejected by a large
majority (see the EP Statement)
Joint proposed Council regulation
amending
Regulation
833/2014
concerning restrictive measures in view
of Russia's actions destabilising the
situation in Ukraine
Joint proposed Council regulation
amending Regulation 692/2014 concerning
restrictive measures in response to the
illegal annexation of Crimea and
Sevastopol
EU may strike with new personal
sanctions against officials in Crimea,
DPR and LPR
EU Briefing 26-27.11.2014 (allafrica.com)
Debate: should Palestine be recognised
as a state? (see the EP Statement)
First Anniversary of the Vilnius
Summit: Or, how Tolstoy might have
portrayed the legacies of Yanukovich
and Putin
CEPS Essays - 25 November 2014