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# DSMSpeech by EU Commission Vice-President Ansip at the University of MaltaDIGITALEUROPE Priorities for the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European UnionEU Commission Answer - Digital divide in peripheral areas - E-006606/2016Creativity Talks! – A Roundup of the High Level Conference on Jobs, Growth and Europe’s Digital Future# ROAMINGEU Commission Answer - TERA cost model for wholesale roaming rates - E-006488/2016# IOTDeutsche Telekom: DT leads in IoT and Industry 4.0# CLOUDCall for tenders: Certification schemes for Cloud computing – SMART 2016/0029EP Amendments 1 - 82 - European Cloud Initiative - PE 592.185v01-00 - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection# DATA PROTECTIONEP Draft report - Fundamental rights implications of Big Data: privacy, data protection, non-discrimination, security and law-enforcement - PE 592.279v01-00 - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsEU Commission Answer - Changes in data prote…

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# EUROPEAN COUNCILEU summit urges swift decision on Canada trade dealEuropean Council conclusions, 20-21 October 2016Remarks by President Donald Tusk after the European Council meeting on 21 October 2016# EUROPEAN COUNCIL - REACTIONSS&Ds urge the Council to save EU jobs by reforming the trade defence toolsALDE: Europe makes itself powerless against PutinCDU/CSU im Bundestag: Grenzkontrollen im Schengen-Raum nicht vorzeitig aufgeben  - Ohne wirksamen Schutz der EU-Außengrenzen keine Öffnung der Binnengrenzen # EUROPEAN COUNCIL - CETAEuropean Council- Press conference European Council President Donald TUSK and EC President Jean-Claude JUNCKERFT: Canada walks out of trade talks with EUALDE leader Guy Verhofstadt: “CETA is too important to be abandoned now”  Die Grünen: CETA-Architekten haben das Grab selbst geschaufeltECR: CETA--Europe's free trade agenda on life supportGUE/NGL Group president reacts to failed CETA talks & refugees deal at Counci…

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# BASEL IIIMoody's: Basel proposals on risk measurement will improve bank capital comparability# ECBECB: Other decisions Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates)ECB: Mario Draghi: Introductory statement to the press conference (with Q&A)ECB Press release Results of the Q4 2016 ECB Survey of Professional ForecastersECB Working paper no. 1970: Firm responses to employment subsidies: a regression discontinuity approach to the 2012 Spanish labour market reformECB Publication: Letter from the ECB President to Mr Bullmann, MEP, on the activities of the Hungarian National Bank# SOLVENCY IIThe European Commission adopts an Implementing Technical Standard (ITS) amending and correcting the ITS on the templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities under Solvency IIFrançois de Galhau: Towards the insurance of tomorrow - Bank for International Settlements# BREXITCER: Sterl…

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# STATE AIDDecision of the European Ombudsman in case 1179/2014/LP on the involvement of “interested parties” in State aid investigations carried out by the Commission# MERGERSMergers: EU Commission clears acquisition of Weyerhaeuser's pulp business by International Paper CompanyConcentrations: la Commission autorise l'acquisition de Transat France par TUI# TAX TRANSPARENCYOECD: Next step towards transparency in international tax matters: Five new jurisdictions sign tax co-operation agreement to enable automatic sharing of country-by-country informationEuropean Commission and IMF Boost Support for Diagnostic Assessments of Tax AdministrationsEU Commission Answer - Investigating Irish multinational tax deals - P-006427/2016# BREXITBrexit: Implications and outlook What Think Tanks are Thinking - European Parliamentary Research ServiceEESC: Brexit - how trade unions hope to make the best of a bad situationFormer Irish Prime Ministers discuss implicat…

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# WASTE PACKAGEEP Opinion - Directive amending Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste - PE 582.213v02-00 - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy# ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORSEU Commission Answer - Problems with the regulatory criteria for endocrine disruptors - E-006622/2016# EU REGISTERS## EU COUNCIL
ST 13445 2016 INIT Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on mercury, and repealing Regualtion (EC) No 1102/2008 - Examination of EP amendmentsST 13497 2016 INIT REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 on European environmental economic accountsCM 4455 2016 INIT Working Party on the EnvironmentCm 4497 2016 Init Working Party on International Environment Issues## EFSA
Scientific opinion on application (EFSA-GMO-NL-2011-96) for the placing on the market of genetically modified insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant cotton GHB119, for food and …

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# COP22IPCC Agrees Outlines of New Reports in Support of Paris - Report on 1.5ºC Goal in 2018Startschuss für den IPCC-Spezialbericht zu 1.5°C-Erwärmung - Germanwatch e.V.The World Bank: Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)Patricia Espinosa: The Paris Agreement Is a Gift of Hope - Acceptance Speech for Princess of Asturias AwardImplementing the Paris Agreement - COP 22 Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food SafetyPIK: EU-Kommission beruft Spitzenberater für Dekarbonisierung unter Leitung von Schellnhuber# AUTOMOTIVE EMISSIONSUpdated: Invitation Letters to EMIS Hearings - Committee of Inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive SectorUpdated: Official Letters : Replies from hearings' experts/witnesses to EMIS Questionnaire - Committee of Inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector# MONTREAL PROTOCOLDG Grow: GROW/B3 - Notification system - Draft standardisatio…

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# ENERGY UNIONST 12657 2016 EXT 1 Draft Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations on amending the Treaty establishing the Energy Community - AdoptionST 12998 2016 REV 1 Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on establishing an information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements and non-binding instruments between Member States and third countries in the field of energy and repealing Decision No 994/2012/EU - Preparation for the first informal trilogueEU Commission: Investing in infrastructure that unites: first gas interconnector between Finland and Estonia ends energy isolationEnding energy isolation of the Eastern Baltic Sea region: how the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland worksRemarks by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at the signing ceremony of the "Balticconnector" pipeline with Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas and Finnish Prim…

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# ERASMUS+€2.5 billion available for Erasmus+ in 2017, a 13% increase compared to 2016 and record rise since the start of the Erasmus+ programmeErasmus+ programme CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2017 — EAC/A03/2016# HABITAT IIIHABITAT III: UN conference agrees new urban development agenda creating sustainable, equitable cities for allThe New Urban Agenda: Key CommitmentsEU Commission puts forward commitments to reach global targets in sustainable urban developmentBMUB: Weltgemeinschaft einigt sich auf Leitplanken für soziale und ökologische StadtentwicklungBMZ: Habitat III-Konferenz beschließt Neue Urbane Agenda# ESIFEU Commission Answer - ESI Funds: designation of managing and certifying authorities - E-006246/2016EU Commission Answer - EU funding received by Member States - E-006632/2016Romanian small businesses to benefit from new funding under the SME initiativeLa Commission UE: Les fonds de la politique de Cohésion investissent dans le transport durable en Hongri…