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Our IEU AGENDA this week*: 
# S P E C I A L: Outcome of the Special European Council (Art. 50) on Brexit - 29 April 2017 +++ # E U   C O M M I S S I O N: # Upcoming Commission Events +++ 3 May 2017: EU Commission welcomes the Estonian government ahead of its presidency of the EU +++ May 2017: The Commission presents its 3rd report on the progress in making the new European Border and Coast Guard fully operational +++ May 2017: The Commission will publish a state of play of the functioning of the Schengen area +++ # EU Commission CalendarMonday 1 May 2017Tuesday 2 May 2017Wednesday 3 May 2017Thursday 4 May 2017Friday 5 May 2017Saturday 6 May 2017Outlook May 2017# E U    P A R L I A M E N T# EP Week AheadAnti-money launderingVAT on e-booksPrivate security companiesSharing economyTunisiaNATOHouse of European History

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# CLEAN ENERGY PACKAGE: EU Clean Energy Package – Successful grid integration of RES: Challenges in pioneer regions such as Saxony-Anhalt - ENTSO-E +++ # ENERGY REGULATION: CEER Report on barriers for gas storage product development +++ ENTSOG publishes Final TYNDP 2017 +++ ENTSO-E Friday Roundup on 28 April 2017 +++ Energy Community: Secretariat issues Opinion on the Serbian regulatory authority’s certification of gas TSO +++ 5th Vienna Forum on European Energy Law: One week to go! - Energy Community +++ # ENERGY DIPLOMACYEU Commissioner Arias Cañete in Iran for the first-ever Iran-EU Business Forum on Sustainable Energy# ENERGY EFFICIENCYDG Energy: A new publication showcases the best ways to promote energy efficiencyDraft opinion - Energy performance of buildings - PE 603.103v01-00 - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food SafetyDraft report - Energy performance of buildings - PE 603.067v01-00 - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy#…

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# EFSIInvestment Plan for Europe: EUR 420 million for over 2,000 Greek businessesEIB: Taking stock of the Investment Plan for Europe, an opportunity for growth# ESIFCommission measures to protect Cohesion spending used effectively - ECA# EIB / EIFEUR 150 million for Finnish SMEs as EIF and Nordea Bank sign SME Initiative agreementEuropean Parliament reports on EIB annual activitiesEP Text adopted - Annual report on the financial activities of the European Investment Bank - P8_TA-PROV(2017)0198 - Thursday, 27 April 2017 - Brussels - Provisional edition# DG RTDResearch Headlines - New production method to cut costs of meningitis drugsResearch Headlines - Cost-effective method to make low-friction dynamic sealsEvents - MIND SETS project Final Conference, Brussels, 22 and 23 May - 22-23 May 2017, Bouche à Oreille Conference Centre - 11, Rue Félix Hap, B-1040 Bruxelles# HORIZON 2020Events - Social Innovation – Research and Policy of the Future: towards a comp…

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# SINGLE MARKET: Services: Commission refers GREECE to the Court of Justice over restrictions on mediation services +++ Postal services: Commission requests BELGIUM to remove restrictive licencing conditions +++ Electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering: Commission urges 3 Member States to transpose new market surveillance rules +++ Free movement of goods: Commission requests ROMANIA to remove restrictions on the installation of LPG filling stations +++ Norwegian Govnerment: Seafood from the High North - sustaining and enhancing the EU market+++ # COMPETITIVENESSACEA & CLEPA: Brexit should not undermine automotive competitiveness, manufacturers and suppliers warnMachnig: "Global Forum" zum Thema Stahlüberkapazitäten tagt heute im Bundeswirtschaftsministerium (DE)# INVESTMENTSOECD: New data and analysis on global Foreign Direct InvestmentEPO: European Inventor Award - 13 – 15 June 2017# SERVICESZypries: Dienstleistungspaket der EU-Ko…

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# AI: ITU Blog: Time to end the ‘AI: good or evil?’ debate and act for good +++ Do we understand the impact of artificial intelligence on employment? - Bruegel +++ # AVMS-D: Vote on the AVMS Directive - Committee on Culture and Education +++ # ROBOTICS: Civil law rules on robotics: public consultation prolonged +++ # SPECTRUMHearing on copyright and the proposed Cab-Sat regulation - 04-05-2017 - Committee on Legal Affairs# DSMDSM Blog: Happy Girls in ICT Day – shaping the digital world togetherThe European Commission invites organisations to attract more girls and women into digitalCCIA, Tech Associations Praises European Commission For Building EU Data Economy# TELECOM REGULATIONImpact assessment: EU Electronic Communications Regulatory Framework 2009: Post Implementation Review# PUBLIC MEDIAORF bilanzierte erstmals seit sieben Jahren wieder negativ (DE)# EBULatest publications by the EBUEurovision Song Contest to air live in US once again“Generation Wh…