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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9784

18 November 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 33
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/solidarity/cyprus

17/11/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has submitted to the European Parliament and Council a draft decision to send €7,505,445 from the European Solidarity Fund to help Cyprus deal with the consequences of the severe drought on the island in the spring of this year. (O.L. trans fl)

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Significance of resumption of negotiations on EU-Russia partnership
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS: Monica Frassoni and Daniel Cohn-Bendit accuse Commission of abandoning its right of initiative - MEPs put national interests above European interests
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Accused by Poland and the Czech Republic of outstripping his mandate, Nicolas Sarkozy explains his comments on the anti-missile shield
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Micheal Martin says Ireland wants to keep its Commissioner - Most Irish said to back the Treaty
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: EU, China and United States commit to promote product safety and harmonisation of safety standards in toys
(EU) EP/SESSION:
(EU) EU/2009 BUDGET: Council committees work out agreement for second reading
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Washington G20 summit calls for support for global economy - Springboard for reform of financial markets
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Revision of rules on market abuse raises question of harmonisation of national penalties
(EU) EU/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Cost of registering trademark, design or model may be cut to €1,000
(EU) EU/TRADE: G20 wants successful conclusion of Doha Round
(EU) EU/TRADE: Baroness Ashton says “On WTO, Russia is more than 90% there”
(EU) EP/TRADE: Helmuth Markov says negotiations must continue with Andean Community in its entirety
(EU) EU/JHA: Travellers must apply online to visit United States
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission hopes to negotiate agreement on visa facilitation with Cape Verde
(EU) EU/JHA: Peter Hustinx in favour of transatlantic exchange of data for purposes of law enforcement
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: President of European Economic and Social Committee calls for creation of "global CAP"
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: France ruled against for failing to recover tax aid granted to companies in difficulty
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Danuta Hubner wants Member States to carefully control use of funding to make the most of EU Cohesion Policy
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: High growth in Algarve region of Portugal underpinned by EU Cohesion Policy
(EU) EU/SOLIDARITY/CYPRUS:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Mixed reactions to energy security package
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/EQUALITY: Informal Council of Lille spells out stakes of professional equality between men and women in EU - Declaration by presidential Trio
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/EUROMED: EIB seminar on human capital
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