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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10040

15 December 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market
EU and 27 ratify WIPO's “internet” treaties

Brussels, 14/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Union and its 27 member states have ratified the two treaties of the World's Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). One is on copyright and the other is on Interpretation, Execution, and Phonograms. In a press release Commissioner McCreevy declared, “ Today is an important day for the European Union and its Member States and WIPO… These two treaties brought protection up to speed with modern technologies. As the technological...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Some considerations about “finance” chapter in European Council results
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Ban on Kurdish DTP party worries EU, which fears for political and democratic openness of country
(EU) EU/BOLIVIA:
(EU) EU/PACIFIC: EU and Fiji sign temporary economic partnership agreement
(EU) EU/COUNCIL: Uwe Corsepius to be next Secretary General - Germany takes strategic places in three institutions
(EU) EP/ITALY: EP condemns attack on Berlusconi
(EU) EU/GEORGIA:
(EU) EP/DEFENCE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Fishing quota talks resume Tuesday
(EU) EU/TAXATION: VAT fraud on CO2 emissions market rises to euro 5 billion since middle of 2008
(EU) EP/TAXATION: Greens and Socialists welcome conclusions of European Summit on taxing financial transactions
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: EU and 27 ratify WIPO's “internet” treaties
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Green light to impaired asset relief and restructuring plan for Royal Bank of Scotland
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves OTPP and Macquarie Group's plan to by up Bristol Airport
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises Hal's buy-up of Safilo Group
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Proposed acquisition of joint control of MET by Normeston and MOL approved
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission optimistic about purchase of Sun Microsystems by Oracle
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan to extend Port of Barcelona
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/UNEMPLOYMENT:
(EU) EUS/CLIMATE: EU missed golden opportunity to promote agreement at Copenhagen, say those disappointed by European Council
(EU) EU/JHA: UNHCR, Amnesty International and ENAR slam European immigration policy
(EU) EU/JHA: Legal circles welcome adoption of Stockholm Programme
(EU) U/JHA:
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN: Nikiforos Diamandouros urges Commission to look again at environmental impact of extending Vienna's airport
(EU) EU/EUROBAROMETER: Europeans concerned about unemployment
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Mergers-Acquisitions:
(EU) Mergers-Acquisitions:
(EU) Taxation:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 851
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