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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10066

29 January 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/telecoms
Commission issues infringement proceedings

Brussels, 28/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 28 January 2010, the European Commission issued infringement proceedings against three Member States, France, Bulgaria and Italy, for failure to respect EU telecoms rules.

France. The Commission has lodged infringement proceedings against France by sending it a warning letter about the French 'telecoms tax' on telecommunications operators. To offset the end of advertising on public TV channels, France has introduced a specific tax on the...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONS: Commission and Parliament approve parameters of new agreement governing relations between them until 2015
(EU) EU/HAITI: EU continues with civil protection mechanism which is now facilitating assistance, Commission says
(EU) EP/COUNCIL: Several MEPs challenge arrangements for creation of CMPD
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: Commission issues infringement proceedings
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: New EU telecoms regulatory body set up
(EU) EU/JHA: Washington asks EU for help in closing Guantanamo
(EU) EP/JHA: Parliament not convinced on body scanners
(EU) EP/JHA: Spanish Presidency sets out justice and home affairs priorities
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Fisheries committee sets out reform priorities
(EU) EP/INDUSTRY: Spanish Presidency places emphasis on electric cars
(EU) EP/ENERGY: Spanish Presidency highlights interconnection
(EU) EP/TRADE: Spanish presidency advocates trade policy that provides EU with more trade opportunities and fewer barriers
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Jacques De Larosière thinks Council compromise on financial supervision could have gone further
(EU) EP/PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: Opportunity for legislating in concessions arena and debate on inter-municipal cooperation
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: What support for Greece?
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Active inclusion of disadvantaged a priority of EU Spanish Presidency
(EU) EP/SOCIAL EQUALITY: Spanish Presidency wants to reduce wage gap
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission sends Greece formal notice letter for discriminatory pension age
(EU) EP/EQUALITY:
(EU) EP/SPORT: WADA must receive support of governments to complete its work, says David Howman
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Belgium taken to court over incorrect implementation of transparency directive
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Definitive green-light to recapitalisation of Dutch bancassurance company SNS REAAL
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Green light to Spanish plan for recapitalising banks
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
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(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/EIB/ROMANIA:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 28/01/2010: