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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10067

30 January 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/taxation
Commission instructs Greece to comply with ruling on taxation of foreign dividends

Brussels, 29/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 28 January, the European Commission asked Greece to comply with a European Court of Justice ruling on the taxation of dividends received by individuals. It also sent reasoned opinions to five other member states vis-à-vis infringement proceedings on tax issues. The countries in question have two months to respond, failing which they may be taken to the European Court of Justice.

Direct taxation. Greece has ignored the ruling issued by the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Illegal immigrants and their impact on the economy in Europe
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Last meeting of Barroso I Commission on 3 February
(EU) EP/EUROMED: EMPA Bureau hopes to reactivate full Union for the Mediterranean activity
(EU) EU/NIGERIA:
(EU) EU/FOREIGN AFFAIRS:
(EU) EU/ICELAND:
(EU) EU/SRI LANKA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Employment, and especially integration of young people on labour market, must be priority of EU 2020 Strategy
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Globalisation Adjustment Fund helps Lithuania
(EU) EU/JHA: Jacques Barrot looks back on his time at Commission and reflects on institutional changes after Lisbon and the future of European area of justice, security and freedom
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: how farming can help combat climate change
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Spanish Presidency cautious about reform of fisheries
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Green light to increase in sugar exports
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Final batch of rural development programme adjustments to help ensure economic recovery
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Notifying its support for Copenhagen Accord to UN and its objectives for cutting emissions by 2020, EU calls on other parties to be ambitious
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission pinpoints Finland and Sweden as failing to comply with urban wastewater directive
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: MEPs want micro-companies exempted from annual accounts requirement
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Pursuit of internal market and financial services infringement procedures
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission instructs Greece to comply with ruling on taxation of foreign dividends
(EU) EU/SOCIAL SECURITY:
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Transport committee underlines need for transport sector to be taken more into account in debate on climate change
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Poland seeks to increase European funding for culture
(EU) EU/SPACE:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Decision at start of February on allocation of funds from recovery plan for electricity and gas interconnection projects
(EU) EU/ENERGY: ENELA academy of nuclear expertise sees light of day
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Nuclear agenda under Spanish Presidency
(EU) EU/EIB/GREECE:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Greek budgetary situation to be discussed on Wednesday
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission investigating investment in French car component supplier Trèves
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Germany must recover aid paid to Sovello AG
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission takes Italy to Court for failure to recover illegal aid to hotel industry in Sardinia
(EU) EU/COLLOQUIA: Workshops, colloquia, conferences and seminars on European integration in February
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal
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