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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10083

23 February 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
Commission proposes extending Western Balkans' autonomous preferences until end 2015

Brussels, 22/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 22 February, the European Commission presented a draft regulation that would extend the exceptional autonomous trade preferences for the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the customs territory of Kosovo, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia) until 31 December 2015. The current preferences regime for the Western Balkans, which was established in 2000 and which guarantees duty-free access to...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Positive developments but clarification needed with regard to keeping common agricultural and cohesion policies as pillars of future EU
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MADEIRA: EU stands ready to aid Portuguese authorities
(EU) EU/HAITI: Europe can be proud of Haiti response - Ashton will join Georgieva in Haiti next week - Call for “Marshall Plan”
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: Council extends sanctions but sends message of encouragement on implementing Global Political Agreement
(EU) EU/NIGER: EU foreign ministers, concerned by political crisis in Niger, support ECWAS and AU mediation efforts
(EU) EU/DUBAI: EU condemns use of European passports
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vygaudas Usackas is new EU Special Representative (SR) in Afghanistan - Mandates of other SR are extended
(EU) EU/SWITERLAND/LIBYA: EU hopes for rapid solution to crisis
(EU) EU/MOLDOVA:
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Member states willing to cooperate closely with Yanukovich
(EU) EU/IRAN: EU27 remain willing to dialogue with Tehran on nuclear programme but call for “results”
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Ashton argues in favour of Vale de Almeida's appointment
(EU) EU/BELARUS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission proposes that EU support ban on international sales of bluefin tuna
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: France proposes “strong but modern” post-2013 market regulation
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission opposes any further delay in new legislation on egg laying hens
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission proposes extending Western Balkans' autonomous preferences until end 2015
(EU) EU/TRADE: Italy seeks suspension of Community taxes on import of some goods
(EU) EU/TRADE: EDPS warns about potential incompatibility between ACTA and EU data protection regime
(EU) EU/CENTRAL AMERICA:
(EU) EP/TAXATION: MEPs want paper and electronic invoices to have equal treatment
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Council expected to confirm its views on competitive rail freight
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/JHA: EU endorses end of Swift agreement
(EU) EU/JHA: EU adopts readmission agreement with Pakistan
(EU) EU/JHA: EU to provide €15 million to tackle drugs in Africa
(EU) EU/JHA: Briton to lead Eurojust
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/EIB: Experts' report on external mandate of EIB presented to European Parliament
(EU) EU/CULTURE: European Union rewards eight projects to encourage exchanges with Turkish Cypriot community
(EU) EU/TELECOMS/ENERGY: High-level conference on ICT for energy efficiency 2010
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Experts to debate higher education, research and innovation action plan
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) E-commerce:
(EU) Pharmaceuticals:
(EU) Oil:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 859
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 22/02/2010: