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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10100

18 March 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission ends EDF investigation

Brussels, 17/03/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 17 March, the European Commission made the commitments offered by the French electricity group EDF legally binding. These commitments were offered in response to the Commission's concerns that EDF's contracts with large electricity consumers may hinder the entry and expansion of EDF's competitors on the French electricity market. The Commission is satisfied with the commitments made by EDF. Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The text on the new Euro-US partnership raises a number of key questions for the European Union
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GEORGIA: Herman Van Rompuy and Nika Gilauri call for negotiations to open soon on association/free trade agreement
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: King of Jordan meets Catherine Ashton and calls on international community to provide response to Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem
(EU) EU/IRAN:
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Commission adopts negotiation directives for ECHR accession
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: New Swift negotiating mandate
(EU) EU/ENHANCED COOPERATION: First initiative on divorce
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission assesses stability or convergence programmes of 14 countries - Risks for budgetary cleansing exist
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/CLIMATE: Deadlock at working group on burden sharing for EU's contribution to funding poor countries' climate change adjustments
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Mario Draghi says Governments must not shy away from too-big-to-fails, says
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Call for transatlantic cooperation on derivatives rules
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: EU convergence process on innovation could be reversed under impact of crisis
(EU) EU/CHINA: EU ambassador takes firmer line against Chinese protectionism - Barroso and De Gucht expected in Beijing on 29 April
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission adopts support measures worth euro 190 million for ACP banana exporting countries
(EU) EU/ACP: Joint council Friday in Brussels to try and conclude negotiations for Cotonou agreement review
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission ends EDF investigation
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Member states highlight positive benefits of environmental policies to green growth recommended in EU2020 strategy
(EU) EU/BIODIVERSITY: Potoènik sounds alarm on dragonflies, beetles and butterflies
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Sacrificing European fishing on the altar of free trade is unimaginable, says Alain Cadec
(EU) EP/COURT OF AUDITORS: Budgetary control committee approves members
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Judgments delivered in 2009 among highest ever
(EU) EP/WOMEN'S RIGHTS: Implications of maternity and paternity leave: Parliamentary committee calls for impact assessment
(EU) EU/COPYRIGHT: European Broadcasting Union wants European copyright laws updated and makes proposals
(EU) EU/EIB: Loans for extension of motorways and SMEs in Poland
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
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