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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/equality

Poland taken to court for incomplete transposition of regulation on racial equality

Brussels, 05/05/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 5 May, the European Commission took Poland to the European Court of Justice for incorrect transposition of the EU law banning racial or ethnic discrimination. This decision was made because transposition into Polish law of the legislation approved at European level has been incomplete. The two directives involved are the directive on racial equality (2000/43/EC) and the one for establishing a general framework on equal opportunities in...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Reality, shortcomings and prospects for union for the Mediterranean
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CANADA: Reaffirmation of free trade commitment
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: Accession is Pristina's main goal, expecting Sarajevo summit (2 June) to come up with clear European prospects
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: “Keeping reason” against “call for reason”, European Jewish community divided on Israel support and raises debate onto European stage
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly wants observer status in UfM
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission more upbeat about growth but concerned about deficits
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: MEPs want permanent Eurozone financial stability mechanism in the future
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Most EU fisheries ministers reject idea of European fishing quotas market - Progress on social issues and decentralising decision-making
(EU) EU/MARITIME POLICY:
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR: European Commission wants trade negotiations to be given cautious kick-off
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Pascal Lamy urges negotiations breakthrough
(EU) EP/JHA: Parliament sets red lines for new Swift agreement
(EU) EP/JHA: EP suspends vote on PNR
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Jerzy Buzek and Jacques Delors call for creation of a 'European Energy Community'
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB finances Mexican wind farm
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/ISRAEL:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Memorandum on joint OR positions on new EU 2020 strategy
(EU) EP/DIGITAL: Parliament calls for rapid implementation of digital agenda
(EU) EP/FOOD: No to cloned animal derived foods! environment committee will not be moved in second reading
(EU) EP/GMO: addressing environement and agriculture committees, John Dalli reaffirms need for European policy to be based on science
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Solvability II Directive will not come into force until January 2013
(EU) EP/TAXATION: eP wants tax offices to work together to reduce VAT fraud
(EU) EP/TAXATION: EP wants electronic invoices to be on equal footing with normal paper invoices
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: European Commission opens public consultation exercise on future of trans-European transport network
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Commission closes infringement proceedings against Spain on employment discrimination
(EU) EU/EQUALITY: Poland taken to court for incomplete transposition of regulation on racial equality
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission pursues three infringement procedures
(EU) EU/MEDICINE: Germany receives final warning to comply with EU rules on well-established medicinal use
(EU) EU/VETERINARY MEDECINE/CYPRUS:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission consults on review of rules governing cooperation agreements between competing companies
(EU) EU/STATE AID: France must recover state aid wrongly granted as tax exemptions for struggling companies
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission wants €1.4 billion more for ITER
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
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