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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10211

10 September 2010
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 29
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/trade
EP adopts critical declaration on ACTA

Strasbourg, 09/09/2010 (Agence Europe) - Ten months after its publication in February, the declaration criticising the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) drawn up by Alexander Alvaro (ALDE, Germany), Françoise Castex (S&D, France), Stavros Lambrinidis (Greece, S&D) and Zuzana Roithová (Czech Republic, EPP) obtained, this week, a sufficient number of signatures at the European Parliament (337 signatures, eight more than the majority) to be officially adopted. This text is not...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Financial supervision has made headway but main part remains to be done
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/FYROM: José Manuel Barroso stresses it is high time Skopje and Athens resolved “Macedonia” name problem
(EU) EU/SERBIA: “Compromise” between Belgrade and EU27 on draft “joint” resolution on Kosovo at UN
(EU) EU/ESDP:
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: ESMA could, in case of emergency, be given power to prohibit short selling of some assets
(EU) EU/GMO: Commission to send team of experts to BASF next week for investigation into Amadea affair
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Commission consults its services about draft decision establishing “benchmarking” rules for free allocation of post-2012 CO2 quotas
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Talks on Eurovignette resume
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/MINORITIES: Parliament wants Roma expulsions suspended
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Concern over future of potato starch sector
(EU) EP/MEDIA: European Union must communicate better, Parliament says
(EU) EP/FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Limits to freedom of expression in more than one country - Union's possibility of imposing penalties is limited
(EU) EP/TRADE: EP adopts critical declaration on ACTA
(EU) EP/EMPLOYMENT: Parliament urges member states to follow employment guidelines contained in EU 2020 strategy
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Right to pensions and adequate social protection at heart of Belgian presidency conference
(EU) EP/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Oettinger suggests linking regional policy budgets to buildings' energy performance
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Proposed acquisition by SC Johnson of Sara Lee insecticide unit to be assessed
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: HGI acquired by CD&F Fund VIII and Goldman Sachs
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court considers public monopoly of sporting bets and lotteries in Germany does not pursue objectives in consistent and systematic manner
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Increased fine on Deltafina for anticompetitive conduct on Spanish market from 1996 to 2001 is not justified
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Austrian legislation on operation of casinos is discriminatory and lacks transparency, especially with regard to operators from other member states
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: German measures restricting night-time overflying around Zurich Airport do not prevent exercise of traffic rights
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
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