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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10214
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market

Public authorities, outside healthcare sector, will have up to 60 days to pay bills

Brussels, 14/09/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 13 September, European Parliament and Council representatives reached political agreement in principle on the legislative proposal which seeks to amend Directive 2000/35/EC that governs delays in payment by public authorities and companies, a flagship measure of the European “Small Business Act” action plan (see EUROPE 10191). “Small and medium-sized enterprises will no longer be faced with liquidity problems resulting from delays in...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Attempt to provide balanced assessment of Turkish referendum result
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Common desire to accelerate negotiations on association agreement and free trade area - “Never again” will gas supply be cut off
(EU) EU/CITIZENS' INITIATIVE: After informal Council-EP-Commission trialogue, Chastel is hopeful of agreement by December
(EU) EU/CUBA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/MINORITIES: Viviane Reding announces her intention to launch fast-track infringement proceedings against France for expelling Roma
(EU) EU/JHA: EU will need to speed up if common asylum system is to be in place by 2012
(EU) EP/JHA: Commission takes stock of main Home Affairs issues
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Public authorities, outside healthcare sector, will have up to 60 days to pay bills
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission support for placing thousands of computers in network to help research on large-scale projects
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Council agreement on updating EU rules on textile labelling
(EU) EU/ANTI-DUMPING:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: New commitment between Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan supporting gas inter-connection between them
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Gazprom sees Warsaw gas agreement amendments between Poland and Russia in bad light
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/AFRICA: European Commission announces €5 million will be made available to launch EU-Africa renewable energy partnership
(EU) EU/BIODIVERSITY: Ghent declaration crystallises European expectations for Nagoya international conference post-2010
(EU) EU/CREATIVITY: Potential of cultural and creative industries must be developed to stimulate growth, says colloquium organised by Belgian Presidency
(EU) EU/INTERNET: Internet must remain thriving open platform, Kroes tells Internet Governance Forum
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Council adopts position on cross-border health care patient rights
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Council adopts conclusions on anti-cancer action
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: French controls judged to generally comply with community legislation
(EU) TRANSPORT: Council adopts regulation on rail network for freight
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Beekeeping support increases by 25%
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Confidentiality of lawyer-customer communications applies only to independent lawyers and not those employed in-house
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Advocate General says that, in limiting access to profession of notary to their nationals, six member states guilty of discrimination on grounds of nationality
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Partial annulment of fine imposed on company for having taken part in cartel on industrial sack market
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Decision authorising Wendel to take over Vivendi Universal assets sold by Lagardère is annulled but Lagardère/VUP concentration is lawful
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
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