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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10225

30 September 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade

29/09/2010 (Agence Europe) - Laos is edging ever closer to WTO membership after it finalised bilateral agreements on market access for goods and services with Japan and China last week. Discussions on the services chapter having been finalised, Laos is likely very shortly to conclude a similar agreement with the EU, Laotian Trade Minister Nam Viyakeh announced at the WTO in Geneva on 24 September. Laos will now have to reach bilateral agreements with Australia, Canada and South Korea, and...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Importance of European agriculture acknowledged but uncertainties about future cap funding persist
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: “In years to come”, EU has fundamental choice to make for or against Turkish accession, says Egemen Bagis
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Catherine Ashton sets off for region
(EU) EP/FOREIGN AFFAIRS: MEPs call for rigorous and detailed controls on administrative and operational expenditure of EEAS
(EU) EP/ALGERIA: Hearing on relations with Algeria
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Legislative process on reform of economic governance in Europe is launched
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: International issues dominate finance ministers' agenda
(EU) EU/BUSINESS: Commission speeds up access to credit efforts
(EU) EU/TRADE:
(EU) EU/MINORITIES: Commission opens infringement procedure against France over Roma
(EU) EP/JHA: EP likely to approve removal of visa requirement for Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina
(EU) EP/JHA: MEPs want single work and residence permit
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2011: €475.8 million for European External Action Service
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2008: EP set to refuse to discharge European Police College budget
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2010:
(EU) EU/COURT OF AUDITORS:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Impact assessments improve decision-making within European institutions, Court of Auditors concludes
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Commission unable to measure impact of Leonardo mobility programme between 2007 and 2009, Court of Auditors states
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Aid of €35.6 million to help France tackle consequences of Storm Xynthia
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: €31.2 million for Portugal after Madeira floods
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission adopts draft agreement on increased liberalisation of agricultural trade between EU and Norway
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/DIGITAL: EU and Brazil step up cooperation in ICT R&D
(EU) EU/DIGITAL: €780 from Commission for strategic ICT research
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission makes ENI SpA commitments binding and subsequently opens up access to Italian natural gas market
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Foxconn gets all clear to take over Dell factory in Poland
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves recapitalisation of Sparkasse KölnBonn
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission begins probes into Spanish measures to digitalise and extend its terrestrial television network
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves Dutch aid to semi-conductor sector
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Approval for Czech aid to build cableway
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/HEALTH: Launch of Fit for Work Europe Coalition
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 29/09/2010: