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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10227

2 October 2010
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/south korea
Free trade agreement to be sealed at 5th summit

Brussels, 01/10/2010 (Agence Europe) - European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, European Commission José Manuel Barroso and South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak will jointly chair the discussions at the 5th bilateral summit between the EU and South Korea in Brussels on Tuesday 5 October. It is expected that the free trade agreement between the EU and its fourth largest trading partner will be formally signed on Tuesday, further cementing their economic partnership. In addition to...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Eurozone governance taking shape, concerns in London (and elsewhere)
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ASEM: Global governance dominates 8th summit
(EU) EU/SOUTH KOREA: Free trade agreement to be sealed at 5th summit
(EU) EU/CHINA: Strategic partnership the main theme of 13th summit
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: EU will not compromise over its values, says Stefan Füle
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Spain to take over from France as vice-chair of UfM
(EU) EU/ECUADOR: EU expresses support for President Correa and democratically elected bodies in wake of botched coup d'etat
(EU) EU/GERMANY: German reunification has been a good thing for Europe
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Europe prepared to change its IMF presence
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Rehn says Ireland will have to change its fiscal policies
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Ministers hope G20 will agree to Basel Committee's bank solvency ratios
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: European banks to sit regular stress tests
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: The three European supervisory authorities will each employ around a hundred by 2014
(EU) EU/PATENTS: Belgian Presidency working on a compromise
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2011: Budgets Committee finishes most of its work, political agreement between groups not to exceed financial perspectives limit
(EU) EU/REGIONS/SEA: Jean-Yves Le Drian elected President of CMPR -Maria Damanaki's priorities
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Mercedes Bresso (CoR) makes proposals for future cohesion policy
(EU) EP/JHA: MEPs want to protect victims of violent crime anywhere in Europe
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Bisphenol A not a threat to health EFSA says
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Greece continues to fail to comply with rules on animal by-products and could face fine
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: José Bové calls on EFSA chairwoman to resign
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Czech Republic referred to Court over fat content of butter spread
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: European Commission calls on Italy to amend legislation on port dues
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Aerospace industry calls for support for research and technological innovation
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission doubles aid to Pakistan
(EU) EU/DIGITAL: Reasoned opinions to France and Spain for not ending “Telecoms taxes”
(EU) EU/DIGITAL: Commission loses proceedings against Sweden and Italy, now compliant with provisions of PSI directive
(EU) EP/AUDIOVISUAL: MEPs from Committee on Education and Culture want guarantees for independence of public broadcasters
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: European Job Day this Saturday 2 October
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court interprets concepts of “samples” and “gifts of small value” appearing in 6th VAT directive
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: MAIN acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ COMPETITION:
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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