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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10230

7 October 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/cameroon
EU and Cameroon sign voluntary agreement guaranteeing timber exported from Cameroon to EU is legally felled

Brussels, 06/10/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 6 October in Brussels, the European Union and Cameroon signed a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) to guarantee that from July 2012, only Cameroonian wood that is legally harvested, together with its derived products, can be legally exported to the European market. This voluntary agreement, otherwise known as FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) introduces new measures to fight against deforestation. The two parties make...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: A few more comments about integration of the Roma and future funding of common agricultural policy
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CHINA: Still no breakthrough on yuan exchange rate
(EU) EU/SOUTH KOREA: Free Trade Agreement signed - Progress towards strategic partnership
(EU) EU/GERMANY: Germany ready to trigger subsidiarity alert
(EU) EU/CITIZENS' INITIATIVE: Belgian Presidency consults member states on EP requests - One million signatures against GM crops
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: High-ranking officials meet to prepare for November 'Summit'
(EU) EU/PALESTINE: EU helps set up Palestinian police force to look after tourists
(EU) EU/BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA:
(EU) EP/SAKHAROV PRIZE: Nine nominations for 2010 prize
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: New plan to tackle urgent need for innovation
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission hails first step in immigration talks with Libya
(EU) EU/JHA: EU says threat of terror attacks in Europe is real
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: MEPs set out their objectives for EU bank solvency ratios
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Consultation on basic banking services
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Corporate balance sheet adjustment affects recovery
(EU) EP/CLIMATE: EP environment committee and Connie Hedegaard continue to call for maximum of goals at Cancún
(EU) EU/CAMEROON: EU and Cameroon sign voluntary agreement guaranteeing timber exported from Cameroon to EU is legally felled
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Delicate negotiations on management of mackerel stocks to resume next week
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Farmers worried about budgetary implications of greener CAP
(EU) EU/TRADE: Launch of talks with Malaysia
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU and Japan want to improve relations
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Committee of the Regions says EU 2020 strategy should learn from cohesion policy governance model
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Doubling efforts to fight homelessness
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Special crisis measures to be maintained in 2011 before being phased out in 2012
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court rules in favour of Irish law on custody of children of separated unmarried couples
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2011: MEPs reduce ITER funding
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2010: Aid for workers made redundant in four countries
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT:
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