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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10231

8 October 2010
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha council
Commission to provide funding for Member States for SIS II

Luxembourg, 07/10/2010 (Agence Europe) - In Luxembourg on Thursday 7 October 2010, the European Commission said that it would be providing financial aid for the Member States to help them develop the national systems needed to get the second generation Schengen Information System running (SIS II), using EU biometric police databases. The European Commission confirmed that it would be making it possible for Member States to get funding from the European External Border Fund to allay the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Free trade agreements provoke more misgivings and distrust
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CHINA: Europe risks discomfiting China by showing firmness
(EU) EU/GERMANY: EU commemorates 20th anniversary of German reunification with Lothar de Maizière and Jacques Delors
(EU) EU/SWEDEN:
(EU) EU/UKRAINE:
(EU) EU/CONGO: European Parliament and Catherine Ashton call for end to impunity for rape and other serious human rights violations in DRC
(EU) EU/AFRICA/PIRACY: In Mauritius, Catherine Ashton calls for a coherent regional strategy to combat piracy
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission blueprint for reform of common agricultural policy
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: United States confirms existence of terror threat in EU
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: EU endorses agreement with Pakistan on deportation of illegal immigrants
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Commission to provide funding for Member States for SIS II
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: EU harmonises laws on translation and interpreting services in criminal proceedings
(EU) EU/JHA Council: Agreement on lifting of visa requirement for Brazilians
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: EU to cooperate with Japan on criminal justice matters
(EU) EP/JHA: Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina, green light for scrapping visas
(EU) EU/MINORITIES: France to send full response to Commission to avoid proceedings for infringing free circulation rights
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission sets out ideas on taxation of the financial industry
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB keeps interest rates on hold
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: France moves towards EU passport for non-EU hedge funds
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission proposes liberalising 75 tariff lines on imports from Pakistan for three years
(EU) EU/TRADE: In addition to yuan, De Gucht blames European deficit on unfair Chinese practices
(EU) EP/ENERGY: Parliament against moratorium on offshore drilling
(EU) EP/BIODIVERSITY: EU must be driver of success in Nagoya
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Committee of the Regions calls for European North Sea strategy
(EU) EP/RELIGION: According to MEPS Mauro and Szymanski, religious freedom must be integrated into EU external policies
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission adjusts fines on prestressing steel cartel companies
(EU) EP/BUDGET: Aid paid to Danish and Spanish workers
(EU) EP/BUDGET: EP rejects discharge for European Police College budget
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS: Two nominations approved
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
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