login
login
Image header Agence Europe
Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10264
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 39
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/animal health

Five countries contravene animal welfare rules

Brussels, 25/11/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 24 November, the European Commission asked Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Finland and the United Kingdom to submit to it national transposition measures as required by the Animal Welfare Directive. The request takes the form of a “reasoned opinion”, the second stage of the infringement procedure. If no satisfactory response is received within two months, the Commission may decide to refer these member states to the European Court of...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU-US: Façade and fact - EU as it stands is not understood by US president
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Against backdrop of crisis growth and jobs at core of summit
(EU) EP/UKRAINE: No abolition of visas without rule of law, EP insists
(EU) EU/FRANCE: Majority of young people favour “United States of Europe”
(EU) EP/LISBON TREATY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/IRELAND: Four-year austerity programme a good starting point
(EU) EU/BANKING: New stress tests in 2011
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Moving towards enhanced cooperation on patents?
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Council agrees to flexibility and ITER funding
(EU) EP/BUDGET: EP sets out conditions for agreement on 2011 Budget
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Labour market segmentation, a future challenge
(EU) EP/TRADE: Support for principle of carbon adjustment mechanism
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Path to WTO accession open
(EU) EP/TRADE: Building CSR clauses into trade agreements
(EU) EP/TRADE:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Agreement in sight for coach and bus passengers' rights
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Scope of infringements under first rail package reduced for France, Portugal and Austria
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: Traditional operators continue to invest
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: Reasoned opinion to Luxembourg (consumer disputes)
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: Lithuania and Romania taken to task for independent NRA
(EU) EP/RADIO BROADCASTING: Ensuring independence of public radio broadcasters
(EU) EU/INTERNET: Government control is biggest threat
(EU) EP/MOLDOVA: EP approves participation in EU programmes
(EU) EU/CITIZENSHIP/CYPRUS:
(EU) EU/JHA: Progress on trafficking in human beings
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Spain must amend VAT rate on medical items
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Infringements, Commission moves up a notch
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Action plan to counter high bee mortality rate
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Caution on lifting embargo on meat and bone meal
(EU) EU/ANIMAL HEALTH: Five countries contravene animal welfare rules
(EU) EU/ANIMAL HEALTH: France urged to ease counter scrapie rules
(EU) EU/ANIMAL HEALTH: Improving welfare of dogs and cats
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Improving transfer of technology and know-how
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Discards banned in Baltic
(EU) EP/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Compensation rights on EU working time law
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Italian “pure chocolate” denomination infringes EU law
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 25/11/2010: