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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10583
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INSTITUTIONAL / (ae) budget

Financial engineering instruments' SME effectiveness questioned

Brussels, 27/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - In its special report (No. 2/2012) published on Tuesday 27 March, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) concludes that the effectiveness and efficiency of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) spending on financial instruments for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) were “hampered by the regulatory framework being inappropriate for the different types of financial instruments used”. The ECA highlights widespread delays in the funds reaching...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Multi-speed Europe, expenditure control, pointless parliamentary session
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) IRELAND: Budget Pact referendum on 31 May
(AE) EUROGROUP: Schäuble frontrunner to replace Juncker
(AE) EURO: Maximum pressure being applied to Germany
(AE) OECD: Gurria calls for a lightbulb moment in Europe
(AE) PORTUGAL: Hannes Swoboda says troika has got the answers wrong
(AE) COMPETITION: Fines likely against air forwarding cartel
(AE) COMPETITION: possible fines for J&T and EPH (electricity)
(AE) COMPETITION: Investigation into UTC take over of Goodrich
(AE) STATE AID: Restructuring of Banco Portugues de Negócios approved
SECTORAL POLICY
(AE) INDUSTRY: Speeding up shift of small businesses to green economy
(AE) TRANSPORT: After stormy debate at EP on gigaliners, Kallas retracts
(AE) TRANSPORT: EP looks at regional airports
(AE) JHA: Parliamentary committee approves EU-US PNR agreement
(AE) CITIZENSHIP: Malmström says European identity cannot be imposed
(AE) DIGITAL: e-government helping single digital market
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Improvements needed in EU's municipal waste processing
(AE) EEA: EEA Director's expenses are too high
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Wine - high level group begins work on 19 April
(AE) AGRICULTURE:
SOCIAL - CULTURE
(AE) SOCIAL: Dismantling labour law in member states
(AE) CULTURE: Intergenerational solidarity on agenda of plenary COMECE
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
(AE) NUCLEAR: Security - 53 states focus on terrorist threat
(AE) SOUTH KOREA: Seoul summit - taking stock of trade agreement
(AE) ISRAEL: Israel summons Belgian and Austrian ambassadors
(AE) KOSOVO: Association agreement - Füle launches feasibility study
(AE) CROATIA: Füle - Zagreb must use cohesion policy to country's benefit
(AE) SOUTH OSSETIA: Ashton contests legitimacy of presidential election
(AE) SENEGAL: ACP group commends successful electoral process
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) BUDGET: 2010 spending approved by EP budgetary control committee
(AE) BUDGET: Financial engineering instruments' SME effectiveness questioned