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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10596

18 April 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 27
SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) animal health
Is Commission doing enough for bees?

Brussels, 17/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - Given that increased bee mortality is possibly linked to certain insecticides, European Ombudsman P. Nikiforos Diamandouros announced on Tuesday 17 April that he has opened an investigation into whether the European Commission has taken appropriate measures to combat increased bee mortality in the EU. The Ombudsman has asked the Commission to submit an opinion by 30 June 2012.

The spokesperson for the commissioner for health, John Dalli, informed...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: An attempt at reasonable prospects for relations between Turkey and the EU
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
(AE) SOCIAL: Commission opens debate on minimum wages
(AE) EDUCATION: Commission to fund 280,000 work placements abroad
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) TRADE: Argentina - EU concerned at nationalisation of YPF/Repsol
(AE) TRADE: Investment - EU/US agreement on common principles
(AE) JORDAN: Commission wants to develop relations with Amman
(AE) ALGERIA: EU electoral observation mission operational
(AE) TUNISIA: €1 million for more diverse and tolerant society
(AE) BAHRAIN:
(AE) SYRIA: France supports tougher sanctions
(AE) UNITED NATIONS: Ban Ki-moon hails strength of EU-UN relations
(AE) CÔTE D'IVOIRE:
ECONOMY - FINANCES
(AE) STATISTICS: Commission recommends reliable independent statistics
(AE) TAXATION: Two revised deals with Switzerland comply with EU rules
(AE) SPAIN: Juncker says foreign aid not needed
(AE) IMF: Eurozone recession to last all year
(AE) ECONOMY: Eurozone annual inflation unchanged in March 2012
SECTORAL POLICY
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Seventh action programme, ETS, Rio +20 at Council
(AE) CLIMATE: Beware finance gap in draft budget, says IEEP
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Recipe for transforming waste into a resource
(AE) DIGITAL: Start-ups - using openideo to identify barriers to expansion
(AE) TELECOMS: Mobile termination rates - Arcep has to review its copy
(AE) TELECOMS: Mobile termination rates - Estonian plans of concern
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Court of Auditors says CAP reform is too complex
(AE) ANIMAL HEALTH: Is Commission doing enough for bees?
(AE) TRANSPORT: ERTMS - Siim Kallas losing patience and targets Berlin
(AE) ENERGY: Wind power - EU pushes for increased investment