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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10597

19 April 2012
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SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) energy
TSOs to push European capacity platform

Brussels, 18/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - 16 major European Transmission System Operators (TSOs) have joined together to launch a joint European capacity platform by 2013.

On Wednesday 18 April, the TSOs of Bayernets, Fluxys/TENP, GASCADE Gastransport, Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services, GRTgaz Deutschland, Nowega, ONTRAS - VNG Gastransport, OPAL NEL TRANSPORT, Open Grid Europe, terranets and Thyssengas, all of Germany, Fluxys of Belgium, Energinet.dk of Denmark, GRTgaz of France and Gas...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Transforming the Union for the Mediterranean will make a positive contribution to better EU relations with neighbouring countries
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) ECONOMY: MEPs call for growth strategy
(AE) REGIONS: EP wants outermost regions to be treated differently
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: New rules to prevent abuse by low cost airlines
(AE) SYRIA: MEPs concerned at situation in country
(AE) BURMA: Sanctions soon to be relaxed - Ashton to visit at end of month
(AE) HUMAN RIGHTS: EP welcomes human rights high representative post
(AE) TAXATION: Wammen - speed up work on savings tax
(AE) JHA: Groups divided over PNR and response to crisis
(AE) CROATIA: EP welcomes Croatian observers
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: Three-part growth strategy
(AE) ITALY: Balanced budget postponed until 2014 at earliest
(AE) PORTUGAL: Passos Coelho confident but “realistic”
(AE) HUNGARY: Amended central bank law examined by Hungarian parliament
(AE) COMPETITION: Acquisition of Air Products Homecare by Linde approved
(AE) COMPETITION:
SECTORAL POLICY
(AE) CLIMATE: Poland - recurrent spoke in wheel of ETS reform?
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Consensus on principles of future policy
(AE) ENERGY: Efficiency and roadmap on ministerial meeting agenda
(AE) ENERGY: TSOs to push European capacity platform
(AE) AGRICULTURE: High-level wine group begins work
(AE) ANIMAL HEALTH: Laying hens - 12 countries still not out of the woods
(AE) JHA: Data protection - questions about cost of reform
(AE) JHA:
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - CULTURE
(AE) SOCIAL: Three ways of supporting job creation
(AE) CULTURE: Culture and art for integrating Roma
(AE) CULTURE:
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) TRADE: EU critical of Argentinean protectionism over YPF/Repsol
(AE) TRADE: First G20 trade ministerial meeting in Puerto Vallarta
(AE) TRADE: Free-trade agreement with India hoped for by September
(AE) TUNISIA: Negotiations on Open Sky agreement in May
(AE) SYRIA: International appeal for sanctions against Syrian regime
(AE) BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Füle wants further efforts
(AE) CROATIA:
(AE) MIDDLE EAST: Abdullah II welcomes EU support for peace process
(AE) EU/CHINA: Education and culture, launch of “people to people” dialogue”