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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10640
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) regions

CoR and UNEP sign memorandum at Rio+20

Brussels, 22/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - On the sidelines of Rio+20, the United Nations sustainable development conference, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Committee of the Regions (CoR) signed a memorandum of intent, signalling a new phase of cooperation between the two, placing cities and regions at the heart of the action on protecting the environment. Cities are responsible for consuming some 75% of the world's natural resources.

The memorandum prioritises five areas:...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) EUROGROUP: Spain lodges official request for aid
(AE) EUROGROUP: First €1 billion for Greece, fact-finders in Athens on Monday
(AE) EUROGROUP: IMF urges eurozone to make great leap forward
(AE) EURO: Mini-summit in Rome to strengthen euro
(AE) ECOFIN: Cohesion funding available again for Hungary
(AE) ECOFIN: EU27 paves way for enhanced cooperation on Tobin Tax
(AE) TAXATION: Five countries given written warnings
(AE) GERMANY: Fiscal compact ratification postponed for three weeks
(AE) COMPETITION:
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) AGRICULTURE: US agricultural subsidies three times higher than EU's
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Commission to claw back €426 million from member states
(AE) FOOD SAFETY: Vote on re-introducing animal meal delayed
(AE) ANIMAL HEALTH: Four countries lagging far behind on pregnant sows
(AE) JHA: Malmström hails progress in EU-Turkey relations
(AE) RESEARCH: Universities support Ehler's draft report
(AE) DIGITAL: Reasoned opinion for Estonia over independence of regulator
(AE) WOMEN: Campaign to get more women into scientific careers
(AE) REGIONS: MEPs back Mediterranean macro-region
(AE) REGIONS: Strategy on Atlantic seaboard by 2014
(AE) REGIONS: CoR and UNEP sign memorandum at Rio+20
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Syria, Egypt and Iran on Council agenda
(AE) TRADE: Developing countries need more time on EPAs
(AE) UNITED STATES: Transatlantic partners ambitious on free trade
(AE) TRADE:
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) ICELAND: Three new chapters open but hardest still to come
(AE) ENLARGEMENT: Turkey's accession process comes to a halt
(AE) GENERAL AFFAIRS: Budget - agreement on cohesion and Montenegro
(AE) TRANSPARENCY: Register is one year old - Council now to be represented
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) CJEU: Unfitness for work during paid leave opens right to equivalent time off
(AE) CJEU: Broken seal - advocate general proposes General Court ruling be annulled
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