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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10724

7 November 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 26
EUROPEAN COUNCIL / (ae) jha
States are urged to monitor places of deprivation of liberty

Strasbourg, 06/11/2012 (Agence Europe) - In its 22nd annual report published on 6 November, the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) focuses on penitentiaries and calls for the creation of “national preventive mechanisms” (NPMs). This would bring them into line with an optional protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT), already ratified by 36...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) GREECE: European leaders optimistic about Athens
(AE) CYPRUS: Bank guarantee scheme gets go-ahead
(AE) ECONOMY: G20 Finance says EU must keep up the good work
(AE) EP/FINANCE: Hokmark bank resolution report welcomed
(AE) EP/ECONOMY:
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) BUDGET: Rural development and regional policy - high rate of error
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) COHESION: Informal Council watchwords - efficiency and quality spending
(AE) COHESION: Budget cuts cast shadow over informal Council
(AE) TRANSPORT: TEN-T revision is not a Christmas list!
(AE) TRANSPORT: Defending member states' free choice on railway structure
(AE) ETS: Report claims temporary withholding of quotas could reap dividends
(AE) NATURAL DISASTERS: Science and risk reduction, brainstorming
(AE) DIGITAL: Online works - EU to adopt more flexible scheme
(AE) DIGITAL: ITRE committee votes on Trans-European Networks
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL: Employment committee supports maintaining EGF
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) EU-USA RELATIONS: A change of style can be expected
(AE) SYRIA: No reason to hope for improvement (senior EU official)
(AE) NEIGHBOURHOOD: Füle wants new momentum for Union for Mediterranean
(AE) NAGORNO-KARABAKH: Second phase of programme to settle conflict
(AE) ISRAEL: Israel counter-attacks on Palestine's request for recognition
(AE) KOSOVO/SERBIA:
(AE) TRADE: Solar subsidies, China responds on two fronts
(AE) TRADE: Post-2014 GSP system restricted to 89 countries
EUROPEAN COUNCIL
(AE) JHA: States are urged to monitor places of deprivation of liberty
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) CJEU: Lowering of retirement age for judges in Hungary is illegal
(AE) CJEU: Confirmation of Lagardère/VUP merger ruling