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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy

Growing use of lead-free petrol in EU confirmed in 2001

Luxembourg, 29/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - Statistics released on 23 August by Eurostat show confirm the growing use of unleaded petrol in the Union in 2001. The share of unleaded petrol in total petrol deliveries rose to 95% from 91% in 2000. Unleaded petrol already accounted for 100% of deliveries in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal and the United Kingdom before 2000. In 2001, France and Ireland came close to the 100% mark. In the...

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(EU) EU/UN/UNITED STATES: Rasmussen and Moeller to represent the EU at the UN General Assembly and at the 11 September commemoration ceremony
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: "Gymnich" to open on Friday in Elsinore will seek to reach guidelines for avoiding dispute with United States over International Criminal Court
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(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Talks with SEC on US accounting legislation (Sarbanes-Oxley Act)
(EU) EU/FLOODING: Coreper welcomes Commission strategy to assist regions affected by flooding - Germany and Austria revise estimation of damage upward
(EU) EP/FLOODS: Mr Wynn says the EP will support the emergency measures proposed by the Commission under the current budget
(EU) EU/EIB/FLOODS: EIB expected to issue a € 1 billion loan on 19 September to regions affected by floods
(EU) EU/ JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT: Union defends partnerships for action to give effect to governments' undertakings
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/CUSTOMS: initiative on security of containers
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Commission could put an end to its mandate mid-2004 to facilitate enlargement
(EU) EP/CYBER-CRIME: Marco Cappato presents his report on a proposal for a framework decision on attacks against information systems to parliamentary committee
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Andreasen is suspended
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: ECB could lower growth projections
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Oxfam says the common organisation of the market for sugar is extremely detrimental to the interests of the developing countries
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Growing use of lead-free petrol in EU confirmed in 2001
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Increase in natural gas consumption in the EU in 2001- Production falls and imports rise
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISES: New European Commission publications
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