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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/internal market

EP endorses thrust of Commission proposal concerning recognition of professional qualifications

Strasbourg, 13/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Parliament voted on 218 amendments (in codecision, first reading) to the draft directive on the recognition of professional qualifications, by adopting the report by Stéfano Zappalà in first reading. Replacing the fifteen current items of legislation, the directive aims to simplify the administrative steps to be taken in the enlarged EU when people decide to go and live or provide services in another Member State in terms...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The EU's new cohesion policy has got through its first test
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/IGC: No progress until "key players" make a move, Ahern warns - Blocking is not in anyone's interest, says Cimoszewicz
(EU) EU/IGC: Proposal by MEPs Cornillet, Leinen, Frassoni, Segni and Wallis
(EU) EU/GERMANY/UNITED KINGDOM: No directorate, Blair assures
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Military Committee to give opinion on proposal to create European military groups - proposal to be examined by informal Defence Council on 5 and 6 April
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS:
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/ISRAEL: US representative to EU regrets rise in anti-Semitism as "strong as in the thirties" - EU is neither against Jews nor Israel, Solana says - Transatlantic Institute is launched - NATO's role in Wider Middle East
(EU) EU/BALKANS/ICTY:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EP/IRAN: Parliament wants dialogue with the Council of Guardians
(EU) EP/CAMBODIA: EP denounced political assassinations
(EU) EP/PAKISTAN:
(EU) EP/PES: Hans-Peter Martin expelled
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Cohesion, Stability Pact and services of public interest on agenda of College's meeting next Wednesday
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Third cohesion report to stress subsisting disparities in Europe of 15 and of 25
(EU) EU/WTO: Iraqi observers at WTO - examination of Iranian request
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/AVIAN INFLUENZA: EU Health Ministers meet to co-ordinate measures to prevent potential risks of bird 'flu to public health
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission opens in-depth inquiry into Sony/Bertelsmann recorded music venture
(EU) EU/INFORMATION: Publication of report on EU activity in 2003
(EU) EU/JHA: Common Council position on proposal to create enforcement order for uncontested claims
(EU) EP/AFGHANISTAN: Speaking to MEPs divided in their assessment of new Kabul officials, Chris Patten insists, before leaving with Troika, on need to continue providing assistance to Afghanistan - Debate focuses on drugs, insecurity and dramatic situation of women
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: EP endorses thrust of Commission proposal concerning recognition of professional qualifications
(EU) EP/PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY/OLAF:
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Parliament agrees that the European Maritime Safety Agency should have limited maritime safety powers
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Parliament calls for safer containers
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/SOCIAL AFFAIRS/STEEL: In the face of the Italian steel-maker AST ThyssenKrupp in Terni, MEPs call for EU to adopt a more determined strategy
(EU) EP/EGYPT: Meetings in Cairo from 14 to 18 February
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE: Commission fixes European agenda on entrepreneurship
(EU) EP/STRASBOURG/AIR LINKS: Noëlle Lenoir sets out progress in Strasbourg air service
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT: Coreper adopts policy agreement on slots
(EU) EU/VOCATIONAL TRAINING:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission welcomes reduction in CO2 emissions from new cars but is concerned at exhaust fumes from diesel-powered vehicles
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Peter Straube ELECTED CoR President - Support for Cohesion Report and draft Financial Perspectives
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