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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8745

10 July 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
Infringement proceedings opened against nine Member States for non-respect of legislation on ozone layer

Brussels, 09/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to open infringement proceedings against nine Member States- Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom- which have failed to submit the required information under the Community regulation on ozone-depleting substances (regulation 2037/2000 of the Parliament and the Council). The Commission judges that these countries have failed partially or totally in their obligation to...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: French Socialists and the European Constitution - some thoughts about an unreasonable attitude
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Signing on 29 October in Rome - Debate on practical organisation of referendums
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Monday's Council focuses on WTO trade talks and situation in Iraq
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: EU again calls for the security wall around Occupied Territories to be pulled down
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Spain to organise EuroMed Summit in 2005
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: Kosovan parliament changes Constitution and calls for referendum, to the EU's regret
(EU) NATO/IRAQ: Admiral Johnson returns after fact-finding mission in Iraq - Iraqi Prime Minister may come to Brussels
(EU) EU/NATO: Joint Solana/De Hoop Scheffer visit to mark transfer of mission in Bosnia
(EU) EU/BALKANS:
(EU) EU/ASIA:
(EU) EP/EPP-ED GROUP: Hans-Gert Pöttering predicts "mass support" for José Manuel Durao Barroso from European Parliament
(EU) EP/LIBERALS: New Liberals and Centrists group at least 89 strong
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: Mr Barroso to meet political groups
(EU) EU/AFRICA:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COHESION: Commission plans to earmark EUR 336.3 billion to new Cohesion Policy between 2007 and 2013
(EU) EU/COHESION: European Cross-border Cooperation Groups to facilitate cooperation
(EU) EU/BUDGET/FRAUD: Cooperation agreement with Philip Morris to fight contraband and counterfeit
(EU) EU/PASSENGER DATA:
(EU) EU/TRADE/WTO: Monday's Council to discuss continuation of WTO talks - WTO decides to postpone next week's farm talks pending results of G5 and G90 meetings
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/EFTA/LIFE INSURANCE:
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Cypriot government opposes direct trade between North and European Union
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: 3.4 million EUR for Cyprus' fishing programme
(EU) EU/TUNISIA: Tourism, private investment and good governance are main challenges to arise from enlargement, says Mr Borg
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Sugar reform is inescapable, Fischler says
(EU) EU/TRADE/RUSSIA: Commission suggests revision of steel import restrictions following enlargement
(EU) EU/EMU: Italian Council of Ministers adopts series of adjustment measures to prevent Italian deficit worsening in 2004
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Bookmaker Stanleybet plans to file new complaint to gain access to Italian betting market
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission takes Germany to Court to protect "Parmigiano Reggiano"
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission requests Ireland to change tax stamp rules and to cooperate
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission closes case against Portugal over golden shares in privatisation law
(EU) EU/COURT Of JUSTICE: Belgium found guilty of failing to properly treat urban waste water
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Infringement proceedings opened against nine Member States for non-respect of legislation on ozone layer
(EU) EU/CLIMATE CHANGE: UNICE criticises EU's unilateralism and calls for new strategy to be adopted urgently - For a new Kyoto Protocol if USA and Russia do not ratify
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR SAFETY: Council rejects Commission's approach to nuclear waste and power station safety
(EU) OECD/EMPLOYMENT: OECD urges governments to adapt employment strategy in line with other social objectives
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND: Switzerland satisified with application of free circulation agreement
(EU) EU/ANDORRA: Commission submits Cooperation Agreement to the Council
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL: France "takes note" of Commission's decision to authorise television advertising for cinema and publications
(EU) EU/EESC: Anne-Marie Sigmund, official candidate for Committee Presidency - Roger Briesch: Constitution remarkable step forward
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Europêche reshuffles management team
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