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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8752

21 July 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market
Spain will have to defend its position on transfer of insurance portfolios at Court of Justice

Brussels, 20/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to bring Spain before the Court of Justice of the European Communities in connection with its legislation on the transfer of insurance portfolios between operators. Under Spanish law Member States do not give policy-holders the option of cancelling contracts after a transfer of portfolios by distinguishing between the elements involved in the operation that are within the country in question and those (the economic...

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: Our offices will be closed on Wednesday 21 July for the Belgian National Day celebrations. EUROPE No8753 will be dated Friday 23 July 2004.
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/PRESIDENCY: Josep Borrell elected European Parliament president in first round by 388 votes - Bronislaw Geremek obtains 208 votes and Francis Wurtz 51 - Graham Watson and Monica Frassoni mention "unnaturual alliance" between EPP and PES
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTATIVE SESSION: Senior member, Giovanni Berlinguer welcomes MEPs from new Member States and a Europe of "work, solidarity, social justice, welcoming and integration"
(EU) EP/PRESIDENCY/ALDE: Bronislaw Geremek admits he is disappointed about not being elected - Graham Watson notes group has free hand for second half of legislature
(EU) EP/PRESIDENCY/PES: Martin Schulz repeats why Socialists did not vote for Geremek
(EU) EP/PRESIDENCY/EPP: Hans-Gert Pöttering is hardly impressed by fact that elected members of Polish civil platform voted for Bronislaw Geremek
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: No link between confirmation of Barroso and my election, Borrel says, not shocked by agreements between groups
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Javier Solana insists Palestinian Prime Minister should have real authority
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Nicole Gnesotto finds new treaty practically "unreadable" - Bringing Europe out of "institutional convolutions"
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/STATE AID: France Télécom to pay back exemption from business tax (amount still to be worked out)
EU) STATE AID: Commission authorises rescue aid to Alitalia - Low-cost airlines threaten referral to Court of Justice
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission concludes there is not sufficient proof and unconditionally authorises merger between Sony and BMG
(EU) EU/OPEN SKIES: Infringement proceedings and agreements are criticised
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission partially authorises French aid to fisheries and fish farmers after Erika disaster and storms in 1999
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Aid is cleared for rural development in Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Several countries refuse to take orders on how to spend next wave of rural development aid
(EU) EU/EEA:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Most Member States concerned at plans to reform sugar sector
(EU) EU/TRADE: Mr Supachai calls for WTO text to be accepted - France against, endangering late July deadline
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT/ENVIRONMENT: Commission presents measures to fight illegal logging
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission in favour of using existing Community instruments to pay for Natura 2000
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: First round-the-table discussion on future of JHA
(EU) EU/EUROPOL: Go-ahead to Europol-Switzerland agreement
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL/PRESIDENCY/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Discrete adoption of report on their confidential report on readmission negotiations with third countries
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Presidency "very impressed" by security measures taken by Greece for Olympic Games
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission pursues six Member States to get them to enforce EU anti-discrimination law
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Commission grants Croatia 76 million EUR for 2004 under CARDS programme
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Agreement imminent on "national action plan" - Tunisia and Jordan in Morocco's wake - Israel hesitant
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: France called on to implement single status for taking aerial photographs
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Italian Areo club centrale di volo a vela has to modify rules
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Italy called on to revise status for staff who prepare payslips
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Reasoned opinion sent to Italy for extra-judicial loan recoveries
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Spain will have to defend its position on transfer of insurance portfolios at Court of Justice
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Electricité de France must stop discharging water from Saint-Chamas hydroelectric power station into "étang de Berre"
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Advocate General Geelhoed considers problem of pollution generated by Pera Galini discharge in Crete is clearly of a structural kind
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: Finnish tax on vehicles, autovero, is a tax on the use of certain goods even if a vehicle is imported
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Next congress of Confederation of Agro-Food industries end of September
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