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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8753

23 July 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/market
Commission take Spain to court and sends reasoned opinions to Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal for VAT infringements

Brussels, 22/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has decided to pursue several Member States for infringements to VAT legislation.

Spain: The European Commission has decided to take Spain to the Court of Justice over the scheme it applies on goods removed from tax warehouses. Spain has made removal subject to completion of a special form and the payment of VAT. In so doing it has doubled the formalities (imposing a special form in addition to the normal VAT declaration and two...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/COMMISSION PRESIDENCY: José Manuel Barroso is voted in by 413 votes to 251 and 44 abstentions - Barroso wants "24 full Commissioners" and at least one third of women in Commission
(EU) EU/DUTCH PRESIDENCY/ROMANIA:
(EU) EP/COMMISSION PRESIDENCY: José Manuel Durão Barroso totally rejects idea of "super-Commissioners" and hopes for "positive complicity" with Parliament - Daniel Cohn-Bendit launches heated attack - Mitigated criticism but also praise of candidate
(EU) EP/GREENS: Greens vote against Barroso - "I see no majority in this Parliament" says Daniel Cohn-Bendit, criticising Europe of "scheming and things left unsaid"
(EU) EP/EPP/POLAND: Mr Saryusz-Wolski maintains Josep Borrell's election is linked to expected support of Socialists to appointment of José Manual Barroso - Reservations on Constitution, or outright rejection - Ambitions of head of Polish delegation
(EU) EP/VICE-PRESIDENTS: 14 vice-presidents elected by acclamation
(EU) EP/QUESTATEURS: parliament elects 5 questateurs
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: EU support to Palestinian resolution on Israeli security fence causes further tension in relations with Hebrew state
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Egypt and EU optimistic about how situation will develop in Palestinian territories and about restructuring of security forces
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU and Mercosur suspend negotiations on free-trade agreement
(EU) EU/TRADE: Euromed countries agreement on guidelines for liberalisation of services
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/TRADE: Sugar imports from Serbia-Montenegro can again benefit from EU preferential system
(EU) EU/TRADE: Council adopts decisions revising Indian and Pakistani rice concessions
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/TRADE: French precision on veterinary negotiations
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/TRADE: On Monday foreign affairs ministers discuss EU's Geneva negotiating position
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission allocates €8 million in humanitarian aid to Sahrawi refugees in Algeria
(EU) EU/ACP: First commitments from Guinea authorities to return to rule of law
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Commission approves changes to Euratom loan for nuclear safety of power stations of K2R4 project
(EU) EU/ROMANIA: Council of Europe report says Romanian government is determined to fight corruption
(EU) EU/TRADE:
(EU) EU/MARKET: Commission take Spain to court and sends reasoned opinions to Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal for VAT infringements
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Germany will have to justify itself at Court of Justice for its handling of territorial limitation in its allocation of accommodation in the internal market
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Infringement proceedings against three Member States in regard to mutual assistance in taxation
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission puts proposed abolition of registration tax to public consultation, as no agreement among Member States
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Council formally adopts decision to postpone tax on savings directive until July 2005
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION:
(EU) EU/EUROPOL/MONACO:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission initiates and pursues legal action against Spain
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission reminds Greece of its obligations in nine cases of breach of EU environmental law
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: Belgium must abolish tax on stock exchange transactions
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: France found guilty of failure to transpose directive on transparency of Member State/public enterprise financial relations
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: Court notes imperfections of Finnish law on protection of nature compared to requirements set out in European environmental directive
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL/BORDERS:
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Commission and the ILO pool their efforts to strengthen social dimension in development co-operation
(EU) EU/AUDIO-VISUAL: FERA congratulates Ms Reding for supporting cultural sector
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial production up by 0.7% in euro-zone and by 0.6% in EU25
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Documents N° 2374-2375: Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (sent in separate document)
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