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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8811

21 October 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/climate
Commission gives green light to eight national plans to allocate emissions quotas - Eight plans being assessed

Brussels, 20/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission approved eight national plans to allocate greenhouse gas emissions quotas, notified by the Member States under directive 2003/87/EC, which will bring in a Community system for trade in greenhouse gas emission rights, starting with CO2, on 1 January 2005. Of these, six were approved without reservation- these were the plans for Belgium, Luxembourg, Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia and Portugal. The two others- those of...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The Barroso Commission must understand that agriculture is more than just a budgetary issue
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/BARROSO COMMISSION: Socialists call for complete change to Rocco Buttiglione's portfolio and contest candidates Kroes, Fischer-Boel and Udre - Greens/EFA find Rocco Buttilgione "unacceptable" and call for new portfolios for Kroes, Fischer-Boel, Udre, Kovas and Dimas - Statements by Jean-Louis Bourlanges
(EU) EU/IRAQ: New ambassador to EU
(EU) EU/INDONESIA: Troika in Jakarta
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN POLITICAL PARTIES:
(EU) EU/SYRIA: Association Agreement initialled
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Venice Commission recommends new Human Rights Court in Kosovo
(EU) EP/KOSOVO:
(EU) EU/LIBYA:
(EU) EP/CUBA:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/FRANCE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EMU: 2004 Convergence reports: neither Sweden nor new Member States are respecting criteria, but Joaquin Almunia welcomes progress made
(EU) EU/EMU/STATISTICS: Almunia presents three lines of proposals for strengthening European budgetary statistics - Greece does not provide all additional information requested by Eurostat
(EU) EU/TRADE/DEVELOPMENT: According to detailed Commission proposal on future GSP, China will lose tariff preferences for textile exports - "Good news for all", says Lamy
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Commission gives green light to eight national plans to allocate emissions quotas - Eight plans being assessed
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Projects for combating terrorism: protection of infrastructures, access to bank accounts and warning system
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/STATE AIDE: Commission wants aid to German, Greek and Spanish shipyards reimbursed
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission gives Germany three more months to amend its rules on cans
(EU) EP/TRANSPORTS:
(EU) EP/ALDE/STABILITY PACT/GREECE:
(EU) EP/LIBERALISATION OF THE MARKET:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: United Kingdom will have to face Court over severity of its customs policy on private tobacco imports
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission orders Germany to recover more than €3 bln, plus interest, from WestLB and six other public banks
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission acts against abusive market position of Deutsch Post in mail preparation service
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission fines companies in Spanish raw tobacco market
(EU) EU/STATE AID/AGRICULTURE: Authorised aid for Italian SMEs in agriculture in Veneto
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Designated Commissioner Joe Borg committed to fishermen's concerns
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Scientists recommend ban on fishing for cod and hake in south in 2005 - good news for sole
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:
(EU) EU/UNICE/ECONOMY: Slight recovery in EU but no momentum - Growth of 2.6% expected in 2005 for EU25 - Philippe de Buck calls for new Kok report to be kept alive at least until 2005 spring summit to reactivate Lisbon strategy
(EU) EP/PES/SOCIAL: Andersson and Bullmann want to know whether latest General Motors job cuts are in line with Community rules
(EU) EU/JOB SECURITY: Commission and Parliament support European Week for construction safety
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT/STATE AID: Request from Marta Vincenzi and Antonio Panzeri
(EU) EU/EP/HEALTH: Roadmap for diabetes research
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Extraordinary meeting of Committee Bureau and conference on urban and country areas of Europe, with Commissioner Franz Fischler and Dutch minister Cees Veerman
(EU) EU/EUROCHAMBERS: Vienna Congress to focus on European competitiveness - President Fischer, Chancellor Schüssel plus Commissioners Kallas, Balazs and Hübner to attend
(EU) EU/TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS: Conference in Trier on 21 and 22 October
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Documents Nr 2383: Trade/Development: First Parliament stance on reform of Generalised System of Preferences proposed by European Commission
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 20/10/2004: