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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8866

14 January 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/regional
In 2002, over half of regions in EU25 with employment rate over 75% were in UK, and mountainous and island regions had highest accommodation densities, according to Eurostat

Brussels, 13/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 13 January, the Statistical Office of the EU, Eurostat, published the latest edition of its statistical yearbook for the regions of the EU, covering the 25 Member States of the EU, plus Bulgaria and Romania. For the 254 regions of the EU (defined by level 2 of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics, NUTS, which was adopted in July 2003) and for the 14 regions of Bulgaria and Romania, this yearbook provides a number of general...

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(EU) EP/NORTHERN IRELAND:
(EU) EP/IMMIGRATION:
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(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT: Juncker hopes to rediscover debt criteria in "all its magnitude"
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission should decide on 9 January to open inquiry into Alitalia restructuring plan
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Commissioner Olli Rehn to visit Ankara in February
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Lithuania plans to build new nuclear power station
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Member States must protect sites not included in "conservation of natural habitats" directive
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission pursues legal action for failures against France
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(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission refers matter of tax legislation in Portugal and Greece to Court
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission inquiry shows lack of fiscal coordination in European Union is costly to business
(EU) EU/PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: Commission clarifies procedure to ascertain whether a given activity is directly exposed to competition
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: In 2002, over half of regions in EU25 with employment rate over 75% were in UK, and mountainous and island regions had highest accommodation densities, according to Eurostat
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions enters debate on financial perspectives 2007-2013
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