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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8876

28 January 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/chemical products
Karl Heinz Florenz thinks Günter Verheugen has “moved” on REACH legislation, following meeting with Commissioner for industry (he will soon be meeting environment Commissioner, Stavros Dimas)

Brussels, 27/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - German Christian Democrat Karl Heinz Florenz, president of the environment committee at the European Parliament and responsible for the bulk of the REACH legislation on chemical products expressed his delight on Thursday that the European Commissioner for industry Günter Verheugen had “moved” on his controversial proposal. Following an informal meeting between them both on Wednesday afternoon, Florenz explained that Verheugen saw the plan as...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
Legal immigration: the “integration” dimension must not be skirted over
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: EP calls for EU to urgently approach Washington to relaunch peace process
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Yushchenko's visit cancelled due to bad weather conditions
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Northern Cyprus political leader Ali Mehmet Talat urges EU to find a rapid political solution to bring Northern Cyprus out of isolation
(EU) EU/IRAQ: EU prepares programme for training Iraqi magistrates - first exchange of ministerial views on Monday
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: EU to harden line towards Tehran
(EU) EU/ALTHEA:
(EU) IEA/CONSTITUTION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY: President Barosso in his proposals for next Wednesday will be putting forward suggestions on “governance” and “ownership” of Member State strategy
(EU) EP/CHEMICAL PRODUCTS: Karl Heinz Florenz thinks Günter Verheugen has “moved” on REACH legislation, following meeting with Commissioner for industry (he will soon be meeting environment Commissioner, Stavros Dimas)
(EU) EU/EIB: Annual European investment bank conference
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY/ECONOMY: Commission's 2004 report says not enough progress has been made in implementing BEPC, jeopardising the Lisbon objectives
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission notes progress in transposition, but feels that integration remains too slow
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Commissioner Frattini receives threatening Nazi-style letter
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: European Commission launches public consultation on changes to EU development policy
(EU) EU/TRADE/BANANAS: Latin American producer countries unite to reject level of custom duties proposed by EU
(EU) JUSTICE/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EP/ANTI-SEMITISM/HOLOCAUST: Parliament stresses role of education and a European framework to combat racism and xenophobia
(EU) EP/INFORMATION SOCIETY: EP adopts common position on eContentPlus programme, to Commission's satisfaction
(EU) EP/BALKANS:
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Italian delegation of PES fights to save cohesion policy
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Security research group to be named end February
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: New platform for sea transport
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/YOUTH/LISBON STRATEGY: European Youth Forum calls for voluntarist approach to young people
(EU) EP/PRESS: Press-Communications-Freedom Intergroup urges Council to find journalists held captive in Iraq
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/COMMUNICATIONS: Conference on European institutions' communications strategy
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN:
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: EU farmers' organisations critical of Hungarian cereal storage system
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/REGIONAL POLICY: Call for solidarity following terrible Baltic sea storm
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: adoption of decision on fisheries agreement between EU/Ivory coast
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/CPMR/COHESION: Danuta Hübner feels Europe needs cohesion policy more than ever - Commission announces consultation on strategic lines of this policy
(EU) EP/HEALTH/TOBACCO:
(EU) EU/EBRD/CROATIA:
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