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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8911

18 March 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 40
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid/agriculture

17/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday the European Commission authorised Finland to pay state aid worth a total of € 120.3 million per year to compensate farmers for natural handicaps in less favoured areas. The new state aid would be combined with existing support for less favoured areas co-financed by the European Union (EU) in the framework of the Finnish rural development program.

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: progress in updating stability pact, but…
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LEBANON: EU insists on complete withdrawal of Syrian troops and intelligence services - EU mission for elections
(EU) EU/MOLVDOVA: Political agreement on appointment of Adriaan Jacobits as EU special representative
(EU) EU/IRAN: EU welcomes US support for diplomatic solution to nuclear problem
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Asselborn says recent developments in Israel-Palestinian peace process are encouraging
(EU) EU/NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY:
(EU) EU/SUDAN:
(EU) EU/FORMER YUGOSLAVIA:
(EU) EU/RUSSIA:
(EU) EU/MOROCCO:
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EP/SPRING SUMMIT/NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS: Meeting with national parliaments results in broad consensus on reviving Lisbon strategy and need for parliaments to be involved - Barroso and Juncker explain Bolkestein Directive
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/TRADE UNIONS: ETUC calls for Social Europe to be core of Lisbon strategy - John Monks and Jean-Claude Juncker support liberalisation of services, but oppose social dumping
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY: Implementing Lisbon strategy will potentially increase growth by 0.5% and 0.75%
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/SERVICES: Jeannot Krecké says country of origin principle should be maintained but modified
(EU) EU/TRADE: Due to divergences on textile imports, Council still can't adopt new SGP
(EU) EU/INFLATION:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/DEMOGRAPHIC AGEING: Vladimir Spidla calls for “global and urgent response to serious changes to entire European economy”
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUALS: Concrete measures to fight racist broadcasting
(EU) EU/PALESTINE/FRAUD: OLAF says there it no proof that EU aid was used for terrorism
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Proposal to take account of previous criminal offences from other Member States
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS/LISBON: “Less bureaucracy, more growth”: Commission presents measures for “better regulation” on Wednesday as part of revitalised Lisbon Strategy
(EU) EU/SPACE: Commission negotiates future Galileo-Glonass interface - Deployment of Galileo system
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE: Innovation to be main theme of next business fair organised by CORDIS
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET/PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: European legislation infringement procedures and public procurement in four Member States
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission demands repayment of Italian state aid awarded to companies quoted on stock exchange for first time in 2004
(EU) EU/STATE AID/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Green light to French and Spanish aid to shipbuilding
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Modernisation of accounting system a success
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Symantec's purchase of Veritas authorised
(EU) EP/COMMISSION/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT: Council President Jean-Louis Schiltz warns national parliaments that level and efficiency of public development aid must be increased to meet millennium objectives
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament asks Commission for sufficient funding for Natura 2000 if EU is to reverse decline in biodiversity by 2010
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court information on several of the thirty cases dealt with on 10 March
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Reasoned opinion against Greece for shortcomings in air safety area
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission takes Belgium to Court over failure to comply with maritime law
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Case against Portugal is taken to Court
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€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 17/03/2005: