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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8966

11 June 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid
Go-ahead for Solvay Soda in Germany

Brussels, 10/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has authorised subsidies to Solvay Soda GmbH (SSD) in Germany, a subsidiary of sodium carbonate producer Solvay Soda Deutschland GmbH. To reduce pollution of the Rhine, SSD presented an environmental project to produce sodium carbonate using a raw material that pollutes less and an associated research plan. SSD is due to receive a total of € 5.7 million in aid from the German authorities for the project, which will cost a total...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: A few steps to reassure the Europeans and inspire them to dream
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Monday's Council to prepare for European COuncil, but no result expected on main dossiers - Diplomatic sanctions against Cuba will remain on ice - conclave on financial perspectives and Croatia "Task Force" to be held on Sunday
(EU) EU/IRAQ: European troika mission in Baghdad before international conference on 22 June in Brussels. - European Commission announces its intention to open delegation in Baghdad
(EU) EP/BRITISH PRESIDENCY: Prescott is EP's main interlocutor
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES: EP wants transatlantic partnership agreement, but Commission remains unconvinced
(EU) EP/BOLIVIA: Parliament wants to send delegation
(EU) EU/UZBEKISTAN: EP wants international investigation into repression at Andijan - 'Do not destabilise the country'
(EU) EP/UN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Member States will try to make headway on Sunday - France and Germany prepared to accept constructive compromise but not a total rehaul of farm spending
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Peter Straub writes to Jean-Claude Juncker: the EU must equip itself with the means to achieve its ambitions - Both costs and benefits should be shared equally
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission closes investigation following changes to gas supply contracts between E.ON Ruhrgas and Gazprom
(EU) EU/G7: Juncker in London for finance ministers' meeting
(EU) EU/OPEC: Barrel price could be $30-50, OPEC president says after talks with EU
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Measures for protecting anchovy in Bay of Biscay
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/MONEY LAUNDERING: Travellers crossing EU borders with more than 10000 euros will have to sign declaration
(EU) EP/TAXATION: Towards new rules for distance sales of excisable products
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: More money for rural development and reduced funding rates, depending on different intervention planks
(EU) EP/INSURANCE: First European legal regime for re-insurance to remove collateral by 2010
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Commission asks business where to cut red tape
(EU) EU/CIVIL SERVICE/LISBON STRATEGY: Mondorf-les-Bains meeting highlights role of public administrations in implementing Lisbon Strategy
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Go-ahead for Solvay Soda in Germany
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Authorisation of Dutch aid for European Train Control System
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/ANIMAL WELFARE:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL POLICY/RAIL TRANSPORT: European social partners in railway sector welcome Council's political agreement on working conditions for mobile railway personnel - Criticism from European Rail Freight Customers Platform
(EU) EP/WORKING TIME/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/BALKANS:
(EU) OECD/EU/USA: Reduction in barriers to competition, investment and trade would allow increased growth
(EU) EU/REGIONS: “More respect for the regions, More Europe”, demands European Free Alliance of President Barroso
(EU) EU/NETWORK INDUSTRIES: Social partners identify conditions to be met to reform network industries
(EU) EU/ENTREPRISE:
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