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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8984

6 July 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Rendering aid is approved

Brussels, 05/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the European Commission decided to approve French State aid to public rendering companies in 2003 (EUR 325 million for transporting and destroying fallen stock and slaughterhouse waste banned from human consumption). However, as in December 2004, it launched a formal investigation into rendering tax exemptions conferred on a number of meat businesses (EUROPE 8849).

The Commission concludes that French State aid for rendering measures in...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: It's worth a certain amount of effort to keep Europe farming
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/ITALY/CONSTITITION: Appeal by President Ciampi for constitutional process and strengthened economic governance
(EU) EP/TURKEY: Olli Rehn says Association Agreement could be extended to enlarged EU "over summer", "in good faith and in time"
(EU) EU/AFRICA: José Manuel Barroso and Louis Michel propose new Euro-Africa Pact at African Union Summit
(EU) EU/ARMAMENTS: Towards common rules on arms exports
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/ALBANIA: Javier Solana calls on Albanian parties to accept election result
(EU) EU/PARLIAMENTS: Towards informal parliamentary mechanism for controlling subsidiarity
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS:
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONS:
(EU) EU/IRAQ/EGYPT:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Commission adopts strategic guidelines 2007-2013 for cohesion policy
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Strategic guidelines for rural development
(EU) EP/TAXATION: Commission adopts proposal on harmonising private car taxation
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EP/PATENTS: Possible rejection of common Council position - Commission won't be over-keen on presenting another proposal
(EU) EP/EMU: Parliament rejects ECB 2004 progress report and takes stance in favour of communication strategy on euro
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: G5 hopes to go faster and further than rest of EU, particularly on illegal immigration and terrorism matters
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/TRANSPORT: Conditional green light to Lufthansa's take-over of Swiss
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/WTO/AGRICULTURE: Commission welcomes declarations of US president on eliminating farm subsidies
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Rendering aid is approved
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: State aid to Italian bergamot producers
(EU) EU/G8/CLIMATE: On eve of opening of G8 Summit, contradictory statements threaten chances of agreement of Eight on stepping up fight against global warming
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID:
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: Informal Belfast council to highlight need of jobs for citizens
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Conference on demographic ageing to be attended by José Manuel Barroso and Vladimir Spidla
(EU) UE/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 200 million loan for extending tramway in Bordeaux, France
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 15 million loan for modernisation of water network for town of Plzn in Czech Republic
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 30 million loan for road rehabilitation to Pardubice region in Czech Republic
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial production prices fall by 0.2% in May in euro zone and EU25
(EU) EU/EIB:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 05/07/2005: