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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8985

7 July 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Infringement proceedings launched against six Member States to failing to respect air passenger protection legislation

Brussels, 06/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has launched infringement proceedings against Austria, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta and Sweden for failure to meet all their obligations under Regulation (EC) 261/2004 of 11 February 2004, which entered into force on 17 February 2005 and affords air passengers greater protection in the event of denied boarding, flight cancellation or long delays. Austria, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta and Sweden have not yet taken the...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/IRAQ: Past differences must be forgotten and we must look to future, EP states, calling for more multilateral and more democratic crisis management - “Foreign troops must be replaced by UN peacekeeping force”
(EU) EP/COUNCIL: Chris Davies calls on UK Presidency to lift secrecy surrounding decision-making at meetings of Council of EU
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION: Jens Peter Bonde wants to make Constitution more readable
(EU) EU/CHINA: Ms Ferrero-Waldner welcomes increased contact between Beijing and Taipeh, to take form of “direct dialogue”
(EU) EU/TIBET: Union supports continuation of dialogue with China
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR:
(EU) EP/BALKANS: Ten years after Srebrenica, Greens Group calls for elements of Dayton Agreements to be reviewed
(EU) EP/OBSERVERS:
(EU) EP/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS:
(EU) EP/COMPOSITION:
(EU) EP/IMMUNITIES: Marchiani's immunity confirmed
(EU) EP/IMMUNITIES: immunity confirméd for Bossi in civil court, lifted by criminal court
(EU) EP/IMMUNITies: Mote's immunity lifted
(EU) EU/OSCE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENERGy: Commission brings five Member States before Court of Justice for failing to transpose directives on internal gas and electricity markets into national legislation
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Infringement proceedings launched against six Member States to failing to respect air passenger protection legislation
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission sends final notice before taking Cyprus to court over aviation safety
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES: Commission to seek clarification of US no-fly list following incident involving KLM plane in April
(EU) EP/PATENTS: MEPs reject Council's common position on directive on patentability of computer-developed inventions
(EU) EU/EP/AFRICA: EP welcomes British Presidency's focus on development in Africa - More aid and fair trade both urgently needed
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Stavros Dimas wants Parliament to support draft Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution
(EU) EP/MARITIME AGREEMENT/CHINA:
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE:
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(EU) EU/COHESION POLICY: Danuta Hubner launches public consultation on EU's strategy for 2007-2013 - Vladimir Spidla wants active inclusion policy
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2006: Council puts finishing touches to its work ahead of first reading of draft budget 2006
(EU) EU/SPORT: London pips Paris to post for Olympic Games 2012
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission's investigation into imports of frozen strawberries from China and Morocco
(EU) EU/BUDGET: “Notre Europe” study proves that notion of net contributions to spending is conceptually, economically and politically false
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light to Continental for acquisition of Xtra
(EU) EU/EIB: Grant of 25 million euro loan in Slovenia to finance investments by local authorities
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Yes to purchase of Pirelli activities by Goldman Sachs
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises Belgian aid scheme for combined transport
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises Dutch aid scheme aiming to make inland waterway vessels more environmentally-friendly
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: 20 years of Charter of Local Self-Government
(EU) EU/MEDIA: Cineuropa.org, reference site for European cinema, diversifies to better promote cultural diversity
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Several seminars in Avignon
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EUROPE/Documents N° 2418: Draft framework for Turkish accession negotiations
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