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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9022

8 September 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 39
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid
Investigation into Sicilian tax breaks

Brussels, 07/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission decided on Wednesday to launch an in-depth investigation into two fiscal incentives adopted by Sicily in a regional law (29/12/2003 No. 21), providing for a 5-year exemption from the Italian tax on regional production activities (IRAP) in favour of companies from certain sectors with their registered office, place of effective management and production activities in Sicily. The first scheme offers a 5-year exemption from IRAP for...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The future of Europe: France takes opposite view to United Kingdom
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/TERRORISM: Calls for reinforced cooperation in fight against terrorism, which Commission and Presidency feel should involve holding data
(EU) EU/INDIA: EU and India sign wide-ranging Action Plan dotting the i's on their strategic partnership
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Tough negotiations over EU's counter-statement
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Additional financing of development aid and Portugal's deficit are main themes of informal meeting in Manchester
(EU) EU/AIR SAFETY: National experts tackle harmonisation of criteria for European blacklist
(EU) EU/EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament gives go-ahead to stricter legislation for management of mining waste but scales down environment committee's requirements - Towards conciliation proceedings
(EU) EP/TRADE/TEXTILES: Parliament adopts report by Tokia Saïfi stressing need for fair competition between EU and China
(EU) EP/CITIES: John Prescott hopes to integrate urban dimension in regional policy
(EU) EP/AIR SAFETY:
(EU) EP/FISHERIES:
(EU) EP/GALILEO: MEPs give green light to allocation of billion-EUR budget for Galileo
(EU) EP/WOMEN/HOMOSEXUALITY: De Keyser, Gröner and Cashman defend press against accusations of defemation of character levelled by president of committee on women, Zaborska
(EU) EP/MEDITERRANEAN/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/MEDICINES: Parliament takes stance for effective system of incentives for developing medicines suitable for children
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/HEALTH: By removing solar radiation from proposed directive on optical radiation, EP complies with companies' wishes
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: EP calls for EUR 854.2 million for Progress (2007-2013)
(EU) EP/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/CHINA/TEXTILES: Member States give political green light to agreement concluded in Beijing on Monday
(EU) EU/INDIA: Agreement on Galileo initialled
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission opposes Italian tax breaks for certain investment vehicles
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Investigation into Sicilian tax breaks
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for acquisition of Ruhrgas Industries by CVC Capital Partners
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
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(EU) EU/BIRD FLU: European experts put finishing touches to surveillance measures for wild birds carrying virus
(EU) EU/TRADE/AGRICULTURE: Commission to adopt proposal on new duty on banana imports at end of week
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Crisis distillation for Italian wines
(EU) EU/BANKING/ITALY: Italian government plan to reform Italy's central bank
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT/AVIATION: WTTC says air ticket aid contribution would discourage people from travelling
(EU) EU/URBAN TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/EIB/SWEDEN:
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Failure to reach agreement on future funding of EU could have 'catastrophic' political consequences, as well as damaging prospects for growth and jobs
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Retail trade volumes stable in eurozone, up by 0.9% in EU25
(EU) EU/EIB: $150 million loan for cement plant in Nigeria
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