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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9044
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/technologies

Commission inaugurates EUROP, new technology platform for giving impetus to European robotics

Brussels, 07/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, Commissioner Viviane Reding officially launched EUROP, a European Technology Platform on Robotics, in the aim of fostering technologies to serve European citizens directly. The initiative, in which fifty European companies and research centres participate, was created by leaders in the technology sector: KUBA, ABB, COMAU, Philips, Finmeccanica, SAFRAN, EADS, Thales, INDRA, Dassault Aviation, BAE Systems, Electrolux, Zenon, RURobots,...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: EU is more vital than ever and Member States should stop attacking the European institutions
(EU) EU/FRANCE/UK:
(EU) EP/COLOMBIA:
(EU) EU/LIBERIA:
(EU) EU/NOBEL PEACE PRIZE:
(EU) EU/GUATEMALA: EU urges Guatemalan government to build on peace accords
(EU) EP/DEFENCE: Offensive to improve EU arms procurement
(EU) EU/JUSTICE/SPAIN:
(EU) EU/ARMS: EU should play active role in international treaty on arms trade
(EU) EU/CFSP: Council conclusions on EU support for international peace and security
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Parliamentary Assembly calls for release of Bulgarian and Palestinian medics on death-row in Libya
(EU) OSCE/BELARUS:
(EU) OSCE/KAZAKHSTAN:
(EU) EU/LUXEMBOURG:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Ministers to do no more than sum up developments in Hungarian defecit pending Commission's next analysis on 20 October - conclusions on financial services
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Decisive political debates on seventh framework programme for research and chemicals at Tuesday's Council
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Twenty-Five call upon Commission to negotiate "mutually beneficial and balanced" aviation agreement with United States
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: France calls for Community response to problems of road hauliers relating to diesel and cabotage
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Chile signs first "cross-cutting" agreement with EU on field of aviation
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Council adjusts machinery while waiting to know how much future framework programme budget will be
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Conclusions on regional protection programmes and exchange of information between law enforcement authorities - Agreements signed with Russia
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Washington rejects Airbus offer and hopes to take case before WTO - EU restates its determination to reach negotiated solution
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/ENERGY: Europeans and Russians make headway in energy dialogue
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Simplification of Community legislation on detergents for better protection of aquatic environment
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN SOCIAL MODEL: Vladimir Spidla outlines Commission's ideas on future of European Social Model
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light into support project for broadband communication in three regions of United Kingdom
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission grants 6 million EUR to victims of the conflict and refugees in Nepal
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Humanitarian aid of 1.7 million EUR to victims of floods in El Salvador and Guatemala
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE:
(EU) EU/INFORMAL SUMMIT/EMPLOYERS: Ernest-Antoine Seillière calls on Tony Blair to push reform forward for greater economic growth and real social progress
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN SUMMIT/REGIONS: Riccardo Illy calls for immediate adoption of 2007-2013 budget
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/TECHNOLOGIES: Commission inaugurates EUROP, new technology platform for giving impetus to European robotics
(EU) EU/EP/ENVIRONMENT: Blokland report invites plenary to establish stricter framework of rules for waste transfer, despite Council opposition
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Parliament to mobilise against breast cancer on 18 October
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Anti-virals not very effective in treatment of flu
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(EU) EU/TRADE/DEVELOPMENT: Ifri conference in Paris on 28 October
(EU) EU/COHESION: Conference of Atlantic Arc Cities reacts with concern to Commission proposals on Community Strategic Guidelines 2007-2013
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/AUSTRIA:
(EU) EU/EESC/MUTUAL SOCIETIES:
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 250 million Czech motorways
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€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 07/10/2005: