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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9070

18 November 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 41
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ep/industry
Call for European defence market legislation

Strasbourg, 17/11/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament recommends the gradual construction of a European market for defence equipment that would become more open and transparent between Member States. With the adoption (392 for, 77 against and 7 abstentions) in Strasbourg on 17 November of the report by Joachim Wuermeling (EPP-ED, Germany), which welcomes the Green Paper on public defence procurement, the Parliament considers that the Commission should not only adopt an...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/IRAN: Parliament condemns remarks by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on State of Israel
(EU) EP/ARMAMENTS: Parliament eagerly waits for code of conduct on arms exports to become legally binding
(EU) EP/TRANSPARENCY:
(EU) EU/CFSP: Helga Schmid to become Javier Solana's new political adviser
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Juncker Report to call on EU to sign ECHR
(EU) EU/HUMAN RIGHTS/NETHERLANDS: Dutch Senate opposes establishing an EU human rights agency
(EU) EU/UZBEKISTAN:
(EU) EU/SOMALIA:
(EU) NATO/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: New partnership to help Afghanistan become a 'secure, stable, free, prosperous and democratic' country
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: Afghan and international media groups try to promote free press
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: commission optimistic about economic upturn and drop in unemployment, but public deficits remain high in countries already under surveillance
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: 'e-skills society is guarantee against exclusion' says Viviane Reding in Tunis
(EU) EU/BETTER REGULATION:
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EP/CHEMICAL PRODUCTS: Parliament's vote at first reading is greener than anticipated due to very strict authorisation procedure based on principle of substitution for dangerous substances - Sacconi/Nassauer compromise on registration passed
(EU) EU/EP/INDUSTRY: Call for European defence market legislation
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: European Parliament does not oppose idea of temporary bans on eel fishing
(EU) EP/HAMPTON COURT: Debate focuses on financial perspectives
(EU) EU/EUROVIGNETTE: Sharp debate during adoption of Wortmann-Kool Report
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Association Council to focus on immigration and agriculture in Brussels next Tuesday
(EU) EU/GAC/IMMIGRATION: CONCORD objects to moves to make development aid conditional upon countries' migration policy
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Court of Auditors recommends cutting EU expenditure on interpreters
(EU) EP/BALTIC SEA:
(EU) EP/FOOD SAFETY:
(EU) EP/TAXATION/VAT: Two reports on standard rate VAT and refunding VAT on purchases in another Member State
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Exceptional trade measures extended until the end of 2010
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Inflation in eurozone reaches 2.5% and 2.4% in EU25 in October
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/EUROSTAT:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission recommends price rises for white fish
(EU) EU/BIRD FLU:
(EU) EU/FOOT AND MOUTH:
(EU) EU/INSURANCE: CEA discusses potential impact of "Solvability II" approach on the competitiveness of insurance sector
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/MARITIME TRANSPORT: Launch of European Parliament Marine Industry Group (EPMIG)
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Rail Freight Group defends success of rail reform in United Kingdom against attacks from Deutsche Bahn and CER
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/HEALTH/TRANSPARENCY: European Medicines Agency sets criteria to select patient associations
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Recent observations on mutation of H5N1 virus
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 17/11/2005: