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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9096

23 December 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 45 / 52
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib

22/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a EUR 40 million loan to JSC Latvenergo, Latvia's state-owned energy company, to finance replacement of the TEC-2 thermal power plant in Riga by a new and state-of-the-art combined heat and power plant fuelled with natural gas.

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/AUSTRIAN PRESIDENCY: Chancellor Schussel wants a new European tax - Paving the way for potentially revitalising Constitution in 2007
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Nuclear talks to resume in January
(EU) EP/AFGHANISTAN: Jurgen Schroder represents EP at opening of newly elected Afghan parliament
(EU) EU/COLOMBIA:
(EU) EP/AUSTRIAN PRESIDENCY: Austrian students discuss Constitution, enlargement, human rights and education with MEPs
(EU) EU/BOLIVIA:
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE/TERRORISM/CIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Council agrees on fishing quotas for 2006 and recovery measures for cod, sole, hake and Norway lobster
(EU) EU/BURMA: EUR 15 mil for vulnerable people in Burma/Myanmar and Burmese refugees in Thailand
(EU) EU/EUROPOL/EURO/HUNGARY:
(EU) EU/STATE AID/POLAND:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission foresees financial constraints to make Microsoft bend after failure to comply with interoperability obligations
(EU) EU/INSURANCE:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: New appointments at Secretariat General, DG External Relations and DG Communications
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission refers Spain to Court of Justice for failure to recover illegal aid from Basque companies
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: BIC fails to win court over to idea of BIC cigarette lighters being an EU trademark
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/ENERGY: Clearance of E.ON's acquisition of MOL subject to conditions
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/COMPETITION: Commission suggests repealing exemption in favour of maritime conferences
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light to creation of Banque postale in France
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Commission states that Court of Justice can apply both penalty payment and lump sum to Member State for failure to execute Court rulings
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission to decide whether Italian subsidies for purchase of Digital decoders distort competition
(EU) EU/HEALTH: EFSA takes stock of bacteria transmitted by foodstuffs
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Commission calls on Member States to step up fight against Germ resistance
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Commission proposes revision of "medical devices" directives
(EU) EU/INNOVATION: Commission publishes collection of latest European innovations in biotechnology field
(EU) EU/MEDICINES: EMEA adopts work programme for 2006
(EU) EU/MEDICINES: First steps of new pharmaceuticals forum in 2006
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EP/WTO/HONG KONG CONFERENCE: MEPs react to results of ministerial negotiations
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: Mixed reports from EP on Bulgaria and Romania, pending decisive verdict of Commission in May 2006
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Parliament approves rationalisation of “Machines” directive
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Further eighteen month delay for implementation of MIFID Directive
(EU) EP/INSURANCE: MEPs of main political groups call on Commission not to withdraw project on status of European health insurance firms
(EU) EU/INFRINGEMENT: Infringement proceedings against France, Greece and Portugal
(EU) EU/INFRINGEMENT/ENVIRONMENT: Commission pursues legal action against France and Germany
(EU) EU/INFRINGEMENT/ENVIRONMENT: Commission pursues infringement actions against Germany
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL AFFAIRS/CANDIDATE COUNTRIES: Commission supports first ISPA projects in Croatia and publishes report on ISPA aid to Bulgaria and Romania in 2004
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(EU) EU/EUROCHAMBERS/BALKANS: Success for Partners programme in western Balkans
(EU) EU/GENERALISED PREFERENCES /UNIONS: Unions concerned by Commission's decision -John Monks calls for fundamental employment rights to be respected
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