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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9184

4 May 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/bolivia/energy
Mr Bartenstein and Mr Piebalgs have no doubts of La Paz's intentions of working with foreign companies

Brussels, 03/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - In a joint press release published on Wednesday, the Austrian Minister for the economy and current President of the Council, Martin Bartenstein, and the Commissioner for Energy, Andris Piebalgs, state that they have taken note of the announcement made by President Evo Morales on 1 May of the nationalisation of Bolivian hydrocarbon fields (EUROPE 9183). Mr Bartenstein and Mr Piebalgs "trust that Bolivia, in seeking to develop its energy industry, will...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Federation of nation states and “differentiation” remain two pillars of Jacques Delors' instititional vision for Europe
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TRANSPARENCY/COMMISSION: Commission proposes partial update of practices of lobbies and beneficiaries of European funds
(EU) EU/SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO: Commission suspends SAA negotiations
(EU) EP/NATO: Speaking to MEPs, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer stresses need for closer links between EU and NATO
(EU) EU/KOSOVO:
(EU) EU/FRANCE/CITIZENS:
(EU) EP/STRASBOURG:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Political guidelines for VAT package - Discussion with candidate countries
(EU) EU/WTO: EU treated as scapegoat by big agricultural powers
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/ECONOMY: 2004 enlargement economic success story shared by all
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Olli Rehn in favour of setting "absorption capacity"
(EU) EU/2007 BUDGET: Commission presents rise of 4.6% in preliminary draft budget rise compared to 2006
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission adopts report on implementing first railway package
(EU) EU/USA/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/INNOVATION: Commission and EPO award prize to European inventor of year - Mr Verheugen and Mr Pompidou stress need to speed on with Community patent
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: INFRINGEMENT proceedings launched against Spain in E.ON/ENDESA case
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Fines for seven companies of €388.128 million for bleaching chemicals cartels
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Level of Union's strategic oil reserves remains comfortable
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/BOLIVIA/ENERGY: Mr Bartenstein and Mr Piebalgs have no doubts of La Paz's intentions of working with foreign companies
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Euro zone unemployment down - Stability in EU of 25
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial production prices up
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/TRADE:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Sector opposes eel closure
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Success of the EP/Council conciliation on regulation imposing Aarhus Convention transparency obligations on EU institutions and bodies
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Success of EP/Council conciliation on directive setting out objectives for collecting and recycling used batteries and accumulators - cadmium subject to partial ban
(EU) EU/JHA/TERRORISM/CIA: Javier Solana tells MEPs he has no information on detention centres in Europe
(EU) EU JHA COUNCIL: MinIsters put brake on police border cooperation
(EU) EP/NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS: MEPs speak out against applying parts of constitutional treaty before it has been ratified
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Member States should part finance new civil aviation safety measures, says EP transport committee
(EU) EP/COMPETITION: Nellie Kroes asks Slovakia to explain aid to Peugeot-Citroën
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Irish Supreme Court will decide which of two, Irish or Italian, courts declares Eurofood, Irish subsidiary of Italian Parmalat group, insolvent
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Annulment of exemption granted by Commission to agreements between German mobile network operators O2 and T-Mobile
(EU) EU/SERVICES OF GENERAL INTEREST: EPSU campaigns for framework directive on services of general interest
(EU) EU/MOROCCO/ENERGY: Seeking, like EU, to diversify energy sources, Morocco intends to use nuclear for electricity production
(EU) EU/SOCIAL SERVICES/FRANCE:
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