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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9214

20 June 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/public procurement
Charlie McCreevy denounces “myth” of European SMEs not benefiting from public procurement

Brussels, 19/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - Speaking at the beginning of June, Charlie McCreevy European Commissioner for the Internal Market declared at the annual conference of British professionals working in public procurement that, “One myth that I would like to dispel today is the notion that in some way SMEs get 'dealt out' of public procurement opportunities. Nothing could be further from the truth. The latest statistics available on this showed that 78% of the firms which were awarded...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Constitutional relaunch: summit does utmost to establish principles and timetable but no overall solution forthcoming
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Energy Corporation, WTO, fight against terrorism (including Guantánamo), Visa policy and main subjects of international policy on agenda of Wednesday's Summit
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Benita Ferrero-Waldner welcomes Quartet's support for TIM -First payments earmarked for early July
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/ITALY: Romano Prodi puts forward plan for Mediterranean
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Teheran said to be ready to "limit" its nuclear programme
(EU) EU/LIBERIA: Javier Solana welcomes United Kingdom's offer to open its prisons to former dictator Charles Taylor if he is sentenced by ICC
(EU) EP/TURKEY:
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: MEPs divided on outcome of Summit
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA:
(EU) EU/SERBIA:
(EU) EP/KOSOVO:
(EU) EP/PRESS SERVICE:
(EU) EP/SYRIA: Parliament calls for release of political prisoners
(EU) EP/TIMOR: Call for end to violence and for democratic process to be reactivated
(EU) EP/NORTH KOREA: EP calls for change
(EU) EU/MEXICO: Commission deplores electoral observer mission
(EU) EU/TUNISIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/TERRORISM: Commission will no doubt receive new negotiation mandate on air passenger data transfer by end June
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/WTO: Agreement is “always possible” at WTO, Mariann Fischer Boel says, although an increasing number of Member States express concern
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Confirmation of political agreement on fisheries fund
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial production falls in both zones
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/TRADE: Launch of joint strategy to combat piracy and counterfeiting - Doha negotiations will be other major issue of Vienna Summit
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Draft compromise on agriculture and NAMA arrangements due to be put out this week in Geneva
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder says there's no alternative to Russian energy
(EU) EU/SOUTH EAST EUROPE: European Commission to support the European Fund for South East Europe
(EU) EU/USA/DOHA:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/EP/ACP: Energy in ACP countries, role of regional integration in peace and security, fisheries and social and environmental dimensions, EPA on joint assembly agenda
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Piebalgs highlights importance of cooperation and regional energy integration in Baltic sea
(EU) EP/ARMS: EP in favour of international treaty on trade in small arms and light weapons
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: EP agreement on measures for application of MiFID directive, after making sure its views are taken into account
(EU) EP/FISHERIES:
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament favours coordinated management of flood risk in EU leaving sufficient margin of manoeuvre for Member States
(EU) EP/EQUALITY: Fight against discrimination to be based on education, promotion of best practices and campaigns for greater public awareness
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: EP calls for more support for inshore fishing
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Parliament backs ERTMS, with priority given to six TEN-T cross-border corridors
(EU) EP/JHA/DRUGS: EP wants more efficient European Drugs Monitoring Centre
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: 377 students and 231 university teachers to participate in Erasmus Mundus 2006-2007
(EU) EU/PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: Charlie McCreevy denounces “myth” of European SMEs not benefiting from public procurement
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: CEMR regions and globalisation seminar
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/FINNISH PRESIDENCY: Hannes Manninen stresses Committee's key role for improving EU competitiveness
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/COMMUNICATION: Committee says “think local” and encourage “active citizenship” to overcome EU democratic deficit - Support from Margot Wallström
SUPPLEMENT
« EUROPE »/Documents No. 2439/2440: Result of European Council, 15 and 16 June 2006
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