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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9219

27 June 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 53
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competitiveness

26/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - Contrary to the announcement in our last bulletin, there will be no Competitiveness Council on Thursday 29 June. The Austrian Presidency had planned for a possible Council is the case of no political agreement being reached on 29 May on the directive concerning services in the internal market (see EUROPE 9201).

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The notion of a structured and coherent European whole is gaining ground
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/AUSTRIAN PRESIDENCY: Presidency successful, says Ursula Plassnik
(EU) EU/PHILIPINNES: EU welcomes abolition of death penalty
(EU) EU/UKRAINE:
(EU) EP/PES/FINNISH PRESIDENCY:
(EU) EU/NATO:
(EU) EU/SCHUMAN:
(EU) EU/HUMAN RIGHTS: EU “firmly recalls” its opposition to all kinds of torture and inhuman treatment in the world
(EU) EU/ACP/SUDAN: Joint Parliamentary Assembly denounces “unprecedented genocide” in Darfur - appeal for targeted sanctions
WEU/ASSEMBLY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA/DRUGS: Commission firmly commits to fight against drugs - Green Paper to improve dialogue with civil society
(EU) EU/JHA: According to Commission, Swift has not broken European law
(EU) EU/BUDGET: New decision on “own resources” blocked
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Union fears new gas conflict between Russia and Ukraine
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Piebalgs and Bartenstein attend opening of central institution of the Energy Community
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Vienna, Budapest, Bucarest, Sofia and Ankara conclude agreement to speed up "Nabucco" gas pipeline
(EU) EU/ENERGY: European Liberal Democrats call on Member States to agree to proposed European energy regulator
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Mixed results on implementation of social legislation on road transport in EU15
(EU) EU/INSURANCE: Charlie McCreevy sets out goals of “Solvency II” draft directive, expected in July 2007
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Arcelor and Mittal final reach agreement
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for Continental's acquisition of Motorola's electronic activities in automobile sector
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Commission mobilises 30 million euros for road modernisation in Tanzania
(EU) EU/CONGO: Commission supports restoration of judicial system in east of Democratic Republic of Congo with 7.9 million euro contribution
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS:
(EU) EU/MEDICINES: First five-yearly balance sheet on regulation on orphan drugs
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN: Nikiforos Diamandouros welcomes Commission decision for improving data protection
(EU) EU/PATENTS: Rise in number of applications for patents in 2005, but fall in number of published patents
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: September adoption of implementing measures of “MiFID” directive in prospect
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: EU signs new tuna fisheries agreement with Madagascar
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/HEALTH: Informal Helsinki Council will seek to provide proactive responses to globalisation and population change - discussion focuses on quality of professional life, retirement and health in the workplace
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: According to Eurostat, third of EU population has no basic computer skills
(EU) EU/ARGENTINA: NGO calls on Union to refuse financial support for building two cellulose factories in Uruguay
(EU) EU/EDUCATION:
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Judges rule on case brought by French magistrate André Bonnet
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: “Advocaten voor de wereld” association challenges way European Arrest Warrant was adopted
(EU) EP/PES/SOCIAL: Seminar on “European dimension of New Social Europe” with Jacques Delors and Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/EQUALITY: Committee proposals for development of non-discrimination policies
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/EDUCATION: Committee calls for reform of education systems and promotion of learning of least taught languages
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WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
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