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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9224

4 July 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 37
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/committee of the regions
Extraordinary bureau and roundtable on competitiveness to be held in Turku on 6 AND 7 July -Hannes Manninen, Finnish Minister for regional and municipal affairs, to attend

Brussels, 03/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - The extraordinary Bureau of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) will meet in Turku (Finland) on 6 and 7 July, under the chairmanship of Michel Delebarre. The members of the Bureau and their President will be welcomed by Risto Ervelä, President of the regional Council for South-West Finland, Pertti Paasio, President of the municipal Council of Turku, and Mikko Pukkinen, the mayor of the city. This event, which will bring together representatives of...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Finnish Presidency, an opportunity for Europe
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/FINNISH PRESIDENCY: Helsinki and Commission's views come closer on priorities of new Finnish presidency
(EU) EU/FINNISH PRESIDENCY/CHURCH:
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Commission proposes new strategic partnership agreement with possibility of free trade area
(EU) EU/TIMOR-LESTE: Miguel Amado is Commission's special envoy
(EU) EP/MOLDOVA: MEPs state satisfaction that EUBAM mission in Moldova is effective
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/CONSTITUTION/EP:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Unable to agree, ministers call on Pascal Lamy to pro-actively seek compromise on modalities
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Poland finally able to take part in carbon market - Most Member States late with second allocation plans for CO2 emissions quotas
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/FINNISH PRESIDENCY/AGRICULTURE: Next six months will be devoted to reform of wine, fruit and vegetable, and banana sectors and to new rules for organic products, spirits and chickens for meat
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Unemploymint falls in Euro-zone - stable in EU-25
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Joint venture between Scottish & Newcastle and Kuehne + Nagel cleared
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Acquisition of Ciba's Textile Effects business by Huntsman International approved
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ICT: Commission to open public consultation into RFID labelling
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission takes Austria to Court for incomplete application of Directive on financial transparency
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission to close anchovy fishery in Bay of Biscay until end of year
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: EuroCommerce welcomes Commission investigation into MasterCard
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: After online public services, Commission encourages “intelligent delivery”
(EU) EP/CHILD VICTIMS: Minute's silence for two murdered Belgian girls
(EU) EP/JHA:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Italy pursued for continuing violations of Community legislation - threat of financial sanctions
(EU) EU/MEDICINES: Franz Humer and Jean-François Dehecq welcome success of European Medicines Agency - Pharmaceutical Forum undergoing long-term reflection process - business community and politicians have to recognise co-responsibility and become genuine partners
(EU) EU/JHA: Luc Frieden sketches out European justice and security policy in run up to 2025
(EU) EU/SPORT/RACISM: EUMC European Observatory welcomes FIFA anti-racist campaign during World Cup
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Breakdown in negotiations on fisheries agreement with Senegal
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Ecologists call for end to fishing of bluefin tuna
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Extraordinary bureau and roundtable on competitiveness to be held in Turku on 6 AND 7 July -Hannes Manninen, Finnish Minister for regional and municipal affairs, to attend
(EU) EU/EESC/PLENARY: Future of Northern Dimension, contribution of civil society to neighbourhood policy, European communication policy - Participation of Margot Wallström, Paula Lehtomäki and Ali Hachani
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: COST welcomes progress on adoption of 7th Framework programme
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN CRIMINAL LAW: British quarterly specialising in European criminal law
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/FINLAND:
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