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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9242

29 July 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/financial services
Commission favours limited changes to investment rules, leaving hedge funds and private equity funds unchanged

Brussels, 28/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - At a public hearing organised in July on investment funds, EU Internal Market and Services Commissioner Charlie McCreevy briefed participants on his initial conclusions regarding three reports on Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS), capital investment funds and hedge funds written by three expert groups from the financial industry set up in the wake of the European Commission's Green Paper on asset management (see...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
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(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Eurobarometer poll shows Europeans feel badly informed about enlargement
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(EU) EU/LEBANON/GERMANY: Edmund Stoiber “very sceptical” about German involvement in multinational force
(EU) EP/LATVIA/HUMAN RIGHTS:
(EU) EP/UMP:
(EU) EU/SELF-GOVERNMENT/FRANCE/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EU/DRC:
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GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA/IMMIGRATION: Franco Frattini plans to send team of experts to Italy to manage influx of illegal immigrants
(EU) EU/GERMAN PRESIDENCY: Edmund Stoiber's calls
(EU) EU/EDUCATION/YOUTH/BROADCASTING:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Postal services battle lines drawn up
(EU) EU/EMU: Hungary is not planning to join euro in 2010
(EU) EU/TRADE: Anti-dumping duties on import of South Korean fridges restricted to side-by-side fridges
(EU) EU/TRADE: Agreement in sight on anti-dumping measures on imports of Chinese and Vietnamese shoes
(EU) EU/FOOD: Commission proposes harmonisation and modernisation of legislation on enzymes, additives and flavourings
(EU) EU/WTO/AGRICULTURE: M Bussereau speaks of “salutary failure of warped negotiations” and attacks Commission's tactics
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Formal adoption of new European Fisheries Fund
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE CHANGE: WWF explains that only five Member States have submitted National Allocation Plans to Commission, and not very ambitious plans at that
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: IATA says that despite increased freight and passenger traffic, airlines will end the year in the red
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission favours limited changes to investment rules, leaving hedge funds and private equity funds unchanged
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: EMI calls off merger talks with Warner Music to Impala's delight
(EU) EU/CALENDAR: Major European events next week
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