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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition/amcham eu

21/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - The American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) is organising its 23rd annual conference on competition policy in Brussels on 20 October. Work will be opened by Gabriel McGann from Coco-Cola, with a speech by Bruno Lasserre, President of the French Competition Authority. It will cover: - Review of Article 82 with Lucas Peeperkorn (Commission) and Robert O'Donoghue (Cleary Gottlieb); - reform of State aid with Jean-Louis Colson (Commission) and...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The relaunch of the Constitutional debate is already causing a stir
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/ROMANIA: Calin Popescu-Tariceanu and Josep Borrell expect Commission report to be positive - Hearings for new Commissioners
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Olli Rehn welcomes dismissal of charges against Elif Shakaf, and continues to call for Article 301 of penal code to be amended
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: In Tampere ministers bring up next raft of anti-terrorism measures - Franco Frattini condemns violent reactions to Pope Benedict XVI's speech
EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL/IMMIGRATION: Further call for aid for southern European countries
(EU) EP/TERRORISM/CIA:
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Solana and Larijani may meet next week
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Quartet encourages formation of Palestine National Unity Government and resumption of Israeli transfers of revenue to Palestinian Authority via Temporary International Mechanism
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: Impatient, Contact Group for Kosovo calls on Belgrade and Pristina to reach agreement on future status of province
(EU) EP/HUNGARY/YOUTH: Hungarian EPP-ED MEPs surprised by PES support for Ferenc Gyurcsany; Young Liberals back him
(EU) EP/MEDITERRANEAN/ISLAM: Socialist group announces increased action on Mediterranean-Middle East Zone to improve dialogue and democracy
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EP/PETITIONS/SINGLE SEAT: A million signatures and then what?
(EU) EP/LEBANON:
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INFORMAL EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Lahti summit to focus on energy and innovation - meeting with Vladimir Putin
(EU) EU/DOHA: For EU, G20 demands on agricultural market access will be maximum acceptable for relaunching negotiations
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Barroso satisfied with “assurances” from Kiev on winter gas supply security
(EU) EU/2005 BUDGET: Commission recognises new Member States' difficulties in spending cohesion funding
(EU) EU/SINGLE MARKET: Public consultations confirm that single market plays crucial role in meeting Europe's current challenges but can be improved
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission calls on European industry to take inspiration from successful pilot projects by Carrefour and Nokia to elaborate more ecological products
(EU) EU/GMO/USA: Genetically engineered US rice discovered in EU in cargoes certified GMO-free by Americans
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT/ROMANIA: Hungarian MEP and NGOs mobilised against new mining project in Romania that is more threatening to the environment than Baia Mare - call for vigilance from EU
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission to give its decision on GDF-Suez merger by 17 November
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission to inquire into acquisition of British paper mill by Glatfelter
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/AMCHAM EU:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Community legislation on patient information remains deficient despite urgent call for improvements
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Daniel Jacob is appointed Deputy Director-General for Research
(EU) EU/EESC/BIENNIAL: Conference reveals tensions in society and balance to be aimed at, Anne-Marie Sigmund says - Jacques Delors says we must turn to the citizens - Michel Delebarre says local authorities and civil society are both a part of the wealth of our democracies
(EU) EU/EESC/BIENNIAL: Mario Sepi criticises “lethargy” of European Commission and calls for participatory democracy to be included in debate on Constitution - workshop of “culture and solidarity” underlines need for strong European Union model
(EU) EU/EMPLOYERS: Seillière calls on Commission not to allow itself to be sucked into current wait-and-see climate
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN: Commission cannot use legislative procedure to avoid responding to a complaint
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/HEALTH:
SUPPLEMENT
« EUROPE »/Documents No. 2444-2445: TRANS-EUROPEAN TRANSPORT NETWORKS: ANNUAL REPORT BY COORDINATOR PETER BALAZS
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