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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9282

10 October 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin
Adoption of conclusions going over informal debates

Brussels, 09/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, EU finance ministers are due to approve the follow-up to be given to a number of issues debated at the informal meeting in Helsinki, namely, working methods within Ecofin, innovation, energy and financial stability (see EUROPE 9261 and 9262). In future Ecofin sessions, only ministers accompanied by three people per delegation will be allowed, says the draft conclusions, calling also on the Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) and the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Peter Mandelson's new trade strategy offers no policy surprises and contains a number of unrealistic hypotheses and oversights
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GERMAN PRESIDENCY: José Manuel Barroso in Berlin,
Angela Merkel announces her priorities for first half of 2007
(EU) EU/NORTH KOREA: EU and NATO condemn nuclear test
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: EU calls for investigation into murder of Anna Politkovskaya
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Consultations among “Six” on sanctions against Tehran
(EU) EP/INDIA: Visiting India, Borrell argues for strengthening of relations with EU
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Development of draft EU-AU strategy on menu for foreign affairs ministers' troika in Brazzaville on 10 October
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Verheugen says EU is concentrating too much on Turkish weaknesses and not giving reformers enough encouragement
(EU) EU/NATO/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Constitutional reform and police reform are two main challenges facing new Bosnian government
(EU) EU/TIMOR-LESTE:
(EU) EU/NORWAY:
(EU) EU/DEFENCE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Funding universal service will be at heart of total liberalisation of postal sector by 2009
(EU) EP/FIRST OCTOBER SESSION: Transfer of air passenger details - Lahti Summit - Antidumping measures against China and Vietnam - Transnistria and South Ossetia - Agency on Fundamental Rights
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Points on Council agenda on 12 October are air safety and security, Galileo and White Paper on European transport policy
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Markos Kyprianou welcomes French decision to ban tobacco in cafés and restaurants
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Commission staff "appalled" at Mr Verheugen's attacks on high-level civil servants
(EU) EU/TRADE: Mr Mandelson feels that new-generation bilateral agreements will help reinforce multilateral system
(EU) EU/GMO/ENVIRONMENT: European Commission to present Council of EU with proposals to try to get six Member States to lift safeguard measures
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Mr Borg invites countries to agree on reconstitution measures for stocks of bluefin tuna
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: European week of Community eco-label (9 - 15 October)
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Adoption of conclusions going over informal debates
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: New conclusions on reducing companies' administrative burden
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Conclusions on role of procedures and national budget institutions
(EU) EU/ENERGY: With backing of Commission, ERGEG calls for powers of national regulators to be strengthened
(EU) EU/CHINA: Launch of “Science and Technology Year”
(EU) EP/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: France presents its vision of new internal market strategy
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: One out of every six workers in EU is self-employed - Two thirds of people work in SMEs
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/india: NGOs exhort Europeans to raise question of child labour and right to education during summit with India
(EU) EIB/BULGARIA: Economic development memorandum of understanding signed
(EU) EIB/BULGARIA: EIB credit line to boost growing private sector in Bulgaria
(EU) EU/MEDIA: Public media literacy consultation begins
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in the Official Journal
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 703
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