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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9288

18 October 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 46
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/antidumping

17/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 12 October, the Council agreed on a draft decision to end antidumping procedure against imports of digital versatile disks (DVD+/-R) from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. (eh)

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Is France against freedom of expression ?
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/BULGARIA/ROMANIA: Council approves accession on 1 January 2007 with possibility of imposing safeguards
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Council confirms referral to Security Council but door is open for negotiation
(EU) EU/NORTH KOREA: EU strongly condemns Korean nuclear test
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/GEORGIA: EU calls for dialogue and offers to help find peaceful resolution to crisis
(EU) EU/SERBIA: No resumption of talks with Belgrade, which is still failing to cooperate fully with The Hague Tribunal
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Council considers strengthening EU presence in Bosnia-Herzegovina
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Council restates support for President Abbas and calls for Palestinian National Unity Government
(EU) EU/SUDAN: Council extends EU civil and military support for AMIS II until 31 December
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/ESDP:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/GAERc/DEVELOPMENT/TRADE: Foreign Affairs and Development Ministers pledge to keep their financial promises to support trade - support to EPA with ACP countries
(EU) EU/ANTIDUMPING:
(EU) EU/ANTIDUMPING:
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: Council sets out paths to be explored to tackle immigration in context of development of migrants' country of origin
(EU) EU/GAERC/DEVELOPMENT: Progress on debate over coherence of EU policies - Second EU-Africa Summit in 2007? - No progress on Zimbabwe
(EU) EU/GAERC/DEVELOPMENT: Council formalises political agreement on financial instrument for development cooperation with envelope of €17bn for 2007-13
(EU) EU/GAERC/DEVELOPMENT: Development ministers support common approach to support governance in ACP countries and other EU partners countries
(EU) EU/NEIGBOURHOOD POLICY:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission puts final touch to proposal to revise postal directive
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission pursues four Member States for not respecting treaty rules or European jurisprudence
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission allows itself more time to present its reform proposals for wine and fruit and vegetable sectors
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: EFC against law on seeds in Turkey
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Compromise on spirits in sight
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/LAHTI SUMMIT/ENERGY: Ambitious four-point Danish contribution to energy policy for EU
(EU) EU/USA/AIRLINE PASSENGERS: US to try and get greater flexibility in next round of negotiations
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission unblocking new funding for research into avian flu and pandemics
(EU) EU/GALILEO:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission due to decide tomorrow on whether Italy encroached on its competence in Autostrade case
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission looking to extend exemptions from notification of state aid to several areas
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Reasoned opinion against Greece for failure to transpose European legislation on broadcasting services
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Sweden is taken to Court for failing to end broadcasting services monopoly
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Commission launches programme in favour of Belarusian students penalised for their political ideas
(EU) EU/EUROMED/TERRORISM:
(EU) EU/ANNIVERSARY TREATY OF ROME:
(EU) EU/EIB/PORTUGAL: €925 million loan for water management
(EU) EU/EIB/PORTUGAL: Loan for modernisation of suburban railway corridors
(EU) EU/EIB: Global loan for municipal infrastructure in Portugal
(EU) EU/EIB/ALBANIA:
(EU) EU/POVERTY: Commission concerned by slowness of progress towards millennium objectives - mobilisation on 17 October
(EU) EU/legislation: Main legislative acts published in offical journal
(EU) EU/STATISTICS/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TELEVISION:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 17/10/2006: