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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9321
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/enterprise

05/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - The General Assembly of the UEAPME, the European SME employers' organisation, unanimously elected Georg Toifl as its president on Friday 1 December. The two-year mandate of this successful entrepreneur and Chairman of the Crafts and Trades Division of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKÖ) will start on 1 January 2007. In his acceptance speech, Mr Toifl announced that one of his priorities would be the strengthening and integration of SME organisations in...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU-Mercosur: If Brazil continues with its aim of a free trade zone, the EU will have to make sure its conditions are met
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Finland ratifies Constitutional Treaty
(EU) EP/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Finnish Presidency and most MEPs and national MPs want substance of Constitutional Treaty retained and oppose breaking text up - Reports on EU funding, energy policy and prevention of conflict
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Paris and Berlin do not want to set ultimatum for Turkey
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: CEPS argues for objective analysis of EU absorption capacity
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EMU: Uneven progress towards enlargement of euro area - None at present meet all Maastricht criteria
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Poland blocks prisoner transfer in EU - Meeting on violent video games in early 2007
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Four Member States commit themselves to signing Prüm Treaty
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Schengen area expansion expected to begin end of December 2007
(EU) EU/TRADE: Mandelson wants decent work and sustainable development to be included in new bilateral agreements
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission wants to adjust use of EU trade defence instruments to demands of globalised economy
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission proposes severe reduction of cod and flat fish catches in 2007
(EU) EU/EP/CHEMICAL PRODUCTS: Unthinkable for Greens that Parliament renounces principle of systematic substitution of all dangerous chemicals when safer alternatives exist
(EU) EU/GMO: EU25 fails to authorise or reject trans-genetic potato crops in EU
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Commission prepares communication on mental health
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: New integrated programme for employment and social solidarity, PROGRESS, is launched
(EU) EU/CANADA/EDUCATION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Verheugen proposes 50% reduction in Russian aluminium import taxes that penalise Polish industry
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Interparliamentary conference appeals for resumption of formal negotiations
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Estlink entered into service on Monday and puts an end to Baltic countries' electricity isolation
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Discovery of illegal trade in Chinese lamps in EU
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
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(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court says block exemption in 2002 motor sector may entail reorganisation of distribution networks
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in the Official Journal
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