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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/galileo

Still no agreement on future seat of Supervisory Body - Cooperation agreement is signed with Morocco

Brussels, 12/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - EU Transport Ministers meeting on 12 December were unable to reach an agreement on the location for the future seat of the Galileo Supervisory Body. Speaking to the press, the Finnish Transport Minister, Susanna Huovinen, said “the time was not ripe for a decision but we have made headway”. There are eleven candidate towns: Athens, Barcelona, Brussels, Cardiff, Ljubljana, Munich, Noordwijk, Prague, Rome, Strasbourg and La Valette. Ms Huovinen...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU/Turkey: Merit and value of a decision that is in itself insignificant
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: EU puts brakes on accession negotiations - Ankara not happy
(EU) EP/BULGARIA/ROMANIA: European Parliament approves two new Commissioners - Bulgarian and Romanian Presidencies of EU in 2018 and 2019
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Second chapter of accession negotiations closed
(EU) EU/ARMS:
(EU) EU/FYROM:
(EU) EP/SAKHAROV: Alexander Milinkevich promises Belarus that it will soon rejoin European family and appeals for a European democracy fund that can work in a “dictatorial country”
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/GALILEO: Still no agreement on future seat of Supervisory Body - Cooperation agreement is signed with Morocco
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Council reduces scope of proposal that imposes more effective rear-view mirrors on heavy goods vehicles on eu roads
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Aviation agreement signed between EU/Morocco - Council wants Commission report on its aviation consultations with Washington for March
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Uncertainty about field of application of proposal on responsibility of maritime passenger transporters
(EU) EU/TEN: Council's green light to financial regulation for TEN
(EU) JHA/TERRORISM: Commission proposes directive and plan for improving protection of critical infrastructure in Europe
(EU) EU/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Suspense still surrounds recommendation on private copies
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission to propose review of rules governing VAT exemption for financial services mid-2007
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Latest scoreboard reveals increase in aid for horizontal objectives
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission adopts new de minimis regulation, exempting aid notification below €200,000
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission carries out inspections in German electricity sector
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: On 18 December, Commission will propose single instrument for all common market organisations
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Sixteen Member States nailed for failure to correctly open up their electricity and gas markets to competition
(EU) EU/EDUCATION/NEIGHBOURHOOD: Erasmus opens up to third countries
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Slovenia receives reasoned opinion for insufficient implementation of directive on energy performance of buildings
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Agreement from big parties on EP/Council compromise ought to help REACH cross next hurdle to second reading without any problems
(EU) EP/EPIZOOTICS:
(EU) EP/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Unions worried about consequences of sugar sector reform - Irish example is one not to be followed
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Freeze on assets of Modjahedines du people d'Iran annulled by Court
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Signal distribution by means of television sets by a hotel to its customers is protected by copyright
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN: Ombudsman takes linguistic regime of Council Presidency site before Parliament
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
SUPPLEMENT
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