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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9349
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/ukraine

Council gives green light to launch of negotiations on new "reinforced" partnership agreement

Brussels, 22/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the foreign affairs ministers of the EU gave their political green light to the opening of negotiations between the European Commission and Ukraine on a new partnership agreement to replace the existing Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CPA), which is due to expire on 1 March 2008, after 10 years of existence. The talks on this new "reinforced" agreement will be officially launched in Kiev on 6 February, at the meeting of the ministerial...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Recent developments have strengthened role of European Parliament
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Council gives green light to launch of negotiations on new "reinforced" partnership agreement
(EU) EU/SERBIA: EU voices cautious satisfaction after legislative elections
(EU) EU/SOMALIA: EU makes the funding of stabilisation force conditional upon work towards genuine reconciliation process
(EU) EU/CYPRUS:
(EU) EU/MEXICO:
(EU) EU/SUDAN: Council ups ante and calls on Khartoum to accelerate preparations for deployment of mixed AU/UN force - further support for AMIS
(EU) EU/IRAN: EU in favour of full application of resolution 1737 without delay
(EU) EP/COMMITTEES: Intensive discussions within EPP-ED group on choice of committee presidents
(EU) EP/TRIBUTE:
(EU) EU/GUINEA:
(EU) EU/CZECH REPUBLIC:
(EU) EU/COMMUNICATION: Member States share experiences on communicating about Europe
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/POLAND/RUSSIA: Lifting of Russian embargo on Polish meat not yet definite
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Five Member States referred over discriminatory taxation of outbound dividends
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Belgium will have to respond to Court over allegations that its tax legislation discriminates against inbound dividends
(EU) EU/JHA/IMMIGRATION: FRONTEX suffering from lack of numbers
(EU) EU/MALAYSIA/ENVIRONMENT: Malaysia and Commission negotiate voluntary partnership for fighting trade in illegally felled tropical wood
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: International assembly on tuna fishing
(EU) EU/EIB POLAND: EIB opens Warsaw office
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Commission to present its proposals on improving regulatory framework of automotive sector on Wednesday
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: As part of review of the fuel quality directive, Commission to propose creation of special blend
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: 8.5% rise in air passenger transport in 2005
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Europe needs “more joint efforts” to promote quality work - conclusions from ministerial work in Berlin
(EU) EU/CDR/PES: Mercedes Bresso says, “Europe does need a sustainable constitutional basis” - “go local” to overcome stalemate in European process
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Community law requires Polish excise duties to treat used cars registered in Poland and those imported from another Member State in similar fashion
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Redevelopment of an area in a town constitutes public works contract
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 717
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