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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/intellectual property

MEPs argue for directive on copyright in the online music sector

Brussels, 28/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 27 February, the legal affairs committee adopted the own initiative report by Hungarian Socialist MEP Katalin Lévai on the recommendation by the Commission in October 2005 on cross-border copyright in the field of online musical services (see EUROPE 9049). The report calls on the Commission to bring forward, as soon as possible after close consultation of stakeholders, a flexible draft framework directive to be adopted under co-decision by...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: France striving to overcome rift between member states that have ratified constitutional treaty and those that haven't
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: “Gradual resumption in relations” with Hamas if Quartet conditions are respected
(EU) EU/TRANSPARENCY: IPA complains about Commission's refusal to provide access to certain documents submitted to Court of Justice
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Court of Justice rejects request by two Basque organisations to be removed from list of terrorist organisations
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: David Leakey succeeds Jean-Paul Perruche as head of EU military staff
(EU) EU/PALESTINE:
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA:
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Commission suggests Code of Conduct for improved division of labour between EU donors
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Reasoned opinion to Poland for urgent stop to motorway construction project threatening protected natural habitats
(EU) EU/ECONOMICS: Annual inflation rate down to 1.8% in euro zone and 2.1% in EU of twenty-seven in January 2007
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Finance ministers examine mechanisms for redistributing benefits of growth
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Call for caution among European employers with regard to wage trends and profit sharing
(EU) ECOFIN:
(EU) ECOFIN/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/ECONOMICS: Favourable economic conditions for growth and job creation should incite reform, says Businesseurope
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: ERG in favour of measures similar to those planned by Commission for regulation reform
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Dutch bank ABN Amro, latest prey to proactive shareholder approach by hedge fund TCI
(EU) EP/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: MEPs argue for directive on copyright in the online music sector
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: EP agricultural committee disappointed with draft fruit and vegetables sector reform
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: In favour of taking better account of new Member States
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission endorses most of second reading of regulation on rail passengers' rights and obligations
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Markos Kyprianou makes patient safety his prime objective for 2007 - Reconciling patients' rights, access to care and quality services
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/JHA: EP report on CIA activity is disparaged by senior US official - No extradition to Italy of agents involved - Threat of legal action damages secret services' cooperation
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Taking stock of interpretation from 23 EU languages after Romania and Bulgaria's accession
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS: ITUC report notes irregularities in application of fundamental workers' rights in EU
(EU) EU/UNEMPLOYMENT: Unemployment down to 7.4% (eurozone) and 7.5% (EU27) in January 2007
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS/PRESIDENCY:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/POVERTY: EAPN to ask Messrs Müntefering and Spidla for clarification on “minimum resources”
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: ECAS seminar on worker mobility
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(EU) EU/REGIONAL/POLAND: Danuta Hübner calls on Opolskie region to concentrate European regional aid on innovation and business
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
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