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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9382

9 March 2007
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid
Commission endorses measures to finance early retirement scheme for Spanish public broadcaster RTVE

Brussels, 08/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission announced that the Spanish state financing of early retirement and other lay-off measures of public broadcaster RTVE was in line with EC Treaty state aid rules. This concludes the re-organisation of Spanish state support for the public broadcasting system undertaken following a Commission investigation which ended on 20 April 2005 (see EUROPE 8933).

Jonathan Todd, the spokesman for Competition Commissioner Neelie...

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(EU) EU/CIVIL PROTECTION: 5.6 million euros for six cross-border civil protection projects to combat cross-border natural disasters
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Commission wants to know if cloned animals are edible
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Commission proposes strategy to promote gender equality in development cooperation
(EU) EU/ECB: Rising rates reach “moderate” level
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: European trade unions minimise inflationary risk due to salary increases
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Transatlantic regulatory framework goes one step further - McCreevy explains hedge funds
(EU) EU/JHA/IMMIGRATION: Sarkozy promises to support Frontex
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: EP wants to make new veal rules more coherent and binding
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Formal proposal on EU-São Tomé tuna fishing agreement
(EU) EU/UN/FISHERIES: Greenpeace puts vessel “list of shame” on line
(EU) EU/TURKEY: EU sends foot and mouth vaccine to Turkey
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Following record year of clamping down on cartels, Commission encourages private action in anti-trust enforcement
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves acquisition of Dana's Engine Products Group by Mahle
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission endorses measures to finance early retirement scheme for Spanish public broadcaster RTVE
(EU) EU/OPEN SKIES:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/AIRBUS:
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Further progress required in internal controls
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Christine de Veyrac praises effectiveness of black list
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Descartes Prize 2007 is awarded
(EU) EU/EQUALITY: 2007 report on equality between men and women submitted to EU Spring Summit
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Legislation published in Official Journal
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