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Ottawa blasts emotional approach to seal hunting - Ban on sales of derivative products would be devastating

Brussels, 27/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - A delegation from Canada, which is extremely concerned by the desire expressed by the European Parliament to obtain from the Commission a total ban on the sales of products derived from seals within the EU (EUROPE 9389), visited Brussels on 26 March, to allow the competent ministers, the hunters, the Inuit and representatives of the seal product industry to have their say. The objective was to alert the European institutions to the dramatic consequences...

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(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Ecofin Council reaches preliminary agreement on draft directive on payment services
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Council approves five member states' stability or convergence programmes
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Investigation into allegations of corruption among European officials
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(EU) EU/RUSSIA/TRADE: Peter Mandelson announces progress by Moscow on accession to WTO
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/RUSSIA:
(EU) EP/PLENARY SESSION: Berlin declaration, Kosovo, organic production, football, maritime transport and CFSP on mini-session agenda
(EU) EU/ANTI-SEMITISM: Maciej Giertych calls for sanction to be annulled
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Adoption of rules on voluntary modulation for aid
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission draws up “positive” balance for action in favour of apiculture products and does not foresee amendments
(EU) EU/TRADE/DIAMONDS:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Agricultural revenue falls by more than 6% in 2005
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission approves overall humanitarian aid plan in favour of victims of crisis in Zimbabwe - €8 million for 2007
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Denmark to host international post-Kyoto negotiations in 2009
(EU) EU/CANADA: Ottawa blasts emotional approach to seal hunting - Ban on sales of derivative products would be devastating
(EU) EU/EIB/MEDITERRANEAN: A framework for migrants' money as a lever for development in countries of origin
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(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears three acquisitions
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Final debates of Committee of Regions in Rome
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/APPOINTMENTS:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/YOUTH: Europe can only move forward if the young are encouraged to play an active political role
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(EU) EU/EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
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