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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/air transport

EU and US launch plan to reduce emissions from transatlantic flights

Brussels, 18/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - After the “Open Skies” agreement, the EU and the United States have once again begun working together in civil aviation. On Monday, at the Le Bourget Aeronautical Exhibition, European Commission Vice-President and Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot and Administrator of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Marion Blakey launched AIRE (Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions), a transatlantic scheme to reduce...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: New Treaty: European Council seems disposed to conciliation and compromise, at the cost of a few sacrifices, which may be costly
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EU REFORM: Poland, largely isolated, continues to oppose double majority - Merkel insists on “exhaustive” mandate for IGC
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/PALESTINE: EU supports emergency Palestinian government and prepares resumption of direct aid - Israel ready to pay withheld taxes
(EU) EU/CUBA: EU ready to resume “comprehensive and open political dialogue”
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA:
(EU) EU/DEATH PENALTY:
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Council still supports UN resolution on Kosovo
(EU) EU/DARFUR: Foreign Affairs Ministers urge Khartoum to act fast to facilitate deployment of joint UN/AU force
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN:
(EU) EU/ARMS:
(EU) EU/ARMS:
(EU) EU/UGANDA: EU foreign affairs ministers encourage Uganda to enact peace agreement and strengthen democratic process
(EU) EU/TREATY/YOUTH:
(EU) EP/PORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY:
(EU) EU/DRC:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA: Member states slow to apply Community legislation to combat corruption in private sector
(EU) EU/JHA: EU-Ukraine visa facilitation and readmission agreements signed
(EU) EU/JHA: Prague on the right track for accession to the Schengen area
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission to try to convince Member States to reintroduce order to labyrinth of reduced VAT rates
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: G4 Potsdam meeting - Heavy responsibility for “big four” - maximum heat on Susan Schwab
(EU) EU/TRADE: Council support for new Commission strategy to improve third country market access
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT: EU and US launch plan to reduce emissions from transatlantic flights
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT: Towards concluding an agreement with United States on cooperation in field of civil aviation safety procedures
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Opinion divided over European initiative on auditors' liabilities
(EU) EU/ROAD SAFETY: 31 March 2009 deadline for lorries less than 10 years old to be fitted with blind spot mirrors
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: EU27 support swift adoption of Commission proposal “European consensus on humanitarian aid”
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Bratislava and Prague to co-host European forum on nuclear energy
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/JHA/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/EU REFORM: CEMR wants to maintain progress made in constitutional treaty for local and regional governments
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/HEALTH: Unions warn again Court ruling on workers' health and safety at work
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court of First Instance rules that Czech national telecommunications regulator can require historic operator to open up internet services network to another operator
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Conditions of employment prevail over contractual arrangements in determining tax status of private teacher
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission opens in-depth investigation into proposed takeover of Constantia's particle board division by the Kronospan Group
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts in Official Journal
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 738
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