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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9460
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/portuguese presidency

Calendar of formal and informal Council meetings in the second half of 2007

Brussels, 03/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - Portugal assumed the presidency of the European Union on 1 July, taking over from Germany (see EUROPE 9459, on the traditional meeting between the presidency and the European Commission which took place in Oporto on Monday 2 July). Two meetings of heads of state and government are planned under the chairmanship of Portuguese Prime Minister José Socrates: an informal summit in Lisbon on 18-19 October (during which the presidency hopes to be able to...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/BRAZIL: Lisbon summit expected to launch wide-reaching strategic partnership and reaffirm commitment of different parties to conclude Doha round and EU/Mercosur trade negotiations
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST/PES: Javier Solana re-affirms EU support for Mahmoud Abbas and advocates international conference
(EU) EU/REFORM OF EU:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/PORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY: Calendar of formal and informal Council meetings in the second half of 2007
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Laszlo Kovacs prepares to call for rationalisation of rules authorising application of reduced VAT rates in EU
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission to present new anti-terrorist measures in autumn
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission presents mixed results in justice and home affairs scoreboard
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission triggers hostilities on wine sector reform
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Ban and Lamy urge members to save Doha talks
(EU) EU/EMU: Paris intends using margin for manoeuvre planned in stability pact and wants dialogue on exchange rate policy
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Eurozone growth continues despite slowdown in household consumption and exports
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission takes Finland to the Court of Justice for discrepancy in vehicle registration system
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Infringement proceedings against Italy and Portugal for excise tax irregularities
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission sends reasoned opinions to four member states for infringements to Community provisions on VAT
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission calls all interested parties to public hearing on new strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from new cars
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: ACEA satisfied with Environment Council conclusions on strategy to further reduce CO2 emissions from new cars
(EU) EU/EP/ENVIRONMENT: Chris Davies, rapporteur on reduction strategy for CO2 emissions from cars, suggests more ambitious targets for 2015
(EU) EP/JHA: Parliamentary committees differ over critical infrastructure protection
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EP/REGIONAL: Study on extent of regional differences in EU
(EU) EP/EQUALITY: PES conference on equal opportunities for all, with Margot Wallström and Vladimir Spidla
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/CHINA: John Monks welcomes new Chinese law on employment contracts
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA:
(EU) EP/URBAN TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission opens public consultation in order to fine-tune its international ICT cooperation strategy
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission sets out essential objectives to be defended at this year's World Radiocommunication Conference
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court rules that some British financial sectors should be exempted from VAT
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Little data on products competing with milk - Consumers often misled
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EU/EIB: First EIB operation in Moldova to support road links improvement with EU
(EU) EU/EIB: €7 million loan to two banks in Gabon to finance medium and long term projects
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
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