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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9537
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin

Thorny dossier on reduced VAT rates back on Council table

Brussels, 06/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - During the Ecofin Council on Tuesday 13 November, European finance ministers begin an orientation debate on the Commission's communication to simplify and rationalise the European system for reducing value added tax (VAT) (EUROPE 9462). Transversal decisions are not expected at this stage and the Commission is counting on legislative proposal in 2008, indeed 2009. Nevertheless, the communication is accompanied by a draft directive proposing to get rid...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU/Russia: Two developments in energy field
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commission sticks to strategy adopted in 2006 with more focus on respect for rule of law - article 301 of Turkish penal code under superlative level of Commission scrutiny
(EU) EU/WESTERN BALKANS: Mixed progress reports on potential candidate countries - ASA with Serbia to be initialled on Wednesday 7 November
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Troubled Mediterranean waters over Middle East issue - Albania and Mauritania become full members
(EU) EU/NORTH AFRICA: UMA calls for EU aid for North African integration process
(EU) EU/MOROCCO:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: EU to approve extending Schengen area
(EU) EU/JHA: Franco Frattini presents package of counter terrorism measures - Lukewarm reaction from Jean-Marie Cavada
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Three options on table for VAT package - No agreement in November, but deal may be possible in December
(EU) EU/TRADE DEFENCE: Tension mounts ahead of adoption - delayed until 5 December - of Peter Mandelson's review proposals
(EU) EU/DOHA: Agreement before end of 2007 seems increasingly unlikely
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Progress on grubbing up chapter of wine sector
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: €510 million for restructuring of vineyards
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission allocates €5 million in humanitarian aid for victims of hurricane Felix
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission provides €2 million in humanitarian aid to flood victims in Vietnam
(EU) EU/COHESION: Commission supports development in Northern Ireland
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission defends its project for creating European telecoms agency
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Thorny dossier on reduced VAT rates back on Council table
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission rejects idea of EU solidarity fund for victims of damage caused by uninsured ships
(EU) EU/EUROMED: EIB prepares to set up new EuroMed Development Bank
(EU) EU/EIB/MOROCCO: €180 MILLION for motorway between Fez and Taza
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB and Turkey agree on opening of EIB Representation Offices in Ankara and Istanbul
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB loan for A4 motorway in Germany
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: COMECE proposes new family strategy
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal of the EU
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
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