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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9541
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha

EU reaches agreement on civil and commercial mediation

Brussels, 12/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - Three years after negotiations started, the justice ministers of the EU have reached an agreement on a draft directive on civil and commercial mediation, which will help to resolve disputes other than by recourse to a court of law, the Portuguese presidency of the EU announced on 9 November. “In future, it will be possible to resolve disputes more quickly and easily”, announced Portuguese Justice Minister Alberto Costa at a press conference.

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Should Europe still aim to have a large, powerful manufacturing industry? This is the unvoiced question underlying trade defence measures
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: Troika to unveil proposals on 20 November 2007
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Javier Solana to visit Israel and Palestinian Territories
(EU) EU/COUNCIL: Preparations for next week's Jumbo Council
(EU) EU/FRENCH PRESIDENCY:
(EU) EU/IRAN:
(EU) EU/CONFERENCE:
(EU) EU/BELARUS: Concerned about fate of opposition figure, Benita Ferrero-Waldner stresses criteria for closer EU-Ukraine links
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Force generation for EUFOR Chad-CAR
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: CLRAE examines territorial democracy in Turkey, Russia and Croatia, along with regionalisation in Europe
(EU) EU/ALGERIA: Mourad Medelci calls on EU to support Algeria's bid to join WTO - Algeria gives conditional backing to idea of a Mediteranean Union
(EU) EP/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Civil society wants to be more involved in European issues - Calls for European Agora to be repeated
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Ministers discuss economic impact of migration
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Progress and substantial commitments after first six months of Transatlantic Economic Council's work
(EU) EU/JHA: EU reaches agreement on civil and commercial mediation
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission defends its biofuels policy despite increased international reservations
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: NGOs say IPCC report for 17 November should provide spur to robust political action and the height of alarming predictions
(EU) EP/CLIMATE: EP temporary committee says China is prepared to cooperate with rich countries but unconvinced about need for quantitative objectives for emerging countries
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Conditional go-ahead for Kraft's buy-up of Danone's biscuit division
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission allows Dell to buy up ASAP
(EU) EU/BULGARIA:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: European Socialists and public service unions voice concerns at Commission's plans for SGI/SGEI
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Vote on airport charges postponed
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/AUDIOVISUAL: European Union should encourage more investment in film industry
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATION: UER Member states must keep hold on radio spectrum
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Call for better cervical cancer screening
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Joint declaration by mayors of 10 European capital cities in defence of high quality public services - Call for people to sign ETUC petition
(EU) EU/EIB/BELGIUM: Signing of third 400 million loan for water purification and protection in Wallonia
(EU) EU/EIB/ITALY: Bank co-financing investment in Marches regional development programme
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Latin America:
(EU) Means of payment:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Aeronautics:
(EU) Naval construction:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 754
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