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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9555
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/telecoms council

Member States sceptical about pan-European satellite coverage of mobile services

Brussels, 29/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the telecommunications ministers of the EU adopted a general orientation on the proposal of the European Commission to repeal the GSM directive (which reserved certain bands of frequency of the radio spectrum purely for GSM communications) in order to extend the use of these bands to offer a broader choice of service and technologies (UMTS). France and the United Kingdom kept in place the Parliamentary reserve they had entered, which did...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Just a few weeks for EU and ACP states to avoid chaos
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/INDIA: Europeans and Indians continue cooperation - Towards conclusion of bilateral free-trade agreement in 2008
(EU) EU/IRAN:
(EU) EU/PAKISTAN:
(EU) EU/CUBA:
(EU) EU/TREATY: 4th joint meeting between European and national parliament members, this time focussed on Lisbon Treaty
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY/ITALY: Ambassador Calamia warns of risk of weaking European Commission
(EU) EP/COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EP/BALKANS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENERGY COUNCIL: 3rd legislative package for internal market and strategy for energy technologies on agenda
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: VAT package, reduced rates of VAT, “Solvability II” directive and Polish deficit on menu for European finance ministers
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Council recognises importance of up-to-date information on intra-Community supplies in fight against VAT fraud
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Council conclusions on economic impact of migration into EU
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Agreement at Council on responsibility of companies transporting passengers at sea and classification companies
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Hard-fought agreement on Galileo
(EU) EU/TELECOMS COUNCIL: Member States sceptical about pan-European satellite coverage of mobile services
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission takes action against Poland, Latvia and Romania over problems with functioning of emergency number 112
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Infringement proceedings against Bulgaria
(EU) EP/MEDIA: Green light for new “audiovisual media services” directive
(EU) EP/TRADE: Take account of climate demands in trade
(EU) EP/COURT OF AUDITORS:
(EU) EU/EUROMED: "Horizontal" trade and dynamisation of investments
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Green light for export refunds for pig meat
(EU) EU/WTO/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/PES/WOMEN: Gisele Halimi on 'Most Favoured European Woman Clause'
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: John Monks calls on the British to stop blocking EU directive on temporary work
(EU) EU/SGI:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Important legislation published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
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(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES: Workshops, conferences and seminars on European integration issues in December 2007
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