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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9570

21 December 2007
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 41
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries
Danish, Lithuanian, Latvian and Slovakian operational programmes approved

Brussels, 20/12/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 20 December, the European Commission announced that it had approved several operational programmes in the area of the European Fisheries Fund (EFF), the role of which is to grant the various forms of aid (modernisation of the fleet, development of coastal areas, etc) to member states over the period from 2007-2013.

Denmark. The total eligible public expenditure of the Danish operational programme is €267.3 million over the 2007-2013...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Kosovo, the creation of new states and how the EU works
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/SLOVENIAN PRESIDENCY: Ratification of Lisbon treaty, energy/climate package and Balkans/Kosovo on agenda for first half of 2008
(EU) EP/TREATY: European Parliament wants to include European symbols in Rules of Procedure
(EU) EP/EUROLAT: EUROLAT works on sensitive theme of access to water - Meeting scheduled to take place in Lima, May 2008
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: Differences persist at UN
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Unanimous political agreement to include aviation in emissions trading system from 2012 for all flights
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Council fails to reach political agreement on draft framework directive on soil protection
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: EU Globalisation Fund pays €14.8 million to help German and Finnish workers
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Danish, Lithuanian, Latvian and Slovakian operational programmes approved
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Rural development programmes for Turkey, Croatia and FYRM adopted
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Recovery of wrongfully spent money
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Russia finally allows Polish meat in
(EU) EU/BRAZIL: EU imposes restrictions on Brazilian beef imports
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/ANIMAL WELFARE:
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: 2007 - New opportunity to finalise talks - an agreement now simply hangs on multilateral process in Geneva
(EU) EU/JHA: Nine new member states now part of Schengen area
(EU) EP/JHA: Parliamentary committee supports simplified Bulgarian and Romanian border controls
(EU) EP/JHA:
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Glenis Willmott report calls for tightening of protection of workers against cancer risks at work
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Fundamental Rights Agency must consider social exclusion and severe poverty
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND: Switzerland may liberalise rail goods transport with EU
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Air passenger transport up by 5% in 2006
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Charlie McCreevy announces package of non-legislative measures in audit sector
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission opens investigation into alleged state aid to Olympic Airways Services and Olympic Airlines
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/EIB: PLN 420m loan for financing small-scale investments in Poland
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB supports regional transport strategy for Northern Ireland
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
(EU) TRADE/FYROM:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Advocate general says ECJ should reject Sony BMG's appeal, which has to prove merger won't be harmful
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Sweden can reject tax breaks on dividends because it does not have access to information from parent company
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN: Nikiforos Diamandouros opens investigation into European Commission payment deadlines
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 20/12/2007: