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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9601

14 February 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/gmo
EU to control Chinese rice imports

Brussels, 13/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - The standing committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health supported, on Tuesday 12 February, a European Commission proposal aimed at ensuring that Chinese rice products marketed in the European Union are not contaminated by Bt-63, an unauthorised GMO rice. Traces of genetically modified Bt-63 rice had been detected in 2007 and 2006 in France, the United Kingdom and Germany, especially in samples of Chinese rice noodles.

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The EU does not have a foreign energy policy - Solana and Maystadt call for change - Forgotten areas
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ARAB LEAGUE: EU and Arab League foreign ministers meet in Malta to discuss situation in Middle East
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(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Moscow will not sanction Member States which recognise independence of Kosovo, says Sergueï Lavrov
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: adoption of political priorities for 2009
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GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA: Frattini presents innovative proposals in a field of border Security - MEPs fear return of “Big Brother”
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission examines nine new Stability and Convergence Programmes
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Neelie Kroes welcomes EESC opinion on European competition policy in 2006
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Political agreement on the cards between Council and European Parliament on free circulation of goods
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Final adoption of VAT package
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Final adoption of recast rules on indirect taxation affecting capital companies
(EU) EU/INSURANCE:
(EU) EU/DOHA: Status report on services disappointing
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Kiev and Moscow resolve gas dispute
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Lithuania and Poland agree on consortium to build “PowerBridge”
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: New coordinator for rail corridor in South East Europe
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial production down again in December
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission hopes to be able to negotiate legally binding instrument on mercury within UNEP
(EU) EU/GMO: EU to control Chinese rice imports
(EU) EU/GMO:
(EU) EU/GMOS: Council to decide on genetically-modified cotton and soya beans
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Oscypek cheese granted protection of designation of origin
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Council discusses changes to monitoring rules
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Council adopts new EU-Ivory Coast Fisheries Agreement
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/EDUCATION-YOUTH COUNCIL: Thursday will see adoption of key messages to spring European Council
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Mobile Challengers Group concerned by increasing concentration of sector
(EU) EU/BLACK SEA: Committee of the Regions stresses crucial role of regional and local policy in ensuring internal stability
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai metropolis is first European Territorial Cooperation Group
(EU) EU/COHESION: Eurostat figures show wide GDP per inhabitant gaps between EU regions
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
(EU) EU/STATISTICS:
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