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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9603

16 February 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/financial services
Research into management of harmonised and non-harmonised investment funds

Brussels, 15/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has published research from PriceWaterhouseCoopers on harmonised investment funds covered by the UCITS Directive (open-ended funds investing in transferable securities) and non-harmonised hedge funds, speculative funds and asset funds. The research looks at the continuation of the gap between harmonised and non-harmonised funds since the review of Directive 85/611/EC in 2001, looking at how risk is managed (market, investment and...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Explanations of some fascinating areas of energy policy
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Independent Kosovo presents EU with brainteaser
(EU) EU/DARFUR: Javier Solana condemns violence in Darfur
(EU) EP/HUMAN RIGHTS: Ayaan Hirsi Ali calls on EU for protection
(EU) EU/PAKISTAN:
(EU) EU/FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Dane Morten Kjaerum likely to become Director of Fundamental Rights Agency
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Four new ECRI reports on racism
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE-FISHERIES COUNCIL: Agricultural Policy health check, pork, GMO and WTO negotiations at heart of Monday's discussions
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/JHA: EU slams US move to add new security measures
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission hopes to open negotiations on visa waiver agreements with six countries
(EU) EU/MULTILINGUALISM: Member states cautiously welcome idea of promoting “personal adoptive language”
(EU) EU/TRADE: Encouragement for Moscow from Peter Mandelson
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Imbalances in revised Falconer/Stephenson compromises disappoint Commission and member states
(EU) EU/TRADE: Peter Mandelson in Kiev to open negotiations on bilateral free trade agreement with Ukraine
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission announces review of EU rules on cross-border payments in euro
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Research into management of harmonised and non-harmonised investment funds
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission proposes review of general system governing products subject to excise
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: 2007 Innovation Scoreboard highlights convergence of performance in EU
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Films and video games sold in Germany must be classified by German authorities
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Towns count on EU to reactivate urban mobility policies
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission opens in depth inquiry into guarantee scheme of Land of Saxony
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission considers financial support to gas-fired power plant in Lithuania does not constitute state aid
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Uno Aldegren calls for local and regional authorities to get involved in Black Sea Policy
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: FOGAR stresses importance of regions in European project and on world stage
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Important legislation published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/INFORMATION:
TIMETABLE
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SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Documents N° 2478: The Lisbon Treaty and its implications for European
Security and Defence Policy (ESDP)
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