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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9628
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/epizootics

Franco-German dispute over bluetongue vaccination intensifies

Brussels, 25/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 20 March, Michel Barnier, French Agriculture Minister, announced his country's intention to initiate proceedings at the European Court of Justice against Italian health authorities for failing to fulfil their obligations under Article 227 of the treaty establishing the European Community. Paris reproaches Rome for preventing imports into Italy of French livestock vulnerable to the bluetongue disease.

The Franco-Italian dispute over the...

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(EU) EU/Middle East: Commission grants €300 million to Palestine
(EU) EP/PLENARY SESSION:
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(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: European and US industry concerned by flexibility granted to emerging nations in revised compromise on Nama
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: BUSINESSEUROPE highlights importance of markets open to investment
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
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(EU) EU/COMMISSION: ALTER-EU calls for unrepresentative advisory groups to be dissolved
(EU) EP/2006 BUDGET: Parliament expected to give Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of 2006 budget
(EU) EU/ACP/FOOD SECURITY: Joint Assembly calls on ACP States to make agriculture a priority sector and calls for moratorium on biofuel crops
(EU) EU/ACP: Joint Assembly calls on ACP to take inspiration from achievements of European regional integration and on EU to respect ACP regional integration process
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Given pressure from Washington, question of chlorine washes for poultry meat could divide European Commission
(EU) EP/EPIZOOTICS: Franco-German dispute over bluetongue vaccination intensifies
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: EEB and Portuguese NGOs criticise project to build 12 hydro-electric plants in Portugal
(EU) EU/hEALTH: Batches of anti-Parkinson drug withdrawn
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(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Conference on social impact of globalisation - participation from Hans-Gert Pöttering, José Manuel Barroso, Vladimir Spidla and Marjeta Cotman
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Slovenian Presidency conference on future of cohesion policy
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/MARITIME: 20 May, European Day of the Sea
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Danuta Hübner attends event launching South East Europe Transnational Programme
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