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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9638

9 April 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/au
Reinvesting in agriculture is priority for tackling impact of sharp rise in food prices in Africa

Brussels, 08/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - The sharp rise in foodstuffs and its impact on food safety and living conditions for Africans, were some of the reasons for the concern expressed by Jean Ping, president designate at the African Union Commission and Louis Michel, European Commissioner for development and humanitarian aid on Tuesday 8 April in Brussels.

Jean Ping met Commissioner Michel for a look at subjects of mutual interest to Africa and Europe and linked since December 2007 through...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU/Mediterranean: Keep on track towards possible common achievements
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Commission prepares roadmap for concluding accession negotiations in 2009
(EU) EP/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Javier Solana calls for SAA with Belgrade before Serbian elections
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: European People's Party prepares 2009 election campaign targeting EU's final aims and borders
(EU) EU/MONTENEGRO:
(EU) EU/KENYA:
(EU) EU/LUXEMBOURG:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Member states do not want Community maritime safety system
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Conclusions on general and business aviation
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TRADE: Susan Schwab urges Commission to rectify ban on US poultry meat treated with chlorinated water
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU loses another round in banana war
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: 5.6 million tonnes of sugar quotas are abolished in three marketing years for restructuring reasons
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Spain must pay back €55 million for unauthorised planting of vineyards
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) ERRATUM:
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Common, consolidated company tax base to boost growth and competitiveness
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: CEBS works to improve cross-border supervision cooperation
(EU) EU/ICT: High tech, low carbon technology
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Community biofuels policy is struggling
(EU) EU/AU: Reinvesting in agriculture is priority for tackling impact of sharp rise in food prices in Africa
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission allocates €11 million for victims of the conflict in Chechnya
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission proposes aid worth € 89.7 million following last summer's forest fires in Greece
(EU) ADDENDUM:
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Androulla Vassiliou commits against cancer
(EU) EU/HEALtH: Role of chemical products in breast cancer
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Jan Figel in programme on integrating Arab children in Europe
(EU) EP/JHA: Criminalising incitement to terrorism of concern to MEPs
(EU) EU/JHA: Europol notes rise in terrorist-related arrests
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Swedish wine and beer taxes do not infringe EU law
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Public procurement rules must apply to purchase of helicopters for civilian use
(EU) EU/BUDGET:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Social contributions may be considered as taxes on income in context of double taxation agreements
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COHESION POLICY: Danuta Hubner unveils initial results of consultation on future of Cohesion Policy and says investment is required
(EU) EU/COHESION POLICY: Danuta Hubner to launch three new Operational Programmes in Northern Ireland on 14 April - €724 million in EU funding
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Major legislation published in EU Official Journal
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 08/04/2008: