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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9642

15 April 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy

14/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - As part of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) plenary session on Thursday 10 April, CoR president, Luc Van den Brande and European Commissioner for energy, Andris Piebalgs, welcomed the success of the Covenant of Mayors, given that since its launch on 29 January (EUROPE 9590), the initiative had already received the support of 140 local and regional authorities in Europe. By supporting this pact, which aims to get EU citizens to directly participate in the fight...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The EU and sovereign wealth funds: do not underestimate the dangers
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Slovenian presidency prepares European Council report for June but all decisions required for treaty implementation will probably be taken in second half of 2008
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Member states have problems with proposal for toughening fight against illegal fisheries
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Council reduces Poland's cod quotas
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission puts forward ecosystem-based approach to marine management
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: France pleads for “European food safety initiative”
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Updating common market organisation in agriculture
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Pascal Lamy campaigning for agreement
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Seillière warns BusinessEurope support for round depends on agreement on fair trade
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA:
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Informal Council establishes combating deforestation and sustainability of biofuels as priority - proposals from Council working group on 7 May
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: "Ambient Air Quality" adopted
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Ministers to work on growth of innovative SMEs at informal Council on Tuesday and Wednesday
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Kick-off for high level group on research
(EU) RESEARCH:
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: EP wants to develop clean coal technologies
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: EP support SME involvement in research
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Paolo Costa and Dirk Sterckx criticise Council position on maritime package
(EU) EU/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Discussions continue on creation of legal body responsible for settling patent disputes
(EU) EU/ECONOMICS: G7 and IMF call for banking transparency and harden line on exchanges
(EU) EU/ECONOMICS: Increase in industrial production in Europe
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Parliament calls for improved cancer control
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: For regulation to be binding, it must have all its annexes in Official Journal
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Principle of “unjustified enrichment” can justify refusal to reimburse VAT if there is equality of treatment
(EU) EU/SOCIAL DIALOGUE: European employers call on Spidla not to legislate on European works councils
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Mergers and acquisitions:
(EU) Investment:
(EU) Reinsurance:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 774
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