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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9644

17 April 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 8 / 40
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/commission
Frattini takes further leave

Brussels, 16/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - Following the victory of his party in the general elections in Italy, current Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Franco Frattini has been granted further unpaid leave from 16-28 April 2008 inclusive. European Commission President José Manuel Barroso accepted Frattini's request on Tuesday 15 April. “This decision has been taken in the interest of the institution, in order to safeguard the efficiency of the Commission's activities in the area of...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Shedding some truth on risks of world food crisis
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Iraqi Prime Minister stresses progress made towards democracy - EU and Iraq move closer to agreement on energy
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Moscow ups ante on Lithuania and Poland for opening negotiations on new partnership agreement
(EU) EU/SERBIA: Pro-Europeans around President Boris Tadic urge EU to sign SAA by 11 May elections
(EU) EU/UKRAINE:
(EU) EU/RUSSIA:
(EU) EP/IRELAND: Pöttering condemns attack on Proinsias De Rossa
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Frattini takes further leave
(EU) EP/ITALY: EPP-ED welcomes Berlusconi victory
(EU) EU/NEPAL:
(EU) EU/BOLIVIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA: Agreement likely on making Europol a Community Agency
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Informal meeting of EU Health Ministers in Brdo on 17-18 April
(EU) EU/HEALTH: EURODIS calls on Commission to distinguish between patient and consumer
(EU) EU/CIVIL PROTECTION: Forest fire exercise on Sardinia
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Ferrero-Waldner argues for genuine European Diplomatic Service
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Andris Piebalgs underlines importance of nuclear energy in transition towards low carbon economy
(EU) EU/TRADE: Hanoi pleads in favour of keeping in place Vietnam's preferential access for its exports of sports equipment
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Launch of Ljubljana Process
(EU) EU/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/CUSTOMS:
(EU) EU/BANKING: Commission says it was “informed” about project to set up new banking card network
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Commission calls for €225 million increase in current budget, particularly for fight against bluetongue
(EU) EU/BUDGET:
(EU) EU/BUDGET:
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Examination of proposed directive on intra-Community defence procurement finally to start
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Stavros Dimas takes part in Paris meeting of countries which contribute most to global warming
(EU) EU/ALCOHOLISM: Androulla Vassiliou welcomes commitment of 46 companies to fight alcohol abuse
(EU) EU/CHEMICAL PRODUCTS:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission consults on systematic creation of supervisory bodies for crossborder banks
(EU) EP/CULTURE: Graça-Moura report on European culture in a globalising world is adopted
(EU) EU/ROAD SAFETY: ETSC renews call for reduction in rate of blood alcohol content for young
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Unjustified renewal of fixed-term contracts is illegal
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: EC treaty articles cannot be applied to factors that occurred before articles' entry into force
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission launches two investigations into transport sector
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission endorses €180 million aid to Italian factory manufacturing liquid crystal TV screens
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Euro area annual inflation up to 3.6%
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 16/04/2008: