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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9646

19 April 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
EU ready to negotiate with Washington on visa scheme

Luxemburg, 18/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - The Commission will soon be able to open negotiations with the United States to have the 12 member states which are not so far part of the US visa exemption programme become part of it. On Friday the Council adopted a negotiating mandate which will allow the Commission, with effect from Monday, to begin talks with the United States on the US electronic system of travel authorisation (ESTA), and on information exchange. For the moment, Washington does...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Croatia to open two new negotiating chapters on Monday - Meeting with Turkey cancelled
(EU) EU/RUSSIA:
(EU) EU/FRANCE:
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: EPP-ED and PES draw up profile of Franco Frattini's successor
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network notes failings in Neighbourhood Policy
(EU) EU/PALESTINE:
(EU) EU/IRAQ:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA: Member states extends Europol's powers
(EU) EU/JHA: Move towards criminalising incitement to terrorism
(EU) EU/JHA: EU ready to negotiate with Washington on visa scheme
(EU) EU/JHA: EU adopts explosives action plan
(EU) EU/JHA: No discrimination in reception of refugees says Slovenian Presidency
(EU) EU/JHA: Council backs Greece against accusations of failing to comply with Community asylum rules
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Over half of all Europeans regularly use internet, Commission report states
(EU) EU/GAMBLING: Consumer protection is king in regulating online gambling
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Timetable for reaching compromise comes clearer - Launch of agriculture/NAMA horizontal process foreseen for 5 May
(EU) EU/TRADE: Ankara denounces asymmetry of its trade regime
(EU) EU/TRADE: Most EU member states hostile to rapid lifting of ban on imports of chlorinated chicken from United States
(EU) EU/TRADE: Peter Mandelson visits Japan and China on 20-26 April
(EU) EU/TRADE: WTO forecasts slowdown in trade in 2008
(EU) EU/TRADE:
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Economic consequences of zero tolerance regime for unauthorised GMOs
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Launch of campaign to “save” European tobacco producers
(EU) EU/FOOD: Victory for sea salt producers
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: New US proposal judged severely by EU
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/EMU: Changeover to euro in Cyprus and Malta
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Second business community summit adopts recommendations for next G8 heads of state meeting
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: No state aid for Alitalia before 2011
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Clearance, subject to conditions, for proposed acquisition of Vedior by Ranstad
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission gives go-ahead to three acquisitions
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE:
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Guimarães and Maribor, candidates for European Capitals of Culture 2012
(EU) EP/YOUTH: Group of MEPs want ban on Mosquito buzz boxes
(EU) EP/AUDIOVISUAL: Parliament wants TV programmes subtitled
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL AFFAIRS: ERDF, Cohesion Fund and ESF to invest €2.56 billion in Estremadura in Spain
(EU) EU/REGIONAL AFFAIRS: ELISAN and Committee of the Regions define where efforts can be pooled in 2008-2009
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS:
(EU) EP/ILLEGAL ORGAN TRADE:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Major legislation published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Transport intrastructure in Western Mediterranean
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
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