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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9661
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/consumers

Commission and UEFA set up helpdesk for football fans attending Euro 2008

Brussels, 15/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - 'Know your rights and use them' is the theme of a joint awareness raising campaign launched by EU Consumer Protection Commissioner Meglena Kuneva and UEFA, along with 27 European consumer centres for football supporters travelling to Euro 2008 matches in Austria and Switzerland from 7-29 June 2008. A free EU hotline will be in operation for a month from 1 June 2008 (00800 67891011) to help solve, in the supporters' own language, any problems they might...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
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(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Ecofin council approves new European Commission customs strategy
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Recommendation on external quality assurance for statutory auditors and audit firms auditing public interest entities
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: Strauss-Kahn says effects from financial crisis will continue over several quarters
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(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL: 14 EU-funded European films on show at Cannes Film Festival
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: ETNO says telecoms package should help encourage deployment of new generation networks
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(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission investigates proposed acquisition of Jet service stations in Scandinavia by StatoilHydro
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves acquisition of digital map provider Tele Atlas by TomTom
(EU) EP/SESSION: May plenary session will give opportunity to discuss tragic consequences of earthquake in China and the cyclone in Burma/Myanmar
(EU) EU/CONFERENCE:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court quashes Spain's appeal against fishing restrictions in Ireland's waters
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
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