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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9710

25 July 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/gambling
Gaming and Betting Association launches comprehensive set of standards to promote responsible gambling

Brussels, 24/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA), which represents operators such as bwin, PartyGaming and Interwetten, has launched a comprehensive list of nine principles comprising a total of 170 technical requirements, which members voluntarily undertake to meet in order to promote responsible gambling. Compliance will be checked by eCogra, a British company which specialises in defining the industry's standards. “These standards are a sign of...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Plea for Irish people to be able to make voice heard in knowledge of what Lisbon treaty and its implications really mean
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/SOUTH AFRICA: First EU/South Africa summit in Bordeaux focuses on global, political, economic, environmental and security issues
(EU) EU/FRANCE: Referendum obligation on future EU accessions is abolished but applicants still have major hurdle to cross
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: EU27 divided over ways to penalise employers of illegal workers
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: EU wants Iraqi refugees to return home
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(EU) EU/JHA: Rachida Dati recommends training in Community law for magistrates
(EU) EU/CLONING/EFSA: Insufficient data means only food from cloned pigs and cattle can be declared safe - major concerns over animal welfare
(EU) EU/GMO: BASF in court to save its potato
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: €45.7 million to promote products
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Adoption of regulation on emergency aid to fishermen
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Entry into force of new rules for airline passengers with reduced mobility
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Blacklist of banned airlines is updated
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Andris Piebalgs welcomes EFTA's authorisation for aid in favour of CO2 capture project
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission makes €5 million available for disaster preparedness in Indian Ocean
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Programme for reducing poverty in Rwanda and jointly financed by Commission receives UN Public Service Award
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Uncertainty over outcome of ministerial meeting in Geneva after four days of barren wrangling
(EU) EU/GAMBLING: Gaming and Betting Association launches comprehensive set of standards to promote responsible gambling
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: McCreevy heckled at adoption of review of European rules on harmonised investment funds
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(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Euro is still overvalued, Almunia says
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Significant rise in EU employment rate in 2007
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Drop in industrial new orders
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission launches public consultation on keystone antitrust regulation
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Acquisition of Volkswagen by Porsche cleared
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(EU)EU/REGIONS: French Presidency of EU and local authorities: what is being said
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(EU) EU/REGIONS: European regional champions' prize 2008
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
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