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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9758

10 October 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Member states agree minimum maritime safety scheme

Brussels, 09/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 9 October, EU Transport Ministers reached political agreement on the last two texts of the 3rd transport package: the draft directive on flag state requirements and the draft directive on the compulsory insurance of vessels. While cutting back on the initial scope of the two texts (see EUROPE 9638), the Council, nonetheless, has brought in minimum measures to guarantee the solvency of European ship owners in the event of accidents and to...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Europe's role and usefulness in tackling financial crisis
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/LISBON TREATY: EPP-ED group wants Lisbon Treaty in force before European elections
(EU) EP/BELARUS: Parliament recommends “selective” re-examination of relations with Minsk and partial lifting of sanctions
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Member states agree minimum maritime safety scheme
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Council go-ahead to development phase of modernisation programme for air traffic control infrastructure
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Council confirms inclusion of aviation in greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/ENERGY COUNCIL: Towards a political agreement on 3rd internal market liberalisation package for electricity and gas
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Keeping EU-Russia energy dialogue open
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: EP discusses creation of entities playing a role of mediation in event of disagreement within supervisory bodies
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Resolution of governance of international organisation in charge of elaborating international accounting standards
(EU) EP/WTO/DOHA: EP insists on stabilising nature of agreement
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Holistic approach to tackling poverty
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Call for fight against undeclared work to be stepped up
(EU) EP/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/JHA: European immigration and asylum pact debate
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(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Big increase in National support measures to banks
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: G20 meeting counts on curbing crisis
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: High-level conference on benefits to economy and consumers of competition policy
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Green light for joint UK-Irish project to provide telecommunications connectivity in North West region of Ireland
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Acquisition of sole control over Metro-Group by Haniel and Gesellschaftgerstamm Schmidt-Ruthenbeck approved
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Call for more flexibility on feed labelling rules
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: MEPs call for all coal-fired power plants to be equipped with carbon capture and storage facilities by 2015
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
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