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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9796

4 December 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment council
Energy/Climate package to mobilise environment ministers ahead of European Council and Poznan negotiations

Brussels, 03/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - The fight against climate change will mobilise the Environment Council, which is to meet this Thursday 4 December in Brussels under the chairmanship of Jean-Louis Borloo, the French Minister for Ecology, Energy and Sustainable Development and Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, the French Secretary of State for Ecology. At the same time as the Parliament is to hold a general debate on the Energy/Climate package, the Environment Ministers of the European...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Parliament hopes for resolute action from heads of state
(EU) EP/ISRAEL:
(EU) EU/NEIGHBOURHOOD: Commission presents its “eastern partnership” package - aid for closer ties but no accession perspectives
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Reflection group chaired by Felipe Gonzalez begins work this Thursday in Brussels
(EU) EU/AUSTRALIA: Australian Foreign Minister visits Brussels
(EU) EU/GEORGIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA: EU should be more welcoming, says Jacques Barrot
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Energy/Climate package to mobilise environment ministers ahead of European Council and Poznan negotiations
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission publishes Green Paper for launching debate on legislating opportunities to encourage recycling and bio-waste energy evaluation
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission proposes simplification of two electrical and electronic equipment directives
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Council resolution on exit taxation
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Ministers welcome common principles of banking mobility set in place by industry and applicable by November 2009
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Financial crisis confirms need to reinforce European rules governing "post-trade" operations
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission to consult on need for European legislation on hedge funds
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: New rules on account switching
(EU) EU/ADMINISTRATION: Commission reshuffles senior managers and creates DG energy
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2009: On 18 December, Parliament will ratify compromise negotiated with Council on food facility and payment appropriations
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Differences of opinion over sectoral agreements in industry threaten to scupper global agreement
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission welcomes Taiwan's final offer for its accession to WTO agreement on public procurement
(EU) EU/ECB:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Commission proposes EU budget share costs of improving energy efficiency in housing
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Hübner visits Mezzogiorno
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Bulgaria and Romania to have deadline extended by year for receiving pre-accession agricultural payments
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Community fleets fishing for tropical tuna, sword fish and albacore tuna in Indian Ocean
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Guidance on Commission priorities in applying rules on abuse of dominant market positions
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Acquisition of Porterbrook approved
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Ecofin gives go-ahead to increasing EIB's capital
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: October industrial producer prices down in Eurozone and EU
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB loan of €1 billion for development of Campania Region - First JEREMIE agreement in Italy is signed
(EU) EU/EIB: Framework agreement between EIB and Portugal on coordination of key infrastructure project financing between now and 2018
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: EP transport committee approves EU-US agreement on civil aviation safety
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN: Diamandouros investigates air passenger rights
(EU) EU/EDUCATION:
(EU) EU/EDUCATION:
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Louis Michel calls on Zimbabwean authorities to allow humanitarian organisations to help stem spread of cholera
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
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