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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9819

16 January 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 33
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/consumers
Parliament opens road to ban on dichloromethane in paint strippers

Brussels, 15/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on 14 January, the European Parliament confirmed its determination to have dichloromethane (DCM), composed of dangerous chemical substances used in paint strippers, gradually banned from use in this way in order to protect consumer and professional health. According to the rapporteur, Carl Schlyter (Greens, Sweden), MEPs gave their endorsement (674 votes to 17 and 8 abstentions) to the first reading compromise negotiated between the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: What Valéry Giscard d'Estaing did not say about the euro in Strasbourg
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/GAZA: Parliament calls for end to hostilities
(EU) EP/GAZA: MEPs express indignation after visiting Gaza
(EU) EU/GAZA: Shocked and dismayed at shelling of UNRWA headquarters, Louis Michel calls for independent investigation into this “very serious incident”
(EU) EP/HORN OF AFRICA: Parliament calls for peacekeeping operations to be bolstered and invites EU to appoint special representative for region
(EU) EP/BELARUS: Parliament backs moves to bring EU and Minsk closer and makes specific proposals
(EU) EP/UN/HUMAN RIGHTS: EU should be more active and ambitious in UN Human Rights Council, says Parliament
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: cooperation upgrade “Pause for reflection”
(EU) EU/IRAN: Iran must halt execution by stoning
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-Herzegovina: EP wants 11 July to become commemoration day for victims of Srebrenica massacre
(EU) EP/SESSIONS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA: EU Moves to possible abandonment of SIS II and examines implementation of alternative solution
(EU) EU/ECB: Recession pushes ECB to further lower interest rate
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: OECD says euro area needs more integrated and better structured supervision of financial market
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: New Socialist call for regulation of private equity funds
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Ecofin Council wants greater and faster progress on Balkans investment framework
(EU) EU/PUBLIC FINANCE: After concerted economic recovery, concerted budgetary consolidation?
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Verheugen convenes ministerial meeting on car industry
(EU) EU/RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS DISPUTE: Summit in Moscow this weekend
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Reintroduction of rebates to milk sector
(EU) EP/FOOD: Unanimous appeal for Mediterranean diet to be included in humanity's cultural heritage
(EU) EP/CONSUMERS: Parliament opens road to ban on dichloromethane in paint strippers
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Implementation of directive on general product safety is satisfactory but can still be improved
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Czech presidency apologises to member states offended by “Entropa” exhibition
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: “Wir machen's einfach!” a phrase that according to Danuta Hübner, is testimony to Rhineland-Palatinate's commitment to efficiency and simplification
(EU) EU/EESC/CZECH PRESIDENCY: Committee goads Vondra on presidency's social action
(EU) EU/EESC/MIDDLE EAST: Mario Sepi wants dialogue between civil society partners in Euromed countries for area of mutual understanding and peace
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: International trade unions (ITUC) put pressure on World Bank and IMF for additional measures against worldwide unemployment
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
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(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
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