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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9824

23 January 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/acp
Parliament prepares assent procedure for EU-Cariforum EPA and for vote on seven other interim EPAs

Brussels, 22/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - Formal adoption of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and the Cariforum has entered the finishing straight. The European Parliament is pulling out all the stops to prepare the assent procedure on the only full EPA already signed, from among those being negotiated since 2002 between the EU and the regions or countries of the ACP (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific) group, linked to the EU by the Cotonou Agreement. The draft reports on the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Europe must take UN study on agricultural trade into account
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: Dispute foreseen between European Parliament and Council on procedures for appointing future Commission president
(EU) EP/LISBON TREATY: Prague refuses any kind of “pressure”
(EU) EP/GUANTANAMO: MEPs call on EU to take in prisoners
(EU) EP/CROATIA:
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: EU insists on improving humanitarian aid to Gaza
(EU) EU/GAZA: Consternation of human rights NGOs
(EU) EU/EUROMED/EMPA: EMPA committee meeting postponed
(EU) EU/ESDP: Parliament foreign affairs committee backs SAFE initiative and wants White Paper on security and defence
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INNOVATION: EU records substantial progress in 2008
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: European Research Area is more attractive, but EU R&D is not growing
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Androulla Vassiliou calls on member states to invest more in cancer screening
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/JHA: Frontex action in central Mediterranean is not convincing
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission adopts 23 national programmes for management of external borders, returns and integration of foreigners
(EU) EP/JHA: EU to penalise those employing illegal immigrants
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EP/ACP: Parliament prepares assent procedure for EU-Cariforum EPA and for vote on seven other interim EPAs
(EU) EU/GMO: Commission proposes authorisation of BT11 and 1507 maize and lifting of national safeguard measures against MON 810 maize
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: SMEs' finance access difficulties persist
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Call for better protection for whales
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Aquaculture heads Czech Presidency priorities
(EU) EP/FISHERIES:
(EU) EP/ENERGY POLICY: Energy committee sketches Community strategy for future based on Laperrouze report
(EU) EP/ENERGY:
(EU) EP/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Compromise on telecoms package will be difficult to reach, says Czech Presidency
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Petr Necas firmly intends to get working time directive through - No progress in sight on anti-discrimination directive
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves aid of €6.7 billion for German bank insurance company
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Sick leave must not deprive workers of paid leave - reactions
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
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