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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9870

27 March 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 38
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/jha
Children under 12 will not have to give fingerprints under VIS system

Brussels, 26/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - After over two years of negotiation with the EU Council, the European Parliament (EP) adopted, on Wednesday 25 March, the codecision report by Sarah Ludford (ALDE, UK) on common consular instructions. Giving their support for the text, MEPs explicitly gave their approval for the second reading agreement on introducing biometric data into the European Visa Information System (VIS). This system, which should be operational by mid-December 2009, aims to...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The real question in the controversy over whether there should be a special European Council on jobs
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES: New Transatlantic Partnership Agreement by 2012 and unified transatlantic market by 2015?
(EU) EP/BELARUS: Half-yearly assessment of dialogue with EU allows for cautious optimism
(EU) EP/TURKMENISTAN: EP wants more guarantees before voting on interim agreement
(EU) EP/TURKEY: Commission remains fully committed in accession negotiations and wants new chapters opened, Barroso says
(EU) EP/LISBON TREATY: Dehaene, Brok, Leinen and Kaufmann reports likely to be put to vote in plenary session
(EU) EP/TOTALITARIANISM: Victims of totalitarianism to be commemorated on 21 August
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS: Agreement in principle on amending EP rules and preventing Le Pen from chairing first session in July
(EU) EP/UN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EP/FOOD: Food aid programme continues
(EU) EP/FOOD: Parliament in favour of reviewing legislation on novelty foods, but not of food from cloned animals
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament gives go-ahead to extend time allowed for examining biocidal substances in EU by at least four years
(EU) EP/INDUSTRY: Parliament calls for concerted action from Member States to help car industry
(EU) EP/EXCISE DUTY: MEPs call for moderate rise in tobacco excise duty
(EU) EP/TAXATION:
(EU) EP/STATISTICS:
(EU) EP/WOMEN'S RIGHTS: Parliament calls for end to female genital mutilation
(EU) EP/JHA: Children under 12 will not have to give fingerprints under VIS system
(EU) EU/JHA: Jacques Barrot unveils measures to clamp down on human trafficking and sexual abuse of children
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Agreement in principle on 'Solvability II'
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/DIRECT DEBITS: Commission and ECB still disagree with MIFs to fund post-2012 SEPA Direct Debits
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR: Commission suggests greater EU involvement in tackling spread of nuclear weapons
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Road package agreement reintroduces strict 12-day rule
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Compromise on labelling of rosé wine
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Recapitalisation of bank of Ireland approved
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves UK Working Capital Guarantee Scheme
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Greece has to recover unlawful public aid of €1.4 million
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: CFI upholds OHIM's decision not to register “Budweiser” as Community trade mark in favour of American brewer, Anheuser-Busch
(EU) EU/EIB: €250 million loan in favour of Croatian SMEs
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission-Italian regions joint seminar on reconciling family and professional life
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Best practice with regard to directors' pay
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/APPOINTMENTS: Jurgen R. Thumann is new president of BusinessEurope
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