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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9872

31 March 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/taxation
New agreements on exchange of tax information

Brussels, 30/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - Last week, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey signed new bilateral agreements responding to international standards of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on the exchange of information in the event of tax evasion and tax fraud (see EUROPE 9862). The Isle of Man has signed an agreement with France, bringing the number of its bilateral agreements to 14. Jersey has signed agreements with France and Ireland (13 bilateral...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU-USA: A few differences require frank discussion but let's not forget overall situation
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: Towards presence of Belarus, but not of President Loukashenko, at Summit
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: EU reiterates its call for two-State solution
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Process of enlargement should not slow down but there should be conditions, say EU27
(EU) EU/NATO: Strategic concept for 21st century
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: Greens call for “New Green Deal” and change in Commission policy to tackle crisis
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Germany proposes delaying Eurovignette decisions
(Eu) EU/TRANSPORT: Council backs exclusion of self-employed workers from organisation of working time directive
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/GAMING: Industry questions certain aspects of France's proposal to open up its online gaming market
(EU) EU/TAXATION: New agreements on exchange of tax information
(EU) EU/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Contrafake 2009 conference launches European Counterfeiting and Piracy Observatory
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Member States support rules to reduce the energy use of circulators
(EU) EP/INDIA: Parliament supports FTZ with India by end of next year
(EU) EU/NDUSTRY:
(EU) EP/ACP: In six EPA under negotiation, Parliament wants “tailored” agreements which do not force any ACP country to liberalise services
(EU) EP/JHA: Parliament seeks to reconcile fight against cybercrime and fundamental rights
(EU) EP/MULTILINGUALISM: Parliament adopts resolution encouraging language learning
(EU) CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EP/CITIZENSHIP: Adoption of Hegyi report for active dialogue with citizens on Europe
(EU) EP/CULTURE: Parliament adopts report aiming to promote art studies
(EU) EU/CULTURE:
(EU) EP/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/REGIONAL POLICY: Debate on more effective cohesion policy and in favour of developing micro-credit to help poorest
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission to launch R&D projects as part of European relaunch plan
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2009: Changes in member states' contributions
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission believes American online gambling legislation infringes WTO rules
(EU) EU/TRADE: Dutch minister Frank Heemskerk warns of danger of climate policy-related trade war
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: John Monks calls on G20 to put employment at heart of priorities - Towards a new social deal
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Consumer protection in digital world at heart of Commission concerns and of first European Consumer Summit
(EU) EU/PIRACY: EU urges ship-owners to respect security instructions off Somali coast
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
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