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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9929

26 June 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid
Italy to be referred to Court for failure to respect Court ruling to recover illegal aid

Brussels, 25/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 25 June, the European Commission decided to refer Italy to the European Court of Justice for failure to implement a 2004 ruling by the Court of Justice (Case C-99/02) confirming a Commission decision of 1999 finding that Italy had granted illegal and incompatible aid and ordering its recovery. The illegal aid in question took the form of exemptions from social security contributions in cases where companies could not prove that new jobs had...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Energy: the essential, but largely inexistent, common policy
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/POLITICAL GROUPS: Martin Schulz refuses to swap technical agreement with EPP against Socialists' support for Barroso vote in July
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Ankara urges EU to open direct trade with Northern Cyprus - Egemen Bagis has great expectations of Swedish Presidency
(EU) EU/UNION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN: Sustainable development is the focus of environment ministers' meeting in Paris on Thursday
(EU) EU/GEORGIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Difficult political agreement on overhaul of legislation on industrial pollution reduction
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Member states call for European strategy for adapting to climate change with preparation beginning before 2012
(EU) EU/MEDICINES:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Wide range of infringement proceedings launched against 25 Member States over second series of EU internal market liberalisation rules
(EU) EU/nuclear: EU establishes a common binding framework on nuclear safety
(EU) EU/JHA: Further EU/US talks on Swift
(EU) EU/JHA: EU acquires simplified visa policy
(EU) EU/JHA: EU must renegotiate PNR agreement with Canada
(EU) EU/FOOD: Agreement on draft regulation on novel foods - Rules extended to cover food made from cloned animals' offspring
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Infringement proceedings against Germany for lack of transparency over aid beneficiaries
(EU) EU/PLANTS: Spain referred to European Court of Justice
(EU) EU/PLANTS:
(EU) EU/PLANTS:
(EU) EU/FISH FARMING:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: new raft of internal market infringement proceedings
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Pursuit of infringement proceedings over direct and indirect taxation
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission continues with series of infringement proceedings
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU and United States reject responsibility for failure of Russian WTO accession bid
(EU) EU/TRADE: OECD regrets collapse of investment flows
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Reasoned opinion to Slovakia for incorrect transposition of maritime safety legislation
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Italy to be referred to Court for failure to respect Court ruling to recover illegal aid
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission calls on Belgium and United Kingdom to implement transparency directive
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Spanish guarantee scheme for credit institutions receives clearance
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/TECHNOLOGY: Commission backs pilot project to improve online administrative services
(EU) EU/EIB: NEW LOAN FOR SME IN UK
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB grants loan for London Olympic Village to help promote social housing
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Hübner encourages Limousin (France) to step up effort in innovation
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: No paralysis in EU under Swedish Presidency, says Mats Odell
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Committee of Regions and AIMF to work more closely together
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: GDP per inhabitant varies from one to six in EU in 2008
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 25/06/2009: