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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9929

26 June 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/technology
Commission backs pilot project to improve online administrative services

Brussels, 25/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is to co-fund a pilot project by Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland to help public authorities improve online services for the service sector. Half of the project's funding of €14 million over three years will come from the EU's Competitiveness and Innovation Programme. Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, commented: "Providing services online and without red...

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: