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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9945

18 July 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/administration
Court of Auditors criticises length of personnel selection procedure

Brussels, 17/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 16 July, the European Court of Auditors published a special report giving a mitigated assessment of the effectiveness of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) when it comes to selecting officials of the European institutions. The Court considers that EPSO, which was created in 2002, has successfully managed to cope with the rise (due to enlargements) in the number of general competitions for selecting agents. Nonetheless, the...

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: We will be closed on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 July because of the Belgian National Day. Newsletter EUROPE No 9946 will be dated Thursday 23 July 2009
European Commission: No meeting of minds between Barroso and Verhofstadt?
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Turkey does not back Solana's proposal on Palestine and warns against “imposed peace”
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GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA/INFORMAL COUNCIL: EU27 receive go-ahead to continue European immigration and asylum policy
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Less stringent conditions on tagging of sheep and goats
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: France wants better protection of resource for better fishing
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Borg aware of individual transferable quota advantages
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Adoption of proposed simplification of regulation on structural and cohesion funds likely on Wednesday
(EU) EU/ADMINISTRATION: Court of Auditors criticises length of personnel selection procedure
(EU) EU/EUROMED:
(EU) EU/EURO: Commission re-examines euro deals with Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: External Commission study reports cut in stock market trading and clearing costs
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Mixed results in transposing single market legislation
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Medicines made from blood may be exempted from levy imposed by Belgium on pharmaceutical industry
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves Hungarian aid to Mercedes-Benz
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises Polish aid for energy sector
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission allows third temporary Greek state aid scheme
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(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Spouses with same dual nationality are free to choose where to institute divorce proceedings
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Ruling against Ireland on breaches
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(EU) EU/TRADE POLICY: Obama administration promises to take firmer stance against protectionism, targetting non-tariff barriers
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Production is down in construction sector
(EU) EU/GAMBLING:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL DIALOGUE: Agreement signed on prevention of sharps injuries in healthcare sector
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Saint Lucia complies with EU rabies requirements
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(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Important legislation published in EU official Journal
(EU) EU/CALENDaR: Major European events 20 - 29 July 2009
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