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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/environment

Verheugen calls on Parliament to back European Chemicals Agency budget

Brussels, 02/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - Addressing the European Parliament environment committee on Tuesday 1 September, Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen said that “2010 will be a crucial year for the transposition of the very ambitious REACH legislation”. With the activities of the European Chemicals Agency to be launched, he did not hide his concern at the desire shown by the Council to reduce the Agency's operating budget by €5 million. “We cannot adopt legislation that...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: European Parliament increasingly determining how EU works
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: On Thursday, Barroso will send his priorities to EP's political groups
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Olli Rehn thinks accession negotiations with Croatia could be concluded by mid-2010 - Turkey must “relaunch” its reforms
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Solana confirms efforts to relaunch peace process and reassures Lebanon
(EU) EU/ITALY: Barrot denies accusations against Italy
(EU) EU/GYMNICH: Italian-Swedish dispute over how appropriate it is to adopt a resolution condemning anti-Semitism
(EU) EP/CHINA: Heidi Hautala supports call for international independent investigation into situation of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: next Commission president must show leadership
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2010: Commission calls for additional funds for Palestine and fight against climate change
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: EU wants G20 to end old bonus culture
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Transatlantic dialogue on financial crisis brings thorny issue of regulatory arbitrage into sharp relief
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Euro area GDP falls 0.1% in second quarter of 2009 - 0.2% fall in EU27
(EU) EU/JHA: Mr Barrot presents Joint EU Resettlement Programme
(EU) EP/JHA: Swedish Presidency intends to act over trafficking in human beings
(EU) EP/REGIONAL POLICY: Priorities of Commissioner Designate Pawel Samecki
(EU) EP/ENERGY: Roll-out of Swedish eco-efficiency model is Presidency priority in energy
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Piebalgs feels new gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine in September to be “very unlikely”
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: EU to remain “proactive” with view to fair and balanced outcome to Round, say Catherine Ashton and Mariann Fischer Boel in New Delhi
(EU) EU/MEDICINES: Verheugen disappointed that member states are hindering progress on information to patients
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Verheugen calls on Parliament to back European Chemicals Agency budget
(EU) EP/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/EIB: Seminar on Mediterranean cities on 8-9 October in Marseilles
(EU) EU/PALESTINE: €13 million to tackle effects of unemployment and poverty in Gaza
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 02/09/2009: