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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9974

11 September 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries
Reactions to plan to ban trade in bluefin tuna

Brussels, 10/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - Spain and Italy have cautiously welcomed the plan put forward by the European Commission on Wednesday 9 September, to ban the marketing of bluefin tuna. France would prefer bluefin tuna to be listed in appendix 2 of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), less restrictive than appendix 1, which bans all trade.

“Currently it would seem reasonable … to await the results of the latest scientific...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: New regulation of world of finance is largely determined by the economic and strategic situations of countries concerned
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: Parliament to decide on Monday whether it will vote on Barroso's appointment next week
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Commission suggests EU gives up to €15 billion a year to help developing countries' greenhouse gas adaptation and reduction efforts
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Six priorities to ensure SEPA success
(EU) EU/TRADE: Catherine Ashton talks with Chinese authorities
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: Buzek and Trichet call for reform as crisis is not over
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT:
(EU) EU/TRADE/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/JHA: Police to have access to asylum seekers' finger prints
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: ECJ confirms legitimacy of 2004 fine on Akzo Nobel for illegal agreement
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Reactions to plan to ban trade in bluefin tuna
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Prospect ultimately of resumption of aid cooperation for Zimbabwe
(EU) EU/COPYRIGHT: Reding wants common rules on copyright in book digitisation process
(EU) EU/MEDIA: Newspaper and magazine publishers concerned about future of sector
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Malta fails to protect quails and turtle doves
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission allocates €3 million for emergency aid to populations hit by serious flooding in West Africa
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EP/COMMITTEES:
(EU) OECD/EMPLOYMENT: Ministerial meeting end September to examine how social and employment policies can address crisis
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EP/PLENARY SESSION: Consequences of crisis, preparation for Pittsburgh Summit and epilogue to gruelling re-appointment of Commission President at first sitting in Strasbourg after break
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND: Moves towards agreement on Swiss participation in “youth in action” and “education and lifelong learning” programmes
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
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