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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9985

26 September 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy

25/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - On 24 September, the Council of Ministers adopted the revised directive establishing a framework for setting eco-design requirements for energy-related products. The text was amended by the European Parliament in the Podimata report on 6 May (see EUROPE 9896). (E.H./transl.rt)

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ESDP: Informal meeting decisive for battlegroups
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Quartet meeting in New York is “significant step” towards reactivating talks
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Moscow indispensable for settling regional conflicts
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Bolivia and Ecuador question free-trade model on which EU/Andean Community talks are based
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES: Corina Cretu criticises apparent rapprochement between United States and Russia
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: EU calls on member states not to cut R&D budgets
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/MEDICINES: EMEA recommends authorisation of two vaccines for A(H1N1) flu
(EU) EU/MULTILINGUALISM: Orban wants everyone to learn at least two foreign languages
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission proposes excluding vessels from four countries from restrictions on cod fishing
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Healthy eating campaign
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/TAXATION: László Kovács is “sympathetic” to French idea of levying carbon tax at EU borders
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: European industry and employers call for prudential overhaul of financial system as part of a global approach
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Poland and Estonia awaiting new decision from Commission before increasing carbon quotas
(EU) EU/UN/CLIMATE: EU calls on international negotiators to make decisive progress at Bangkok talks
(EU) EU/TRADE: Negotiations progressing with Colombia and Peru
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Prospect of agreement with Lebanon on dispute settlement relating to Euro-Mediterranean Agreement trade arrangements
(EU) EU/ANTI-DUMPING:
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court confirms essence of Commission decision against “Lombard Club” of Austrian banks
(EU) EU/SOCIAL DIALOGUE: Website on posted workers in construction sector
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE:
(EU) EU/EIB: First loan for small businesses in Luxembourg with BGL BNP Paribas
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Important legislation published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
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