Recently added articles from European Report:
ACQUISITION OF BAKKERSLAND BY PARCOM AUTHORISED.
Sep 03, 2008 ... The European Commission granted clearance, on 1 September, to the acquisition of sole control of Bakkersland Groep BV by ...
COMMISSION POSTPONES DEBATE ON FISHERIES.
Sep 03, 2008 ... Due to a particularly heavy agenda that includes the repercussions of the conflict between Georgia and Russia, the European Commission has decided to postpone, until 17 September, its policy debate on the Common Fisheries Policy, initially set for 2 September (see Europolitics 3585). The ...
COMPETITION FOR JOURNALISTS.
Sep 03, 2008 ... The European Commission launched, on 1 September, the latest edition of its journalism competition For Diversity. Against Discrimination'. For the fifth year in a row, contributions are expected to this competition rewarding talented professionals who, through their work, contribute to a ...
COMPETITION FOR YOUNG TRANSLATORS.
Sep 03, 2008 ... The European Commission launched, on 1 September, the second edition of its Juvenes Translatores' (young translators) competition, aimed at secondary schools throughout the European Union. Schools are invited to show their wish to participate in the competition and give their details ...
INFORMAL TRANSPORT COUNCIL : ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION OF HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES RAISES RESERVATIONS.
Sep 03, 2008 ... "Divided". This is how one expert described the debate on the revision of the Eurovignette Directive (1999/62/EC), which brought together the EU's transport ministers on the occasion of an informal Transport Council in La Rochelle (France) on 1 September. There is certainly a consensus to ...
ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT : EP COMMITTEE WANTS SOFTER CO2 EMISSIONS RESTRICTIONS.
Sep 03, 2008 ... The European Parliament's Industry Committee (ITRE) adopted, late on 1 September, an opinion drafted by Werner Langen (EPP-ED, Germany) calling for the gradual introduction of CO2 emission standards for new passenger cars. MEPs, voting 35 in favour and 21 against with two abstentions, also ...
MOTOR INSURANCE : EP VOTES FOR STATUS QUO.
Sep 03, 2008 ... By a large majority, the European Parliament, on 2 September, adopted a resolution on motor insurance in Europe calling for the European Commission not to oblige car drivers to take out compulsory legal expenses insurance. Parliament also wants the Commission to be "vigilant" in its ...
EU AID TO HURRICANE GUSTAV VICTIMS.
Sep 03, 2008 ... The European Commission decided, on 1 September, to provide emergency funding worth 2 million for vulnerable people in Caribbean countries affected by the passage of Hurricane Gustav. The funds will be deployed to meet a variety of relief requirements in communities affected by the storm ...
FISHERIES : EU FLEET ACCUSED OF UNDECLARED SHARK CATCHES.
Sep 03, 2008 ... European ships have allegedly caught thousands of sharks without declaring them to the fisheries management bodies, contrary to their obligations, according to the International Council for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). The organisation for the protection of the ocean, ...
HUMANITARIAN AID FOR INDIA AND NEPAL.
Sep 03, 2008 ... The European Commission has launched a 1 million financing decision to help Nepalese communities affected by the flooding and an additional amount of more than 1 million is being mobilised for food aid and other relief ...
ECONOMY : JUNCKER SEES DOWNTURN BUT NO RISK OF RECESSION.
Sep 03, 2008 ... The eurozone's economy is in a downturn but there is no risk of recession, believes Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker. He sees no need for a European economic rehabilitation plan. "The economic slowdown means that risks are greater when compared to the possibility of a upturn, since ...
ORGANIC FARMING: EU LOGO POSTPONED.
Sep 03, 2008 ... The EU logo identifying organic products will not come into force on 1 January 2009, as initially foreseen, but on 1 July 2010. Members of the European Parliament approved a report by Neil Parish (EPP-ED, UK), on 2 September, which endorses postponement of the measure, ...
FISHERIES : PARLIAMENT CALLS FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AQUACULTURE.
Sep 03, 2008 ... Aquaculture is an essential tool for achieving ecological conservation in certain coastal zones and should therefore be promoted, stimulated and supported financially, say members of the European Parliament. The own-initiative report by Ioannis Glavakis (EPP-ED, Greece), adopted in plenary ...
IMMIGRATION : PARLIAMENT CRITICISES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ASYLUM REQUESTS.
Sep 03, 2008 ... Southern EU member states - Greece, Malta, Cyprus and Spain - are collapsing under the administrative burden that an asylum request represents, even though they are not necessarily the final destination of the applicant. The EU system - called the Dublin system - which designates the ...
TAX FRAUD : PARLIAMENT DENOUNCES COUNCIL'S BLOCKING TACTICS.
Sep 03, 2008 ... The European Parliament regrets the "blockading attitude" taken by the member states in the last ten years, which has "thwarted any effective EU strategy to counter fiscal fraud". The own-initiative report tabled by Sharon Bowles (ALDE, UK), adopted by the EP (391 to 93, with 178 ...
HYDROGEN CARS : PARLIAMENT SET TO PASS TYPE APPROVAL RULES.
Sep 03, 2008 ... The European Parliament appears set to approve, by a large majority on 3 September, a legislative report by Anja Weisgerber (EPP-ED, Germany) on the type approval of hydrogen powered motor vehicles. This should mean an EU-wide approval scheme for the cars, possibly as soon as 1 January ...
RIGHTS FOR REDUCED MOBILITY PASSENGERS : COMMISSION APPEALS TO AIRLINES' GOODWILL.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Having a wheelchair damaged or lost during a flight can ruin an entire trip and complicate the life of people with reduced mobility for some time. A recent study shows that airports and airlines take too much time to resolve practical problems linked with such incidents and have variable ...
AVIATION : COMMISSION PROBES BA, AA, IBERIA TIE-UP.
Sep 02, 2008 ... The European Commission announced, on 29 August, that its competition services had opened an investigation into the proposed alliance between British Airways, Iberia and American Airlines on the market for transatlantic flights. In a press release, the EU executive specifies that it opened ...
MOBILE TELEPHONY : COMMISSION STANDS UP TO VODAFONE.
Sep 02, 2008 ... The European Commission has taken issue with the position expressed by the British mobile phone giant Vodafone, reported in The Financial Times on 1 September, that the draft recommendation for calculating mobile termination rates would prompt 10% of European customers to get rid of their ...
EU/SOUTH KOREA : FREE TRADE TALKS PROGRESSING BUT ISSUES REMAIN.
Sep 02, 2008 ... In the aftermath of the collapse of the Doha multilateral round of international trade talks, the EU and South Korea are stepping up efforts to conclude bilateral free trade talks but disagreements persist over the most sensitive areas, including cars and services. The two chief ...