No. 2010, April 2010

Index

• JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS : SPAIN TO REKINDLE WORK ON CROSSBORDER DIVORCE.
• TRADE : DE GUCHT TO ENTER UNCHARTED WATERS.
• ENVIRONMENT POLICY : MADRID'S FIRST TASK WILL BE TO IMPLEMENT COPENHAGEN DECISIONS.
• EU/US : CRUNCH TIME DAWNS FOR MEPS ON DATA TRANSFER DEALS.
• FUTURE OF EUROPE : REFLECTION GROUP TO PRESENT CONCLUSIONS IN MARCH OR JUNE.
• STRUCTURAL FUNDS : NEW REGULATION TO SIMPLIFY PROJECT FINANCING.
• ENLARGEMENT : CROATIA HOPES TO CONCLUDE AND ICELAND TO START NEGOTIATIONS.
• SOCIAL AND EMPLOYMENTaPOLICY : MADRID WANTS TO FIGHT EU UNEMPLOYMENT.
• FOREIGN POLICY : SPAIN RESTRICTED TO LOW KEY FOREIGN POLICY.
• HEALTH AND CONSUMERS : ORGANS, HEALTH INEQUALITIES & CONSUMER HEAD SPANISH PRIORITIES.
• ENERGY : SECURITY OF GAS SUPPLY AT CENTER OF SPAIN'S WORK.
• TRANSPORT : PASSENGER RIGHTS AND SAFETY TO BE MAIN ISSUES.
• INTERNAL MARKET : PATENTS AND EUROPEAN PRIVATE COMPANY TOP AGENDA.
• EU BUDGET : BUDGET REVIEW COULD BE KICKED OFF BY JULY.
• TREATY OF LISBON : APPLYING LISBON AND MANAGING THE TRANSITION.
• TELECOMS : MADRID PROPOSES THREE PRIORITIES TO END THE CRISIS.
• ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL POLITIES : BANKS AND BUDGETS ON SPANISH AGENDA.
• 2010.
• EU/US : GREECE LIKELY TO GET VISA WAIVER STATUS IN EARLY 2010.
• CANON'S ACQUISITION OF OCE CLEARED.
• EBRD SUPPORTS MONGOLIAN OIL EXPLORATION.
• EBRD AND IFC SUPPORT MOLDOVAN GRID.
• VACCINATION AGAINST SEASONAL INFLUENZA.
• EUROPEAN YEAR FOR COMBATING POVERTY : MEMBER STATES DONATE 17 MN EURO.
• BANKING : EU EXEC INVESTIGATES RESCUE OF WESTLB.
• BIOFUELS : DISPUTE LOOMING WITH ARGENTINE EXPORT SUBSIDIES.
• EIB FINANCING IN LOMBARDY REGION.
• ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL/CLIMATE CHANGE : EU STILL WANTS INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT.
• COUNTER-TERRORISM LIST : COUNCIL COMPLIES WITH ECJ RULINGS.
• ECJ : POSSESSING INSIDE INFORMATION ENOUGH TO CONSTITUTE INSIDER DEALING.
• UWE CORSEPIUS NAMED COUNCIL SECRETARY-GENERAL FROM 2011.
• COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/NEW MEMBERS.
• TELECOMMUNICATIONS : INTER-OPERATOR TARIFFS: POLAND AND DENMARK ASKED TO DROP PRICES.
• ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL : COUNCIL PREPARES GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY CONFERENCE.
• CIVIL SERVANTS' SALARIES : BARROSO TO PROPOSE COURT ACTION ON 6 JANUARY.
• ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL : EU HOLDS PRELIMINARY DEBATE ON BIOCIDES DIRECTIVE.
• EU/CHINA/VIETNAM : FOOTWEAR: BEIJING AND HANOI UNHAPPY ABOUT ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES.
• 50 MN EURO OF BUDGET SUPPORT FOR SERBIA.
• ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL : COUNCIL SEEKS BAN ON PHOSPHATES IN DETERGENTS.
• RENEWABLE ENERGY : COMMISSION REPORT ON BIOMASS CRITERIAaSET FOR LATE JANUARY.
• EIB LOAN FOR R&D IN SPAIN.
• EIB LOAN TO POSTE ITALIANE.
• FINANCIAL CRISIS : GLOBAL ACCOUNTING BODY SUGGESTS SPLITTING UP LARGE BANKS.
• COMMISSION : BARROSO I BACK TO WORK AS NEXT TEAM GETS READY.
• FOCUS : VAN ROMPUY ANNOUNCES 11 FEBRUARY SUMMIT.
• ENERGY : RUSSIA'S OIL DISPUTES NO THREAT TO EU SUPPLY.
• AIR TRANSPORT : COMMISSION RECONSIDERS AIRPORT BODY SCANNERS.
• ESTONIANS' SUPPORT FOR EURO DROPS TO 47%.
• CONSULTATION LAUNCHED ON DIGITAL TACHOGRAPHS.
• EUROZONE INFLATION PICKING UP.
• COUNCIL : DOUBLE PRESIDENCY HITS FIRST SNAG.
• GAS : TEN-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN SHOWS INCREASED DEPENDENCE.
• BUDGETARY POLICY : UPDATE ON GREEK DEFICIT DUE MID-JANUARY.
• ENVIRONMENT : BLUEFIN TUNA: COMMISSION SEEKS COMPROMISE.
• SECURITY : MADRID TO SET UP EU COUNTER-TERRORISM COORDINATION COMMITTEE.
• INTERNET : COMMISSION EXTENDS REVIEW OF POLISH IP TRAFFIC EXCHANGE MEASURE.
• ZAPATERO HOLDS CRISIS CONSULTATION.
• EU'S POWER OF ATTRACTION IN QUESTION.
• ROOTING OUT CORRUPTION AND ORGANISED CRIME.
• ENLARGEMENT : MADRID INTENDS TO OPEN EU'S DOORS.
• INDUSTRY : PRODUCER PRICES RISE, ORDERS FALL.
• TEHRAN CANCELS INTERPARLIAMENTARY MEETING.
• ACQUISITION OF SEA CLEARED.
• GREEN LIGHT FOR AABAR AND DAIMLER BUY OF BRAWN GP.
• THE PROCEDURE IN DETAIL.
• CITES PROPOSAL POSTPONED.
• BUDGETARY POLICY : EU PUSHES GREECE FOR DETAILS ON BUDGET CUTS.
• COMPETITION : EU EXEC SEEKS TO IMPROVE ANTI-TRUST PROCEDURES.
• SECURITY OF INSTITUTIONS : BUCKING TREND, EP DISCARDS BODY SCANNERS.
• NO EU BAILOUT FOR GREECE, SAYS ECB'S STARK.
• CIVIL SERVANTS' SALARIES : COMMISSION TAKES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST MEMBER STATES.
• AIR TRANSPORT : US AIRLINES CHALLENGE EU ETS IN COURT.
• COMMISSIONERS' HEARINGS : ANSWERS TO QUESTIONNAIRE MOVE UP PARLIAMENTARY CHAIN.
• ENERGY SECURITY : COLD WEATHER AND BELARUS DISPUTE RAISE CONCERNS.
• ECONOMIC CRISIS : SOCIAL DIALOGUE TO BE LAUNCHED FOR EU METAL INDUSTRY.
• BARROSO TO HOLD PRE-HEARING SEMINAR.
• CARBON TAX AT EU BORDERS?
• MEPS GET READY TO MAKE DECISION.
• EU/US : FOILED TERROR PLOT GIVES IMPETUS FOR DEEPENING COOPERATION.
• EU/US : OPEN SKY TALKS RESUME AS CLOCK BEGINS TO TICK.
• EMCON-FAURECIA MERGER OKAYED.
• COMPETITION : KRAFT FOODS AUTHORISED TO BUY CADBURY.
• VOLUME OF RETAIL TRADE FALLS IN EU.
• AGRICULTURE : MADRID SPELLS OUT LIMITED BUT 'DECISIVE' CAP REFORM PRIORITIES.
• CUSTOMS DUTIES : NEW RULES IN FORCE SINCE 1 JANUARY.
• ENERGY : POWER STANDBY REGULATION KICKS IN.
• PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY : DANISH DRUGS FIRM LUNDBECK FACES ANTI-TRUST PROBE.
• ECONOMIC CRISIS : REPORT: FINANCIAL SECTOR SHRINKS BY 6.2% IN 2009.
• ECONOMIC INDICATORS : CONFIDENCE GROWS FOR NINTH MONTH.
• GALILEO : COMMISSION AWARDS FIRST CONTRACTS: OHB BEATS OUT ASTRIUM.
• 2020 STRATEGY : STAKEHOLDERS CRITICAL OF POST-LISBON CONSULTATION PAPER.
• EUROPEAN COMMISSION : CABINET APPOINTMENTS.
• DERIVATIVES : BUSINESSES FEAR NEW LAW COULD PROVE COSTLY.
• DEVELOPMENT : COMMISSION SAYS STANDS BEHIND DE GUCHT'S CONGO REMARKS.
• 'THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYONE'.
• UNEMPLOYMENT : EU JOBLESS RATE REACHES TEN-YEAR HIGH.
• EU GDP UP BY 0.3%.
• FREDERIC VALLIER/CEMR.
• WILLIAM E. KENNARD/US MISSION TO EU.
• JOSE MARIA DAVO FERNANDEZ/CCBE.