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HYDROGEN ENERGY : PARLIAMENT TO BACK COMMISSION'S HYDROGEN PLANS.: Following the support of the Industry Committee, in April, for establishment of a Joint Initiative JTI for fuel cells and hydrogen, the European Parliament is likely to back the European Commission's plans. In Strasbourg, the Parliament is set to debate the hydrogen JTI in plenary, on...; Tags: commission, European Commission, European Parliament, hydrogen, SALES; Research articles 2008-05-28
MARITIME POLICY : EUROPE MARKS FIRST MARITIME DAY.: On a proposal from the European Commission, the EU celebrated, on 20 May, the first European Maritime Day(1). The launch ceremony was held in Strasbourg and included the signing of a joint declaration by Janez Jan a, prime minister of Slovenia, for the Council, Hans-Gert Pottering, ...; Tags: commission, European Parliament, president, SALES; Research articles 2008-05-22
FISHERIES AND MARITIME POLICY : JOE BORG PRESENTS PRIORITIES FOR 2009 TO MEPS.: A revamping of the common organisation of fisheries and aquaculture markets, the creation of a European maritime observatory and data network and stricter monitoring of fisheries are among the priorities of the annual policy strategy for 2009 presented, on 5 May, by Fisheries and Maritime Policy...; Tags: commission, European Parliament, SALES; Research articles 2008-05-19
INTERVIEW WITH RADOVAN ZERJAV, SLOVENIAN TRANSPORT MINISTER : GALILEO AFFIRMS EUROPE'S INDEPENDENCE.: Slovenian Transport Minister Radovan Zerjav believes he has more reason than others to be satisfied with the formal launch of Galileo, the future European satellite navigation system, following the adoption, on 23 April, by the European Parliament of the implementation regulation. Zerjav talked to Europolitics about...; Tags: agreement, commission, European Parliament, SALES, satellite, Slovenia; Research articles 2008-05-13
TELECOMMUNICATIONS : IMPLEMENTATION OF FUNCTIONAL SEPARATION AT HEART OF DEBATE.: Though less controversial, functional separation' in the telecoms sector is still nonetheless the cause of debate. The general opinion is that this tool aiming to boost competition will be retained in the future EU telecoms package.aIf a national regulator uses it, a dominant operator is...; Tags: commission, European Parliament, Government, network, NETWORKING, Regulations, regulator, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony; Research articles 2008-05-13

EU says car pollution targets unworkable: report: BERLIN AFP — A senior EU official has said that a European Union deadline to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new cars by 2012 was unrealistic, according to an interview with a German newspaper. Industry Commissioner Guenther Verheugen said Sunday that the proposals -- under which carmakers will be...; Tags: car, commission, European Parliament, pollution, SALES; Research articles 2008-05-12
EU official says car pollution targets unworkable: report: BERLIN AFP — A senior EU official said Sunday that a European Union deadline to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new cars by 2012 was unrealistic, according to an interview with a German newspaper. Industry Commissioner Guenther Verheugen said that the proposals -- under which carmakers will be fined...; Tags: car, commission, European Parliament, pollution, SALES; Research articles 2008-05-11
GALILEO : PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL STRUGGLING TO REACH AN AGREEMENT.: The EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament are striving to agree on the proposal for a regulation on the deployment and exploitation phases of Galileo, the European satellite-based navigation system. The EP's Industry Committee has once again had to postpone the adoption of compromise...; Tags: agreement, commission, EP, European Parliament; Research articles 2008-04-07
Bodies force EU change on commission.: UK associations have successfully lobbied against a European directive that would have prevented IFAs receiving a combination of fees and commission. An 11th hour submission to MEPs from the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries and the Association of Finance Brokers, led to the change ...; Tags: commission, directive, European Parliament, SALES; Research articles 2008-01-31
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT : MEPS LEND SUPPORT, MATCHED WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.: The European Parliament's main political groups have voiced virtually unanimous support for the European Commission's energy-climate package, though some attach recommendations to their backing. As soon as President Jose Manuel Barroso had left the Commission meeting, on 23 January, he went straight to the European ...; Tags: Belgium, commission, European Parliament, SALES; Research articles 2008-01-24
TRANSPARENCY : ACCESS TO EU DOCUMENTS REMAINS LIMITED.: Access to public documents of the EU institutions is neither truly transparent nor effective, according to the European ombudsman and certain NGOs. The European Parliament is currently preparing an own-initiative report requesting a review of the existing legislation. Nikiforos Diamandouros was invited to Brussels...; Tags: commission, Council, European Parliament, regulation, SALES; Research articles 2007-12-14
SOLIDARITY FUND IN THE UK.: The European Commission will soon propose to the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament that the EU Solidarity Fund is mobilised in favour of the United Kingdom, due to the severe flooding which affected the country in the summer of 2007. Following a meeting with...; Tags: Brussels, commission, European Commission, European Parliament, SALES, U.K.; Research articles 2007-11-16
INSTITUTIONS : INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN THE NEW TREATY.: The EU's draft reform Treaty of Lisbon incorporates into its Treaty on the European Union' section, in Article 9, the bulk of the innovations on the EU institutions which would have figured in the Constitution. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT The text states straight...; Tags: commission, Council, European Parliament, president, SALES, Treaty; Research articles 2007-11-02
CONSUMERS : COMMISSION AIMS TO STRENGTHEN PRODUCT SAFETY MONITORING.: Whether it is voluntary or not, a new safety label for toys is far from being a priority for a number of European stakeholders. According to the Commissioner for Industry, Gunter Verheugen, it is not so much current EU legislation which poses a problem as "its implementation...; Tags: commission, European Parliament, Handhelds, HARDWARE, monitoring, SOFTWARE; Research articles 2007-10-05
GALILEO : COMMISSION OUTLINES FINANCING PLANS.(European Union. European Commission): The European Commission confirmed on 19 September that it wanted to use only EU financing for the deployment phase of the European satellite navigation programme Galileo. The scenario it proposes, which has been submitted to the European Parliament and the Council under the co-decision procedure, requires...; Tags: Branding, commission, European Commission, European Parliament, FINANCE, financing, Investment, MARKETING, positioning, SALES; Research articles 2007-10-03
ENERGY PROJECT COORDINATORS.: The Commission has appointed four coordinators for projects under the Priority Interconnection Plan adopted by the Commission in January 2007. The European Parliament's Energy Committee ITRE had approved the four in July. Former Mario Monti is responsible for the high voltage connection between France and Spain....; Tags: commission, European Parliament, SALES; Research articles 2007-09-26
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION : MEPS BACK PLANS FOR EU-WIDE RULES ON TREATMENT OF ASYLUM SEEKERS.: Firm backing has been given by MEPs to plans to create a common EU policy on the return of illegal immigrants to their countries of origin. The plans set out binding rules for member states on how illegal immigrants, including asylum seekers, can be expelled...; Tags: commission, European Parliament, immigrant; Research articles 2007-09-24
CONSUMERS : TWO MONTHS TO EVALUATE TOY SAFETY CONTROLS.: Over the next two months, the EU's Consumer Protection Commissioner Meglena Kuneva will examine control procedures within the EU with regard to potentially dangerous imported products. US toy giant, Mattel, meanwhile, has just recalled toys made in China again. On 5 September, Kuneva's spokesperson...; Tags: commission, European Parliament, Mattel Inc., SALES, spokesperson; Research articles 2007-09-21
TRANSPARENCY : PARLIAMENT TO REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF LOBBYISTS.: The European Parliament's Committee on Constitutional Affairs is preparing an own-initiative report on the development of a framework governing the activities of interest representatives lobbyists in the EU institutions. This document, which will be drafted by Finnish MEP Alexander Stubb (EPP-ED), is a follow-up to the...; Tags: Brussels, commission, European Parliament, registry, SALES; Research articles 2007-09-07
European Union external trade policy: multilevel principal-agent relationships.(Report): Trade policy throughout the developed countries is increasingly characterized as an area of contentious politics. One need only think of the numerous antiglobalization protests and vociferous calls for more transparent policy to see that there is a transnational movement to make trade and other areas of...; Tags: agent, agreement, commission, Council, European Commission, European Parliament, G., Government, government, incentive, M., negotiation, Principal, Treaty; Research articles 2007-08-01