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EU leaders seek to
boost innovation at Finland summit EU Business Week, 20 October 2006
EU leaders meeting in Finland on Friday were to take a hard look at why
innovation in Europe is falling behind other regions and what the bloc can do
to keep the gap from widening further.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Rd/061019023646.ebrc14j5
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EC unveils action
plan to cut energy consumption EU Business Week, 20 October 2006
The Commission unveiled on Thursday an action plan to cut energy consumption by
20 per cent annually from 2020, part of the EU's new drive for a comprehensive
policy on natural resources.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Energy/061019141752.kykkiq4p
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EU to test all US
long grain rice following GM mix-up EU Business Week, 20 October 2006
The Commission has decided to impose mandatory tests on all imports of US long
grain rice, after a banned genetically modified strain entered the European
market.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Food/061019105956.mvtqf55a
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EU sues Sweden over
broadcasting monopoly EU Business Week, 20 October 2006
The Commission is taking Sweden to court for failing to abolish state-owned
Boxer TV-Access' monopoly as required by EU law.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Competition/061017101527.t0ujlbay
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Scientists give mixed
forecast for Atlantic fish stocks EU Business Week, 20 October 2006
Researchers have issued a patchy forecast for commercial fisheries in the
Northeast Atlantic, saying herring and hake stocks had rebounded somewhat but
cod, sandeel, flatfish and anchovies remained at perilously low levels.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Fisheries/061016144245.qjznojcz
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US likely to demand
more passenger travel data EU Business Week, 20 October 2006
US authorities could soon demand more information about passengers leaving
Europe for airports in the United States and seek to keep the details for
longer, a senior US official said on Tuesday.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Transport/061017141354.fuhlcxn3
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MEPs uphold
environmentalist approach on chemicals EU Business Week, 13 October 2006
After three years of heated debate, the European Parliament began on Tuesday
the final phase of approving controversial new rules on the use of chemicals to
better protect people and the environment.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Environ/061010141742.5j3ruml9
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US pulls part of Airbus
WTO case against EU EU Business Week, 13 October 2006
The US government said on Wednesday it was suspending part of a WTO case
against Europe over aircraft subsidies but insisted it was pressing ahead with
the complaint as a whole.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Trade/061011155844.tsvfvd4z
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EU acts against
Britain over dairy's food safety breaches EU Business Week, 13 October 2006
The Commission has announced that it is launching proceedings against Britain
for failing to act on food safety violations by the Bowland Dairy in northern
England.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Agri/061012125621.bbxou6ih
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EU agrees to boost
security on planes and at airports EU Business Week, 13 October 2006
EU transport ministers agreed on Thursday to boost security measures in planes
and at airports, including allowing the use of armed "air marshals" on
aircraft.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Transport/061012100008.xfohp4dg
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France ordered to
change takeover law EU Business Week, 13 October 2006
The Commission has ordered France to change a law that steps up protection
against company takeovers from abroad because of concerns it may block
investors from other EU countries.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Finance/061012102839.gs9h6mk7
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How many EU members?
Poll shows most Europeans don't know EU Business Week, 13 October 2006
Only around one in five Europeans and fewer than one in 10 Britons know that
the EU has 25 member countries, according to a survey just released.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Institutions/061010153423.j0q6ens2
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More and more European
smokers told to stub it out EU Business Week, 06 October 2006
Smokers are finding themselves increasingly unwelcome in public areas
throughout Europe as health fears over passive smoking require them to stub it
out in more and more bars, restaurants and train stations.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Living_in_EU/061001044703.7ev2bxs9
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European Defence
Agency paints grim picture of future EU Business Week, 06
October 2006
The Union will become older, poorer and increasingly vulnerable to wide-scale
immigration from its neighbours, according to a new European Defence Agency
report.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Living_in_EU/061002175837.vr3w2wry
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EU seeks to attract
more cartel whistle-blowers EU Business Week, 06 October 2006
The EU has proposed new measures aimed at attracting whistle-blowers within
trade cartels, and to streamline the national and bloc-wide systems used to
break them up.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Competition/060929120841.vixlxi76
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EU gets tough on
airlines' joint ticket pricing EU Business Week, 06 October 2006
The EU says that from next year, an airline association IATA ticket pricing
system under which members may fix prices among themselves for flights within
the EU will be banned as a restrictive business practice.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Transport/061002133629.m9k1gl7r
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Eurozone growth hits a
six-year high EU Business Week, 06 October 2006
Economic growth in the eurozone reached an annual rate of 3.4 per cent in the
first half of the year, the highest level for six years, the Commission
announced on Monday.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Finance/061002100827.4qv6cewq
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China, Vietnam call EU
anti-dumping measures unjustified EU Business Week, 06 October 2006
China slammed EU anti-dumping measures on imports of leather shoes as >
illegal on Thursday and threatened retaliation, as Vietnam complained > it
will pay a high price in lost earnings and jobs.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Trade/061005110259.hmyto2s1
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Launching of a new
dedicated web site on competitiveness: "GLOBAL EUROPE, competing in the world",
EU Trade News, 04 October 2006
How will Europe sustain its external competiteveness in a global economy? How
can competitiveness benefit to growth and jobs in the european union? How
should - and will - trade policies contribute to this major challenge in a
changing world? To get the answers and to learn more, discover the new web site
and its documents, videos, fact sheets...
-> Go To the Competitiveness Web Site
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New strategy
puts EU trade policy at service of European competitiveness and economic reform,
EU Trade News, 04 October 2006
The European Commission has adopted today a new trade strategy which aims at
opening new markets abroad for EU companies to trade and ensuring that European
companies are able to compete fairly in those markets. It also commits Europe
to ensuring that its own markets remain open.
-> Read the Press Release
-> Watch the Press Conference