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Syngenta: EU Member States again fail to agree restriction on key crop protection technology

Posted on 7, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Basel, Switzerland, 7-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Syngenta acknowledged that European Union (EU) Member States for the second time failed to agree on the European Commission’s proposal for a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides. The latest decision should compel the Commission to return to … Read the full press release →

Posted in Agriculture, Belgium, Business, Chemicals, European Union, Government, Law, Politics, Society, Switzerland

Tagged ban, Basel, bee health, bee health decline, disease, EFSA, health of bees, John Atkin, key crop protection technology, loss of habitat, neonicotinoid, neonicotinoid pesticides, Nutrition, Operation Pollinator initiative, Pesticides, Syngenta, viruses

Europe on Track, Spanish youth media project, awarded first prize at the 2013 Charlemagne Youth Prize ceremony in Aachen University

Posted on 7, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Aachen, 7-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Europe on Track, a Spanish youth media project, was awarded first prize at the 2013 Charlemagne Youth Prize ceremony on 7 May in Aachen University. The second prize went to the photo contest Discover Europe from Poland … Read the full press release →

Posted in Art & Culture, Awards, Estonia, European Union, Germany, Media, Poland, Politics, Society, Spain

Tagged 2013 European Charlemagne Youth Prize, Aachen, Aachen University, Charlemagne Youth Prize, Discover Europe, ECYP2013, Europe on Track, European identity, Hans-Gert Pöttering, integration, Marcel Philip, Martin Schulz, prize, Spanish youth media, The Story of my Life, young people, Youth Prize

Legal Affairs Committee to reform EU audit services to win back investors’ confidence

Posted on 7, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

7-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Obliging companies to switch auditors regularly and prohibiting auditors from supplying certain non-auditing services are among the changes voted by the Legal Affairs Committee on Thursday to a draft law to open up the EU audit services … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Law, Politics, Society

Tagged Audit, audit firms, audit market, audit quality, audit reform package, audit reports, audit transparency, Auditors, banks, Big 4-only, draft law, EU audit, EU audit services, insurance companies, international auditing standards, investors, investors' confidence, Legal Affairs Committee, listed companies, PIEs, public-interest entities, reform, Sajjad Karim, switch auditors

Vice-President Viviane Reding held Citizens’ Debate about the Future of Europe in Brussels

Posted on 7, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 7-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — As the debate about the future of Europe and the consequences of the economic crisis is gathering pace, the European Commission is reaching out to different European towns to listen to citizens, their concerns and hopes for … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, European Union, Government, Politics, Society

Tagged Belgians, Brussels, Charles Picqué, citizens, Debate, economic crisis, EU citizens, European towns, European Year of Citizens, Europeans, Future of Europe, Future of Europe Debate, Viviane Reding

EC launches the deployment of SESAR, EU’s flagship project aiming to modernise the Air Traffic Management (ATM)

Posted on 7, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 7-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Commission has adopted today a new Regulation establishing governance and incentive mechanisms to facilitate the effective and timely deployment of SESAR, the Union’s flagship project that aims at modernising the Air Traffic Management (ATM) system and … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Belgium, European Union, Government, Politics, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel

Tagged air navigation service, air traffic management, airlines, airports, SESAR, Siim Kallas, Single European Sky

EC paves the way for more ambitious Single European Sky performance targets

Posted on 7, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 7-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission adopted today revised implementing Regulations on performance and charging, setting the framework for the upcoming negotiations on targets for the second reference period (2015 to 2019) of the SES Performance Scheme. The Scheme sets … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Belgium, Business, Environment, European Union, Government, Politics, Transportation & Logistics, Travel

Tagged air navigation services, airlines, Brussels, Capacity, cheaper flights, Cost-Efficiency, Environment, gate-to-gate, less delays, passengers, Regulations, safety, SES Performance Scheme, shorter flight paths, Siim Kallas, Single European Sky, Single Sky Committee, The European Commission

The EC approved liquidation aid for the Agricultural Bank of Greece (ATE Bank)

Posted on 6, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 6-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has concluded that liquidation aid granted by Greece in favour of Agricultural Bank of Greece (ATE Bank) was in line with EU state aid rules. In particular, the Commission found that the aid was … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Greece, Investment, Law, Politics

Tagged Agricultural Bank of Greece, assets, ATE Bank, bad bank, EU state aid rules, liabilities, liquidation aid, PIRAEUS BANK, recapitalisation, state aid

New Heads of EU Delegations to Azerbaijan, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Paraguay, Sri Lanka and Kyrgyzstan

Posted on 6, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 6-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission, announced today the appointment of new Heads of EU Delegations to Azerbaijan, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Paraguay, Sri Lanka … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, European Union, Government, Politics

Tagged Alberto Navarro, Alessandro Palmero, Azerbaijan, Catherine Ashton, Cesare de Montis, David Daly, EEAS, EU Delegations, Heads of EU Delegations, Honduras, Ketil Karlsen, Kyrgyzstan, Malena Mård, Paraguay, Sri Lanka, the Dominican Republic

László Andor at Leuven Conference: We can restore and maintain prosperity in Europe if we invest in our human capital, from cradle to old age

Posted on 6, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 6-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The key role of social investment for the modernisation of national welfare systems and for overcoming Europe’s employment and social crisis was underlined by László Andor, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion at the conference … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, European Union, Government, Investment, Ireland, Politics, Society

Tagged László Andor, Leuven Institute, local governments, national welfare systems, NGOs, Platform against Poverty, Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion, poverty, social crisis, social exclusion, Social investment, welfare systems

EC adopts package of measures to strengthen the enforcement of health and safety standards for the whole agri-food chain

Posted on 6, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 6-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has today adopted a package of measures to strengthen the enforcement of health and safety standards for the whole agri-food chain. Food safety is essential to ensure consumers’ confidence and sustainability of food production. … Read the full press release →

Posted in Agriculture, Belgium, Business, European Union, Food & Beverage, Government, Healthcare, Law, Politics, Security & Safety, Society

Tagged agri-food chain, food production, food safety, food safety standards, safer food, Tonio Borg

The European Road Safety Day – May 6

Posted on 6, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

European Road Safety Day, dedicated to reducing pedestrian fatalities in urban areas Brussels, 6-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Road Safety Day – May 6 – is the Commission’s contribution to the United Nations Global Road Safety Week, whose theme this year … Read the full press release →

Posted in Automotive, Belgium, European Union, Government, Healthcare, Infrastructure & Utilities, Politics, Security & Safety, Society, Transportation & Logistics

Tagged Brussels, car drivers, CIVITAS initiative, cyclists, EU, European Road Safety Day, high vehicle speed, long short walk, mopeds, motorcycles, outstanding road safety record, pedestrian road safety, Pedestrians, public road safety demonstrations, reducing pedestrian fatalities, riders, road deaths, road safety, Siim Kallas, sustainable urban mobility, United Nations Global Road Safety Week, unsafe road user behaviours, Urban Mobility Package

EC adopts new strategy to encourage use of green infrastructure

Posted on 6, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 6-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission adopted today a new strategy for encouraging the use of green infrastructure, and for ensuring that the enhancement of natural processes becomes a systematic part of spatial planning. Green Infrastructure is a tried and … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Construction, Environment, European Union, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Politics, Society

Tagged agriculture, Biodiversity-rich parks, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, disaster prevention, ecological benefits, economic benefits, Fisheries, forestry, fresh air corridors, GI projects, Green Infrastructure, green spaces, Janez Potočnik, land use policies, marine, nature, social benefits, summer heat waves, WATER, wildlife

The EC suspends Austrian plans to regulate high bandwidth of leased lines

Posted on 6, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 6-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has expressed serious doubts over draft measure notified by the Austrian telecoms regulator (RTR) on the wholesale market for terminating segments of leased lines – the final part of the network. Leased lines are … Read the full press release →

Posted in Austria, Belgium, Business, European Union, Government, Internet & Online, Law, Politics, Technology, Telecom

Tagged A1 Austria Telekom, Austrian telecoms regulator, BEREC, Bregenz, Brussels, Competition, data, Dornbirn, European telecoms regulators, Feldkirch, Graz, Hallein, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, leased lines, Linz, Neelie Kroes, private circuits, Salzburg, Steyr, telecommunications services, Telecoms, Vienna, voice, Wels

EC finds public co-financing of Uppsala arena in Sweden is in line with EU state aid rules

Posted on 6, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 6-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has concluded that the proposed public co-financing of a new multi-purpose arena in Uppsala, Sweden was in line with EU state aid rules. In particular, the Commission found that the public funding was … Read the full press release →

Posted in Art & Culture, Belgium, Business, Construction, European Union, Financial, Government, Law, Politics, Society, Sports, Sweden

Tagged arena, Competition, cultural facilities, EU state aid rules, investigation, Joaquin Almunia, Municipality of Uppsala, policy, public funding, sport facilities, state aid, Uppsala, Uppsala arena

EC to investigate PSA Peugeot Citroën group restructuring plan

Posted on 3, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 3-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — State aid: Commission opens an in-depth investigation into the restructuring of the PSA Peugeot Citroën group The European Commission has opened an in‑depth investigation to determine whether the PSA group’s restructuring plan is compatible with the European Union’s … Read the full press release →

Posted in Automotive, Banks, Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, France, Government, Investment, Law, Politics, Society

Tagged aid beneficiary, Banque PSA Finance, Citroën, hybrid technologies, investigation, Peugeot, PSA Peugeot Citroën group, rescuing firms, state aid, state aid rules, state guarantee

EC reopened inquiry into the tax aid awarded to Electricité de France following Court judgment

Posted on 3, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 3-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has reopened an inquiry into certain tax measures for Electricité de France (EDF) related to the electricity grid. This follows a judgment handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union (Case C-124/10 P) … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, France, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Law, Politics, Society

Tagged Case C-124/10 P, Case T-156/04, corporation tax, Court judgment, EC, EDF, Electricité de France, electricity grid, state aid, TAX, tax aid

La Commission ordonne à la France de recouvrer certaines aides incompatibles reçues par la SNCM

Posted on 3, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 3-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Aides d’État: la Commission ordonne à la France de recouvrer certaines aides incompatibles reçues par la SNCM. 1. Quelle est l’approche de la Commission concernant les compensations de service public ? Les services d’intérêt général sont indispensables à … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, France, Government, Investment, Law, Politics, Transportation & Logistics, Travel

Tagged Aides d’État, Corse, la Commission, SNCM

Media accreditation for G8 summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland open until 6 May

Posted on 3, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 3-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso will participate in the G8 summit on 17-18 June in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, representing the European Union. The UK, as host of … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Business, Economy, European Union, Government, Media, Politics, United Kingdom

Tagged Belfast, Enniskillen, European Union, G8 Summit, Herman Van Rompuy, José Manuel Barroso, journalists, Killyhevlin media centre, London, Lough Erne, media accreditation, Northern Ireland

EC authorised Belgian plans to compensate the Belgian post

Posted on 3, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 3-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has authorised under EU state aid rules Belgian plans to compensate the Belgian postal incumbent bpost for discharging a series of public service obligations between 2013 and 2015. The Commission found the measures to … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Law, Politics, Society

Tagged bpost, EU state aid rules, Joaquin Almunia, services of general economic interest, SGEI, state aid

EC claims €230m of EU agricultural policy funds unduly spent by Member States

Posted on 3, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 3-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A total of €230 million of EU agricultural policy funds, unduly spent by Member States, is being claimed back by the European Commission today under the so-called clearance of accounts procedure. However, because some of these amounts … Read the full press release →

Posted in Agriculture, Belgium, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Law, Politics

Tagged Brussels, CAP, CAP expenditure, Common Agricultural Policy, EC, EU agricultural, EU agricultural policy funds, EU budget, EU rules, Member States

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Syngenta: EU Member States again fail to agree restriction on key crop protection technology

Europe on Track, Spanish youth media project, awarded first prize at the 2013 Charlemagne Youth Prize ceremony in Aachen University

Legal Affairs Committee to reform EU audit services to win back investors’ confidence

Vice-President Viviane Reding held Citizens’ Debate about the Future of Europe in Brussels

EC launches the deployment of SESAR, EU’s flagship project aiming to modernise the Air Traffic Management (ATM)

EC paves the way for more ambitious Single European Sky performance targets

The EC approved liquidation aid for the Agricultural Bank of Greece (ATE Bank)

New Heads of EU Delegations to Azerbaijan, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Paraguay, Sri Lanka and Kyrgyzstan

EC adopts package of measures to strengthen the enforcement of health and safety standards for the whole agri-food chain

The European Road Safety Day – May 6

The EC suspends Austrian plans to regulate high bandwidth of leased lines

EC finds public co-financing of Uppsala arena in Sweden is in line with EU state aid rules

EC to investigate PSA Peugeot Citroën group restructuring plan

EC reopened inquiry into the tax aid awarded to Electricité de France following Court judgment

La Commission ordonne à la France de recouvrer certaines aides incompatibles reçues par la SNCM

Media accreditation for G8 summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland open until 6 May

EC authorised Belgian plans to compensate the Belgian post

EC claims €230m of EU agricultural policy funds unduly spent by Member States

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