Europe adopts Space Policy - EUbusiness Week no 357

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EUbusiness Week - Issue 357
25 May 2007
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This Week's Top Stories
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1. MEPs clear the air for slashing mobile roaming rates
2. EU agrees to ease TV advertising rules
3. Top EU legal advisor strikes blow against wage-dumping
4. Brussels to propose EUR 120m per year to promote wine
5. Iceland explores EU membership
6. Most Europeans support smoking bans: study

Publisher's Note
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A European Space Policy was launched on Wednesday,
establishing a common political framework for space
activities in Europe, with a view to integrating the
space efforts of 29 European countries.

The policy, drawn up by the Commission with the European
Space Agency, outlines strategic guidelines for Europe's
future activities in space, tackling issues such as
security and defence, access to space and exploration.

A stronger, better coordinated Europe in space, with
increased synergy between civil and defence space
programmes, should contribute better to the future
needs of its citizens. It should also result in more
efficient use of taxpayers' money.
http://users.eubusiness.com/Rd/eu-space.69

Regards,

Nick Prag
Publisher, EUbusiness

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1. MEPs clear the air for slashing mobile roaming rates
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European tourists and business people should see lower
mobile phone bills in coming months, after Members of the
European Parliament backed rules slashing the cost of
cross-border calls by up to 70 per cent.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Telecoms/eu-roaming.7

2. EU agrees to ease TV advertising rules
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EU culture ministers agreed on Thursday to ease
television advertising rules and allow product
placements, while giving individual Member States
the option to set tougher standards.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Media/tv-advertising.43

3. Top EU legal advisor strikes blow against wage-dumping
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The EU's top legal adviser has given a boost to unions
seeking to stop cheap labour from flooding in from eastern
Europe, in a landmark case involving Sweden and Latvia.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Employment/1179925217.03

4. Brussels to propose EUR 120m per year to promote wine
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The Commission is to propose that at least EUR 120 million
be spent each year on promoting European wine
worldwide, according to a letter seen by AFP.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Food/wine.86

5. Iceland explores EU membership
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Iceland's coalition government, fiercely divided on whether
the country should join the EU, is setting up a special
commission to weigh the pros and cons of membership.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Institutions/iceland-eu.87

6. Most Europeans support smoking bans: study
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Most Europeans support no-smoking policies spreading
through the EU, with backing highest in Ireland, Sweden
and Italy where they are already in place, a
Eurobarometer report published on Tuesday says.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Health/smoking-eu.38

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Inside the EU Institutions
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Council Watch
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Consumer credit: Member States have approved plans to
harmonise consumer credit rules across the bloc to make it
easier for consumers to shop around for the best deals.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Consumer/consumer-credit.38
EU calls for cheaper trademark registration
http://www.eubusiness.com/Rd/eu-trademarks.07
EU divided over plans to uproot vineyards
http://www.eubusiness.com/Agri/1179770419.28
Putin plays down tensions with West
http://www.eubusiness.com/Russia/1180036801.23
http://www.eubusiness.com/European_Council

Commission Watch
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Trade pacts: Commissioner Peter Mandelson has rejected
accusations of piling pressure on poor, former European
colonies in tough negotiations over new trade pacts.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Trade/1179838801.82
No consensus yet on simplified EU treaty
http://www.eubusiness.com/Institutions/1180015201.54
Commission 'expected' low Bulgarian voter turnout
http://www.eubusiness.com/news_live/1179748821.08
Estonia urged to keep sites open despite cyber-attacks
http://www.eubusiness.com/Internet/1179748801.88
http://www.eubusiness.com/Commission

Euro-Parliament Watch
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Estonia: the Parliament on Thursday called on Russia to
assist investigations into cyber-attacks against Estonian
websites occurring after the decision to remove a Soviet
war memorial from central Tallinn.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Internet/1180026067.49
Five Bulgarian parties send deputies to Parliament
http://www.eubusiness.com/news_live/1179936001.28
Parliament mulls ways to cut its own CO2 levels
http://www.eubusiness.com/Environ/1179867602.1
Bulgaria's ruling Socialists lose European vote
http://www.eubusiness.com/Bulgaria/1179730802.27

At this week's plenary session, MEPs called for a new
innovation strategy for Europe, involving the creation of
'knowledge regions' to facilitate the knowledge transfer
between research centres and businesses, new measures to
protect inventors, and tax incentives for enterprises which
invest in research and innovation. They also approved a
proposal to simplify the EU's Common Agricultural Policy by
merging the 21 existing sector-specific market
organisations into a single regulation; and urged more
flexibility in plans to scrap the Community intervention
system for the maize market.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Europarl

EU diary
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25 May, ACP - EU Council of Ministers
28 May, EU-Troika - PR China
28 May, ASEM Foreign Ministers Meeting
30-31 May, Employment, Social, Health, Consumer Council
1-3 Jun, Informal Meeting of Environment Ministers

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Other news on EUbusiness this week
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http://www.eubusiness.com/Finance/1180029614.11
European unions seek to pressure EU authorities 24-May
http://www.eubusiness.com/Employment/etuc-seville.67
Russian embargo on Polish meat 'discrimination' 24-May
http://www.eubusiness.com/Food/1180018812.75
EU states launch joint anti-immigration sea patrols 24-May
http://www.eubusiness.com/news_live/1179928801.93
Eurozone new industrial orders jump in March 23-May
http://www.eubusiness.com/Factsfig/1179914401.34
Gazprom sticks with EU investment despite tension 23-May
http://www.eubusiness.com/Energy/1179878401.56
EU urged to take more responsibility for shipbreaking 22-May
http://www.eubusiness.com/Environ/1179856801.93
EU clears merger of BMG, Universal music businesses 22-May
http://www.eubusiness.com/Media/1179838815.25
March trade surplus despite euro strength 22-May
http://www.eubusiness.com/Factsfig/1179828001.94
Polish referendum on controversial road fails 21-May
http://www.eubusiness.com/Environ/1179738002.36
Withering crop brings woe for Polish apple sector 20-May
http://www.eubusiness.com/Agri/1179633601.55

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