EC unveils climate change package - EUbusiness Week no 385

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EUbusiness Week - Issue 385
25 January 2008
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This Week's Top Stories
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1. EU threatens trade partners over global warming
2. EU hopes to sign accord with Serbia in coming days
3. Sarkozy wants easing of EU fishing quotas
4. Poland ready to lift veto on EU-Russia talks
5. French and German farmers join forces against EU reforms
6. Indonesia plans rapid air safety programme to lift EU ban

Publisher's Note
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"The ultimate political test for our generation" is how
Commission boss Jose Manuel Barroso described the global
challenge of climate change. The EC's response is a far-
reaching package to slash greenhouse gases, unveiled on
Wednesday, which calls on EU members to boost their use of
renewable energy and biofuels and to make industry pay for
the right to pollute.

Since EU leaders agreed at last year's March summit to cut
carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent by 2020, the plans
have attracted a huge amount of lobbying. Industry is
concerned about the cost and impact on jobs, while
environmental groups say the targets do not go far enough.
How the rest of the world responds, however, will be
a key factor in whether the plans are, as the Commission
claims, "the right answer to the challenge of energy security
and an opportunity to create thousands of new businesses and
millions of jobs".
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1201097822.0
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Regards,

Nick Prag
Publisher, EUbusiness

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1. EU threatens trade partners over global warming
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The Commission brandished the threat on Wednesday of imposing
restrictions on imports from countries that fail to follow
its lead in tackling global climate change.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1201106840.14
US warns EU against using environment for protectionism
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1200920521.39

2. EU hopes to sign accord with Serbia in coming days
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Current EU president Slovenia says the Union hopes to sign a
Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Serbia on closer
integration "in the coming days".
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1201173421.42

3. Sarkozy wants easing of EU fishing quotas
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he wants to use his
country's upcoming presidency of the EU to thrash out an
agreement on changing the fishing quotas system.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1200770224.53
WWF cries 'scandal' over French plans
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1200832320.93

4. Poland ready to lift veto on EU-Russia talks
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Poland is ready to lift a year-long veto on EU-Russia
partnership negotiations after a trade dispute between
Warsaw and Moscow was resolved, Foreign Minister Radoslaw
Sikorski said.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1200916021.37

5. French and German farmers join forces against EU reforms
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French and German farmers have joined forces to oppose two
key elements in proposed reforms to the Common Agricultural
Policy, their representatives said on Monday.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1200925031.12

6. Indonesia plans rapid air safety programme to lift EU ban
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Indonesia is planning to rapidly improve aviation safety at
select airlines in order to get a European Union ban on the
country's carriers lifted.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1200907022.46

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Inside the EU Institutions
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Council Watch
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Climate change: the EU aims to enact the new legislation on
energy and climate change by the spring of 2009, the EU's
Slovenian presidency said on Thursday.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1201179725.14
UK government wins first round in battle over EU treaty
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1200955622.4
Kosovo's independence a matter of days away: Thaci
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1201185121.96
http://www.eubusiness.com/European_Council

Euro-Parliament Watch
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Internet: Euro-MPs are finding themselves at odds with
Internet giants such as Google on the thorny issue of online
privacy.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1201056421.85
ECB's Trichet 'like a one-man-band on the Titanic': MEP
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1201195022.01
Trichet: Eurozone growth could be lower than expected
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1201084322.73
Egypt puts off EU talks after critical rights text
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1200750422.03

At committee meetings this week, the Industry Committee urged
new technologies for active ageing and longer independent
living; the Constitutional Committee said the Lisbon Treaty
would enhance the EU's democratic accountability, better
protect citizens' rights and improve the functioning of EU
institutions; the Petitions Committee made a stinging attack
on the UK government for "discourtesy" over Equitable Life
report; and the Employment Committee said that preparations
for demographic change should include cutbacks in early
retirement, pension bonuses for parents, a guaranteed right
to infertility treatment, easier adoption procedures for
abused children, and sanctions against employers of
clandestine immigrants.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Europarl

Commission Watch
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Climate change: the EU's plans to cut greenhouse gas
emissions could cost at least EUR 60 billion a year,
Commission President Barroso said on Monday.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1200938521.11
EU could help Germany's Nokia workers: Barroso
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1200833221.38
http://www.eubusiness.com/Commission

EU diary
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24-26 Jan, Justice and Home Affairs ministers, informal
28-29 Jan, Gen'l Affairs and Ext'l Relations Council
29 Jan-2 Feb, Employment, Social Affairs, Gender Equality
30 Jan, European Parliament part-session
11-12 Feb, EU - Arab League meeting
14 Feb, Education, Youth and Culture Council
18 Feb, Agriculture and Fisheries Council
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Comment
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Commenting on our piece "After roaming caps, EU eyeing prices
for text messages", Yaacov Langsam writes:

"After checking the new approved rates, most providers (at
least their web sites) switched to new voice call rates. Some
of them over did (reduction of 20 per cent from max rates). A
new mobile application was released free to enable roaming
budget control in compliance with EU Regulations. Basically
it track voice calls, but it is text messages and data
control ready."
http://www.eubusiness.com/Telecoms/1191510134.13
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EUpress
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UEAPME: Climate change package: mixed results for SMEs
http://www.eubusiness.com/Environ/ueapme.08-01-24

EEB: Commission Proposal out of Fuel
http://www.eubusiness.com/Environ/eeb-press.08-01-24

EREC: paper industry cautious about tools for delivery
http://www.eubusiness.com/Environ/cepi-press.08-01-24

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