EU revises drugs info rules - EUbusiness Week newsletter 546
EUbusiness Week 546 top stories: Serbia gets foot in EU door but warned on Kosovo; Slovakia ratifies eurozone rescue fund; EU moves to 'green' its farms in radical reform bid; EU launches controversial world aid reform; Chiquita, Pacific Fruit face banana cartel allegation; EU greenhouse gas emissions +2.4 pct in 2010: estimates
This Week's Top Stories
1. Serbia gets foot in EU door but warned on Kosovo
2. Slovakia ratifies eurozone rescue fund
3. EU moves to 'green' its farms in radical reform bid
4. EU launches controversial world aid reform
5. Chiquita, Pacific Fruit face banana cartel allegation
6. EU greenhouse gas emissions +2.4 pct in 2010: estimates
Publisher's Note
Patients increasingly want to know more about the medicines they take,
and to have more of a say in how they are treated. But reliable
information, especially on the Internet, is not easy to come by. The
Commission this week adopted proposals to clarify the information that
industry can supply to the public on prescription-only medicines.
The revised proposals maintain a current advertising ban on
prescription-only medicines. They also set quality criteria for the
information, and limit the type of information allowed, as well as in
which media it may be displayed.
The new proposals "put rights, interests and safety of patients
first", says the Commission. Whether patients will be keen to have
information limited to 'officially registered internet websites' remains
to be seen.
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Regards,
Nick Prag
Publisher, EUbusiness
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1. Serbia gets foot in EU door but warned on Kosovo
Serbia took a first key step in the long road to European Union
membership Wednesday but was warned it must patch up its fraught
relations with Kosovo before advancing further.
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Turkey's EU membership bid in limbo amid Cyprus row
Montenegro takes new step towards EU membership
3. Slovakia ratifies eurozone rescue fund
Slovakia on Thursday became the final eurozone member to approve the
crucial rescue fund for debt-laden members of the currency bloc, after a
struggle that brought down its centre-right government.
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3. EU moves to 'green' its farms in radical reform bid
The EU has called for a greener, fairer farm policy as it moves to
radically overhaul its Common Agricultural Policy by capping subsidies
and tying them to environmental concerns.
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4. EU launches controversial world aid reform
The world's biggest donor, the European Union, is looking to slash aid
for emerging powers like China, India and South Africa in order to focus
on the world's poorest nations.
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5. Chiquita, Pacific Fruit face banana cartel allegation
The Commission accused Pacific Fruit and Chiquita of illegally fixing
the prices of bananas they sold in southern Europe and fined Pacific
Fruit 8.9 million euros.
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6. EU greenhouse gas emissions +2.4 pct in 2010: estimates
The EU's greenhouse-gas emissions rose 2.4 per cent in 2010 over 2009
following the financial crisis, but the bloc remains on track for
meeting Kyoto Protocol targets.
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EUROPEAN CASE LAW
Tymoshenko: the Ukrainian Security Service has launched a new probe
against ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko over suspected embezzlement when she
headed an energy firm in the 1990s.
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Top Romanian judges accused of influence peddling for jewels
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Council Watch
Syria: the EU held out a hand to Syria's opposition grouping Monday,
welcoming its formation and urging the world to do the same, as it
readies new sanctions against Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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EU delays debt crisis summit to October 23
Macedonia urges Greece to settle name row
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Commission Watch
Banks: the Commission pressed banks to urgently beef up their coffers
against the crisis as it raced to revamp the eurozone debt rescue fund
after winning a reprieve from Slovakia.
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Barroso wants eurozone vote reform
Bulgaria's Schengen accession 'matter of fairness': Barroso
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Euro-Parliament Watch
In plenary this week, Parliament approved new rules to control exports
of civilian-use firearms such as sports and hunting weapons; called for
an EU roadmap to exit the economic crisis, advocating recapitalising
European banks, further harmonising national tax systems, issuing
Eurobonds and strengthening EU economic governance arrangements for the
Eurozone; and in a debate on the future EU Value Added Tax system, they
urged a crackdown on fraud, exemptions for NGOs and small firms, and
reduced rates for 'green' products.
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23 Oct, European Summit
24-27 Oct, European Parliament plenary session
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