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10 February 2009, 16:21 CET	More than half of Polish teenagers and 34% of Belgian and UK youngsters have been the target of cyberbullying – harassment over internet sites or mobile messa...	Safer Internet Day 2009 - briefing
05 February 2009, 16:57 CET	The European Commission has adopted the first ever EU Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks. The aim of the plan is to ensure that effect...	European Commission Action plan for the Conservation and Management of Sharks - briefing
04 February 2009, 23:13 CET	The European Commission adopted today a Green Paper setting out the future challenges of its policy for a trans-European transport network (TEN-T). The Commissi...	TEN-T policy review: Towards a better integrated trans-European transport network at the service of the common transport policy - Green Paper
02 February 2009, 22:56 CET	Three areas of services which really matter to people – energy, banking and transport (trains, buses and trams) – are causing the most problems for consumer...	Consumer Markets Scoreboard and the MarketWatch Process - briefing
02 February 2009, 17:18 CET	In the framework of its strategy to better combat tax evasion and fraud, the European Commission today adopted two proposals for new Directives aimed at improvi...	Fight against tax fraud: Commission proposals to allow better cooperation between tax authorities
30 January 2009, 14:13 CET	Commissioner Kovacs, responsible for Taxation and Customs, today signed an Action Plan with the Chinese Ambassador Song to strengthen customs cooperation on pro...	EU and China agreements to strengthen cooperation on protecting Intellectual Property Rights and on preventing illicit imports of chemical substances used for synthetic drug production - briefing
29 January 2009, 22:55 CET	The use of the biocide (DMF) dimethylfumarate - which has caused severe allergic reactions in hundreds of consumers, because of its use in every day consumer pr...	EU ban on dimethylfumarate (DMF) in consumer products such as sofas and shoes - briefing
29 January 2009, 14:49 CET	The European Commission adopted a proposal on 28 January to change the VAT Directive 2006/112/EC in respect to the invoicing rules, based on a Communication on ...	Review of the VAT invoicing rules - briefing
28 January 2009, 16:52 CET	The European Commission has today adopted a Communication extending the validity of the state aid assessment criteria for the production of films and audiovisua...	Commission prolongs film support rules until end 2012 - briefing
28 January 2009, 16:37 CET	The European Commission aims to achieve 100 per cent high-speed internet coverage for all citizens by 2010 as part of the European Economic Recovery Plan. EUR 1...	Commission earmarks EUR 1bn for investment in broadband - briefing
28 January 2009, 16:37 CET	As a response to the financial crisis and as an attempt to reinforce the EU's energy supply, the Commission proposed in November 2008 a European Economic Recove...	Investing today for tomorrow's energy - briefing
28 January 2009, 16:24 CET	The European Commission today set out its proposals for a comprehensive and ambitious new global agreement to tackle climate change and how it could be financed...	EC Communication: Towards a comprehensive climate change agreement in Copenhagen - briefing
22 January 2009, 16:15 CET	Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the European Union. Breast, cervical and colorectal cancer accounts for 32% of cancer deaths in women and 11%...	Report on cancer screening in Europe - briefing
14 January 2009, 16:08 CET	The three millionth .eu domain name was registered on 11 January by a German citizen. Two and a half years after its launch, this confirms the success of the .e...	.eu passes 3 million mark - briefing
06 January 2009, 00:08 CET	As of 2009, vessels carrying the new European safety certificate are allowed to navigate on all rivers in the Union, including the Rhine. According to the new C...	A single certificate for safer navigation on European inland waterways - briefing
16 December 2008, 19:20 CET	The European Commission on 16 December took a major step towards the deployment and use of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in road transport. ITS can signif...	Intelligent Transport Systems Action Plan - briefing
15 December 2008, 17:33 CET	Each year, in the EU, between 8% and 12% of patients admitted to hospitals suffer harm from the healthcare they receive, including from healthcare associated in...	Patient safety in Europe - briefing
11 December 2008, 00:08 CET	Medicinal products contribute considerably to the health of EU citizens. They can, however, also have adverse effects. It is estimated that 5% of all hospital a...	Strengthening pharmacovigilance to reduce adverse effects of medicines - briefing
11 December 2008, 00:02 CET	Citizens of the European Union have become more empowered and proactive consumers of healthcare, increasingly seeking information about medicines and treatments...	Information to patients on prescription-only medicinal products - briefing
10 December 2008, 23:59 CET	The European Commission has proposed today to protect the legal distribution chain from the infiltration of fake medicines. This is aimed at helping to ensure c...	Protecting the legal supply chain against counterfeited medicines - briefing