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07 August 2008, 23:42 CET A competition for providers of communication services via satellite across Europe was launched on 7 August by the European Commission. Satellite operators will ... Mobile Satellite Services in Europe - briefing
28 July 2008, 17:04 CET ESTA is an automated system used to determine the eligibility of visitors to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) and whether such tr... Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) - guide
24 July 2008, 21:57 CET In 2007 there was a record number of notifications sent to the EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) –7,354 altogether– indicating that this too... 2007 RASFF annual report - briefing
24 July 2008, 21:55 CET The Generalised System of Preferences scheme - The GSP is an autonomous trade arrangement through which the EU provides non-reciprocal preferential access to th... Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) 2009-2011 - guide
23 July 2008, 18:16 CET The Commission approved on 23 July a series of reports assessing the progress Romania of judicial reform and the fight against corruption under the Co-operation... Report on Progress in Romania under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism
23 July 2008, 16:21 CET The Commission approved on 23 July 2008 a series of reports assessing the progress in Bulgaria and Romania of judicial reform and the fight against corruption u... Progress Reports on the Cooperation and Verification mechanism - procedural aspects
23 July 2008, 16:15 CET The Commission approved on 23 July a series of reports assessing the progress in Bulgaria of judicial reform and the fight against corruption under the Co-opera... Report on Progress in Bulgaria under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism
23 July 2008, 16:09 CET The European Commission approved on 23 July a series of reports assessing the progress in Bulgaria of judicial reform and the fight against corruption under the... Report on the Management of EU Funds in Bulgaria - guide
20 July 2008, 15:16 CET Improving the environmental performance and in particular the energy efficiency of products and stimulating their market uptake are the core objectives of a pac... Sustainable products and technologies - guide
17 July 2008, 15:56 CET The European Commission announced on 17 July the results of an EU-wide investigation into websites offering mobile phone services such as ring-tones and wallpap... EU crackdown of ringtone scams - guide
16 July 2008, 20:32 CET The European Commission presented on 16 July a Report and a proposal for a Directive to amend the current EU excise duty legislation on tobacco. The draft EU Di... Excise duty on tobacco products - guide
16 July 2008, 16:58 CET The European Commission adopted on 16 July two initiatives in the area of copyright. First, the Commission proposes to align the copyright term for performers w... Industrial Property Rights Strategy for Europe - guide
16 July 2008, 10:31 CET Four years after its launch, 173 million people have a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) in their pocket. Citizens from 31 European countries can use the ca... European Health Insurance Card - guide
16 July 2008, 10:24 CET As the holiday season gets underway, the European Commission is alerting consumers to a new sunscreen labelling regime which gives consumers clear information t... Sunscreen products - EU guide
15 July 2008, 12:38 CET The 2.5 billion text messages sent every year by roaming customers in the EU cost over 10 times more than domestic short messages (SMS), show figures released o... High price of SMS & data roaming in the EU - guide
10 July 2008, 14:43 CET The European Commission on 10 July 2008 presented the latest data on EU Member States' progress towards the 2010 goals they have set themselves for their educat... Annual report on education systems in the EU 2008
09 July 2008, 12:46 CET EU Member States have endorsed a European Commission proposal for a regulation reducing standby energy consumption of household and office products. The regulat... Reducing standby electric power consumption - guide
08 July 2008, 18:38 CET The European Commission put forward on 8 July 2008 a package of new "Greening Transport" initiatives to steer transport towards sustainability. First, a strateg... Greening Transport Package - guide
08 July 2008, 18:04 CET The European Commission adopted on 8 July an emergency package of measures to tackle the fuel crisis in the fisheries sector, as announced on 17 June. As forese... EU package to tackle fuel crisis in the fisheries sector - guide
08 July 2008, 16:37 CET The European Parliament voted at second reading in favour of including aviation in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). The vote confirms the agreement rea... EP vote on including aviation in EU Emissions Trading System - guide