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Food and drink manufacturers welcome closing of deal in EU-Korea FTA negotiations

FoodDrinkEurope

(Brussels, 15 October 2009) EU food and drink manufacturers today welcomed the initialling of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and Korea. The
deal, estimated to be worth up to EUR 19 billion in new trade, will remove the vast majority of
tariffs between the two economies, as well as many non-tariff barriers.

Incoherence between EU Policies undermines the poorest nations’ right to development

Caritas Europa

Press information. Brussels, 14 October 2009 - Caritas Europa strongly supports the analysis and recommendations in the report “Spotlight on Policy Coherence” that CONCORD has launched today in response to the European Commission’s Communication and report on Policy Coherence for Development.

ENLARGEMENT STRATEGY: TURKEY MUST ENSURE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION - LAMBSDORFF

ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

Alexander Graf Lambsdorff MEP (Germany, FDP), ALDE rapporteur for accession negotiations with Turkey, has reacted to today's publication of the European Commission's Turkey 2009 Progress Report by calling on Turkey to take further steps down the path of reform.

The Report finds that the Turkish legal framework - and specifically the Turkish Criminal Code - is still being used to restrict freedom of expression.

Mr Lambsdorff commented:

JESSICA BIEL, ALEXANDRA COUSTEAU, PETE WENTZ, ANGELIQUE KIDJO AND JENNY FLETCHER JOIN Live Earth, GLOBAL WATER CHALLENGE and DOW TO launch THE DOW LIVE EARTH RUN FOR WATER

DOW

The largest global water initiative in history TO HELP solve the world water crisis

Cities Hosting the Event Include Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Chicago, Hong Kong, Jimbaran, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, Minneapolis, New York, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Singapore City, Stockholm, Toronto and Washington, D.C.

Coalition of 20 Global Water Non-Governmental Organization Partners Unveiled

Rail industry calls for more competition in passenger market

EIM - European Rail Infrastructure Managers

At a joint event organised yesterday in Brussels by the association of European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM) and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), stakeholders and decision makers from all parts of the transport industry called for the rail passenger market in Europe to be further opened up to competition following the liberalisation of the international market for passenger traffic in Europe in 2010.

INVITATION REMINDER TO PRESENTATION CEREMONY FOR INNOVATION PRIZE FOR WOMEN FARMERS

Copa-Cogeca

Copa would like to remind journalists to reply to our invitation to a Presentation Ceremony on October 15 at 12.00 h at Copa where the Innovation Prize for Women Farmers will be presented by EU Farm Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel. This will be followed by a buffet lunch at 13.00 h.

We look forward to seeing you there,

Best wishes,

Amanda Cheesley

Press Officer

Copa­-Cogeca

WWW.copa-cogeca.eu

Tel. : + 32 (0)2 287 27 90

Mobile +32 (0) 474 84 08 36

Amanda.cheesley@copa-cogeca.eu

Online betting and gaming: another “exception française”?

EGBA - European Gaming and Betting Association

Brussels, 13 October 2009

The French National Assembly voted today in first reading its draft on online gaming and betting. After voicing its concerns (see link) on the viability of the French draft, the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) notes that today’s vote worsens the conditions of the market opening. The draft now goes to the Senate for discussion.

£1m award to address honeybee decline

Syngenta

01 October 2009
Scientists at Rothamsted Research and Warwick University have been awarded £1M by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in partnership with Syngenta, to research the decline of honeybees.

UK government figures suggest bee numbers have fallen by 10-15% over the last 2 years; the British Beekeepers’ Association (BBKA) quotes a figure nearer 30% for 2008. Since the declines were first reported a number of factors have been suggested. Most scientists now believe that a complex of interacting factors is the most likely cause.

Cable hits 20mn EU Broadband Customer Mark

Cable Europe - European Cable Communications Association

EU industry chiefs meet Commissioner Reding for state of play summit on issues surrounding cable increasing role in pushing European connectivity

Brussels, 13 October 2009: Cable Europe announced today latest yearend figures for 2009 which indicate a rise in broadband customers throughout Europe as CEOs addressed priority policy areas in meetings held today in Brussels with Vivian Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media.

ENISA -1st EU Agency to deliver its web content over IPv6

ENISA

The EU Agency ENISA [i.e. the European Network and Information Security Agency] now delivers its web site content over the new Internet protocol IPv6. With this action, ENISA is the first EU Agency to implement the European Commission IPv6 Action Plan.

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