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        <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Council and European Parliament reach agreement on tachograph regulation</title>
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            <link>http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/trans/137278.pdf</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <category>Council of the EU</category>
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            <title>Speech by EU Commissioner Günther Oettinger on behalf of HRVP Catherine Ashton on the case of Mrs Victoire Ingabire</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Catherine Ashton EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission European Parliament/Strasbourg 23 May 2013 Mr President, Honourable Members of the European Parliament.]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/13/455&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Energy and natural resources</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>Speech by EU Commissioner Günther Oettinger on behalf of HRVP Catherine Ashton on the execution of Mohammad Afzal Guru and its implications</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Catherine Ashton EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission European Parliament/Strasbourg 23 May 2013 Mr President, Honourable Members of the European Parliament, We share the concerns expressed by this House on the execution in India of Mr Afzal Guru...]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/13/454&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Energy and natural resources</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>Press release - Energy mix: EU needs fixed target for renewables' share by 2030, MEPs say</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Plenary sessions : The need for a better integrated system at EU level to promote renewable energy, the possibility of adopting a mandatory target for 2030 and the desirability of incentives to invest were highlighted in a non-legislative resolution voted by Parliament on Tuesday.<br /> <br />Source : <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en/legal-notice">© European Union, 2013 - EP</a>]]></description>
            <link>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20130521IPR08727/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Energy and natural resources</category>
            <category>European Parliament</category>
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            <title>Energy Commissioner Oettinger welcomes Parliament adoption of offshore legislation</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Press release Brussels, 21 May 2013 Günther Oettinger, EU Commissioner for Energy said: "I welcome this major step enhancing the safety of offshore oil and gas production in the EU. Past accidents have shown the devastating consequences when things go badly wrong offshore.]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/13/449&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Energy and natural resources</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>Press release - Offshore oil and gas: operators should prove their ability to cover damages</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Plenary sessions : Parliament gave its green light on Tuesday to the new directive on the safety of offshore oil and gas operations. The new rules will require oil and gas firms to prove their ability to cover potential liabilities deriving from their operations and to submit major hazard reports and emergency response plans before operations can start.<br /> <br />Source : <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en/legal-notice">© European Union, 2013 - EP</a>]]></description>
            <link>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20130520IPR08605/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Energy and natural resources</category>
            <category>European Parliament</category>
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            <title>Speech: EU ENERGY POLICY BEYOND 2014</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Günther OETTINGER EU Commissioner for Energy EU Speech: EU ACER Conference Ljubljana, 17 May 2013 Dear Mr Pototschnig, Dear MEPs, dear Lord Mogg, Dear Director-General Philip Lowe, Dear regulators, TSOs, suppliers, Dear ladies and gentlemen, May I thank the organisers and our hosts for giving us the opportunity...]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/13/432&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Energy and natural resources</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>Press release - MEPs close deal with Council on safer, greener watercraft - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection</title>
            <description><![CDATA[A provisional deal on updated watercraft rules to make them safer and greener was struck by MEPs and Irish EU presidency negotiators on Wednesday. It also scraps the misleading names of boat design categories in order to give consumers clearer information.<br />Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection<br /> <br />Source : <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en/legal-notice">© European Union, 2013 - EP</a>]]></description>
            <link>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20130507IPR08064/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 17:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Energy and natural resources</category>
            <category>European Parliament</category>
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            <title>EU-Ukraine Conclusions on the Roundtable Gas Market Developments in Ukraine</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission MEMO Brussels, 3 May 2013 Participants recognised the progress being made by Ukraine to increase its energy security, inter alia through the modernisation of its gas transportation system, the diversification of its sources of gas, and its efforts to move forward with gas sector reforms and restructuring of...]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/13/400&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 16:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Energy and natural resources</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>Renewable energy Share of renewable energy up to 13% of energy consumption in the EU27 in 2011</title>
            <description><![CDATA[26 April 2013 Renewable energy Renewable energy In 2011, energy from renewable sources1 was estimated to have contributed 13.0% of gross final energy consumption in the EU27, compared with 7.9% in 2004 and 12.1% in 2010. The share of renewables in gross final energy consumption is one of the headline...]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=STAT/13/65&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Energy and natural resources</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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