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CJE/13/73 Date: 18/06/2013 Press and Information Court of Justice of the European Union PRESS RELEASE No 73/13 Luxembourg, 18 June 2013 Judgment in Case C‑681/11 Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde, Bundeskartellanwalt v Schenker & Co. and Others National competition authorities may by way of exception refrain from imposing a fine where the infringing undertaking has participated in a... |
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COR/13/54 Date: 18/06/2013 Press Release The EU's Assembly of Regional and Local Representatives Brussels, 18 June 2013 Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso, President of the EU Committee of the Regions (CoR) and co-President of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM), met yesterday in Tel Aviv with Israeli's Mayors from the Union of Local... |
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COR/13/53 Date: 17/06/2013 Press Release The EU's Assembly of Regional and Local Representatives Brussels, 17 June 2013 EU and EU and Members of the Commission for Sustainable Development (SUDEV) of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) met for the first time in Bethlehem on 15 June to debate sustainable urban mobility and... |
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ECA/13/18 Date: 18/06/2013 EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS PRESS RELEASE Luxembourg, 18 June 2013 A report published by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) is highly critical of EU aid spending to promote key areas of governance in Egypt in the periods before and after the Uprising of January 2011. |
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EDPS/13/6 Date: 17/06/2013 PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 17 June 2013 Cyber security is not an excuse for the unlimited monitoring and analysis of the personal information of individuals, said the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) today following the publication of his opinion on the EU's strategy on cyber security. |
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IP/13/569 Date: 19/06/2013 European Commission Press release Brussels, 19 June 2013 The European Commission has adopted guidelines on how Member States can grant investment aid to companies in order to support the development of disadvantaged regions in Europe between 2014 and 2020. |
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IP/13/568 Date: 19/06/2013 European Commission Press release Brussels, 19 June 2013 The European Commission has approved a French proposal for a parafiscal levy on online horse-race betting to finance horse‑racing companies. The changes made to the proposal by the French authorities after the opening of the Commission investigation ensure fair competition between horse‑race... |
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IP/13/567 Date: 19/06/2013 European Commission Press release Brussels, 19 June 2013 The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to verify whether a public support measure granted in 2012 by Sweden and Denmark to Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is in line with EU state aid rules. |
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IP/13/566 Date: 19/06/2013 European Commission Press release Brussels, 19 June 2013 The European Commission has concluded that a Spanish €260 million scheme to finance the digitisation and extension of the terrestrial television network in remote areas of Spain was incompatible with EU State aid rules. |
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IP/13/565 Date: 19/06/2013 European Commission Press release Brussels, 19 June 2013 The European Commission has authorised under EU state aid rules an amendment to the restructuring plan for 3.Maj, one of the Croatian shipyards in difficulty. The Commission concluded that any distortion of competition that may arise from the modest increase in the... |
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IP/13/564 Date: 19/06/2013 European Commission Press release Brussels, 19 June 2012 The European Commission has concluded that the privatisation of ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal, S.A. was carried out on market terms and therefore did not involve any state aid in the meaning of EU rules. |
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IP/13/563 Date: 19/06/2013 European Commission Press release Brussels, 19 June 2013 The European Commission has imposed a fine of € 93,8 million on Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck and fines totalling € 52,2 million on several producers of generic medicines. |
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IP/13/562 Date: 19/06/2013 Commission Press release Brussels, 19 June 2013 European The European Commission welcomes the new social dialogue committee in the port sector launched today with port authorities, terminal operators, dockers and other port workers across the EU. |
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IP/13/558 Date: 19/06/2013 European Press release Brussels, 19 June 2013 Commission Youth Employment and Financing SMEs on the table for the next European Council At the end of the weekly meeting of the Commission which was largely focused on the end June European Council meeting, President Barroso said, "Europe is doing a lot... |
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IP/13/555 Date: 18/06/2013 European Commission Press release Brussels, 18 June 2013 As of 20 June, credit rating agencies (CRAs) will have to follow stricter rules which will make them more accountable for their actions. The new rules also aim to reduce over-reliance on credit ratings while at the same time improving the quality... |
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IP/13/554 Date: 18/06/2013 European Commission Press release Brussels, 18 June 2013 The EU high-level group on modernisation of higher education publishes its first report today on improving the quality of teaching and learning in universities. The group, chaired by former President of Ireland Mary McAleese, makes 16 recommendations (see Annex 1) which include... |
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IP/13/550 Date: 18/06/2013 European Commission Press release Brussels, 18 June 2013 European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, is about to sign a new agreement to support smallholder farmers and promote agricultural conservation in Zambia, during his first ever visit to the country (18-20 June). |
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IP/13/553 Date: 17/06/2013 European Commission Press release Brussels, 17 June 2013 On the occasion of his third visit to the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, Commissioner Füle has announced new support for a programme for the South Mediterranean region. Called “Logismed Training Activities”, the programme has been launched today in Barcelona. |
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IP/13/552 Date: 17/06/2013 European Press release Brussels, 17 June 2013 Commission How are the EU and its Member States addressing the challenges and opportunities of migration? Analysing the 2012 and early 2013 developments in the areas of immigration and asylum, a Commission report published today calls for a more coherent EU response. |
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IP/13/551 Date: 17/06/2013 European Commission Press release Brussels, 17 June 2013 To assess the challenges faced by the media in the countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey, the European Commission is organising a second SpeakUp! conference on 20 June in Brussels. |
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IP/13/549 Date: 17/06/2013 European Commission Press release Brussels, 17 June 2013 The European Commission is responding to growing humanitarian needs in the Sahel region of Africa by increasing its support with an additional €69 million. The new funds will provide food assistance, clean water and access to basic health services to women and... |
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IP/13/544 Date: 17/06/2013 European Commission Press release Brussels, 17 June 2013 Member States' public employment services have a crucial role to play in helping the 26 million unemployed in Europe to get a job. This is why the European Commission has proposed a Decision to help public employment services to maximise their effectiveness... |
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MEMO/13/592 Date: 19/06/2013 European Commission MEMO Brussels, 19 June 2013 Statement by Janusz Lewandowski, Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget "After many hours of intense negotiations on 18 and 19 June 2013, the Irish Presidency, the European parliament's negotiators and the European Commission have concluded the negotiations on the 2014-2020 financial period. |
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MEMO/13/589 Date: 19/06/2013 European Commission MEMO Brussels, 19 June 2013 A new law to guarantee the rights of all citizens to be advised by a lawyer when facing criminal proceedings in the European Union moved a step closer to adoption today after a vote by the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home... |
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MEMO/13/588 Date: 19/06/2013 European Commission MEMO Brussels, 19 June 2013 A mission from the EC, ECB, and IMF that has been reviewing the government's economic programme has made important progress. To allow completion of technical work, policy discussions will pause, but are expected to resume by the end of the month. |
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MEMO/13/586 Date: 19/06/2013 European Commission MEMO Brussels, 19 June 2013 The European Commission can confirm that on 18 June 2013 Commission officials carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of several companies active in the sector of cargo train transport services to South Eastern Europe. Inspections took place in several Member States. |
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MEMO/13/585 Date: 19/06/2013 European Commission MEMO Brussels, 19 June 2013 The EU's Council of Economic and Finance Ministers will take place in Luxembourg on Friday, 21 June at 11.00. The European Commission will be represented by Olli Rehn, Vice President and Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro, Michel Barnier, Commissioner... |
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MEMO/13/584 Date: 19/06/2013 European Commission MEMO Brussels, 19 June 2013 The EU's Council of Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (EPSCO) Ministers will meet to discuss employment, social policy and health on 20-21 June in Luxembourg under the Irish Presidency chairmanship of Joan Burton, Minister for Social Protection, Richard Bruton, Minister for... |
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MEMO/13/580 Date: 19/06/2013 European Commission MEMO Brussels, 19 June 2013 I welcome the positive vote by the LIBE Committee on the EUROSUR Regulation. Today's vote paves the way for a quick adoption by the European Parliament and the Home Affairs Council. |
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MEMO/13/578 Date: 19/06/2013 European Commission MEMO Brussels, 19 June 2013 What is the aim of EUROSUR? The European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) aims at increasing coordination within and between Member States to reinforce border surveillance, prevent and tackle serious crime, such as drug trafficking and the trafficking of human beings. |
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MEMO/13/582 Date: 18/06/2013 European Commission MEMO Lough Erne, 18 June 2013 European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy represented the European Union at this year's G8 summit chaired by UK Prime Minister Cameron in Lough Erne. |
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MEMO/13/581 Date: 18/06/2013 European Commission MEMO Brussels, 18 June 2013 Remarks by Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, and Mary McAleese, chair, High-Level Group on the Modernisation of Higher Education at launch press conference (see IP/13/554) Commissioner Vassiliou: Today, the High-Level Group on Higher Education which I convened last... |
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MEMO/13/579 Date: 18/06/2013 European Commission MEMO Brussels, 18 June 2013 Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle met with Prime Minister of Montenegro Milo Djukanović in Brussels today. The main focus of their discussions was the political situation in the country and progress in accession negotiations. |
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MEMO/13/577 Date: 18/06/2013 European Commission MEMO Brussels, 18 June 2013 "I can confirm that EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht will travel to Beijing this Friday for the annual EU-Joint Committee with Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng. Furthermore, I can clarify that both sides have together agreed on the Joint Committee's agenda... |
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MEMO/13/576 Date: 18/06/2013 European Commission MEMO Brussels, 18 June 2013 Over the next two years, 90% of world demand will be generated outside the EU. That is why it is a key priority for the EU to open up more market opportunities for European business by negotiating new Free Trade Agreements with key... |
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MEMO/13/571 Date: 18/06/2013 European Commission MEMO Brussels, 18 June 2013 I. GENERAL CONTEXT AND APPLICABLE LAW 1. What is a credit rating? A credit rating is an opinion issued by a specialised firm on the creditworthiness of an entity (e.g. an issuer of bonds) or a debt instrument (e.g. bonds or asset-backed securities). |
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MEMO/13/575 Date: 17/06/2013 European Commission MEMO Lough Erne, 17 June 2013 We are pleased to have had the opportunity to meet Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the margins of the G8 Summit at Lough Erne. It was our first meeting. We discussed the relations between the European Union and Japan. |
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MEX/13/0619 Date: 19/06/2013 EXME 13 / 19.06 DAILY NEWS 19 / 06 / 13 Commission calls for a new consensus on growth The European Commission has called for the next European Council to agree on practical measures to get Europe growing again, focused on youth employment and financing for SMEs. |
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MEX/13/0618 Date: 18/06/2013 EXME 13 / 18.06 DAILY NEWS 18/ 06 / 13 Stricter rules for credit rating agencies to enter into force Just one and a half years after the Commission made its proposal, new rules on credit rating agencies will enter into force. |
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SPEECH/13/557 Date: 19/06/2013 European Commission Štefan Füle European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Speech: Signature ceremony of Agreements between Croatia - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brussels 19 June 2013 I welcome the Chair of the Council of Ministers Bevanda, Deputy Prime Minister Pusić and Minister Lagumdžija and their delegations. |
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SPEECH/13/553 Date: 19/06/2013 European Joaquín Almunia Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy Commission Press conference Brussels, 19 June 2013 Today the European Commission has found and sanctioned infringements of antitrust rules by several pharmaceutical companies. |
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SPEECH/13/550 Date: 19/06/2013 European Commission Olli REHN Vice-President of the European Commission and member of the Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro Speech: Brussels Economic Forum 2013 19 June 2013 Distinguished speakers, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me welcome you to the 2013 edition of the Brussels Economic Forum. |
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SPEECH/13/556 Date: 18/06/2013 European Commission Cecilia Malmström EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Speech: Kazerne Dossin, Mechelen, Belgium 18 June 2013 Last January, in the European Parliament, I participated at a ceremony in remembrance of the Holocaust. A film from the ghetto in Warsaw was shown. |
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SPEECH/13/552 Date: 18/06/2013 Commission européenne Dacian Cioloș Membre de la Commission Européenne, chargé de l'Agriculture et du Développement rural La 25ème session de l'Assemblée parlementaire paritaire Afrique Caraïbes Pacifique (ACP) - Union européenne/Bruxelles 18 juin 2013 Mesdames, Messieurs, Je me réjouis du dialogue intensif entre l'UE et les pays ACP. |
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SPEECH/13/551 Date: 18/06/2013 European Commission Olli REHN Vice-President de la Commission Européenne et membre de la Commission responsable pour les Affaires Economiques et Monétaires et l'euro Assemblée Nationale - Paris 18 June 2013 Mesdames et Monsieur les Présidents des commissions parlementaires, Mesdames et Messieurs les Députés, Je vous remercie de votre invitation. |
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SPEECH/13/549 Date: 18/06/2013 European Commission Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ Zodpovedný za medziinštitucionálne vzťahy a administratívu (European Commission´s activities in the field of research and innovation and recommendations for Slovakia) Conference on innovation and industry "How to make a business from results of science. Bratislava, 18. |
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SPEECH/13/548 Date: 18/06/2013 European Commission Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ Zodpovedný za medziinštitucionálne vzťahy a administratívu EU 2020 Conference 'EU Funds: Investment for the future' in Bratislava. Bratislava, 18. jún 2013 Vážený pán predseda vlády, vážení páni ministri, dámy a páni, vážení hostia, som veľmi rád, že v spolupráci s Americkou obchodnou komorou sa nám dnes podarilo... |
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STAT/13/98 Date: 19/06/2013 19 June 2013 Based on first preliminary estimates for 20121, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita expressed in Purchasing Power Standards2 (PPS) varied from 47% to 271% of the EU27 average across the Member States. The highest level of GDP per capita in the EU27 was recorded in Luxembourg3 with... |
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STAT/13/97 Date: 19/06/2013 19 June 2013 In the construction sector, seasonally adjusted production1 rose by 2.0% in the euro area2 (EA17) and by 0.9% in the EU272 in April 2013, compared with the previous month, according to first estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. |
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STAT/13/96 Date: 18/06/2013 18 June 2013 The EU27 Member States granted protection to 102 700 asylum seekers in 2012, compared with 84 300 in 2011. In 2012, the highest number of persons granted protection status was registered in Germany (22 200), followed by Sweden (15 300), the United Kingdom (14 600) and France... |
