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GALILEO: launch of €67 million call for
research, development and demonstration activities
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On 2 June, the
GALILEO Joint Undertaking launched the second call for
proposals for research activities dedicated to GALILEO, with
an overall budget of €67 million. The aim is to support the
development of applications and user receivers to exploit the
European satellite radio-navigation programme. The first call
for proposals for GALILEO under the 6th Research Framework
Programme was a success with eight large research activities
beginning in 2003 and totalling €19 million. This second call
for proposals covers applications in traditional fields such
as location based services, road transport, maritime transport
and aviation and rail applications. It also caters for niche
markets such as in multi-modal transport, emergency management
and law enforcement, energy, scientific research, agriculture,
land survey and civil engineering, etc. Particular attention
will be paid to the involvement of small and medium size
enterprises. Welcoming the launch, Loyola de Palacio,
Vice-President of the European Commission, said: “This call
for proposals responds to the huge interest shown by European
industry in satellite radio-navigation applications and
provides further evidence of the very promising prospects for
GALILEO.”
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“Wider Europe for Transport”: Enlarged EU
and its neighbours to discuss improving transport connections
along major trans-European axes
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infrastructure development will be discussed at the high level
seminar “Wider Europe for Transport” that will take place in
Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on 8th June 2004. The
seminar, co-hosted by Loyola de Palacio, Vice-President of the
European Commission responsible for transport and energy, and
Paolo Costa, Member of the European Parliament and Chairman of
the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport, and Tourism, will
be attended by key figures of the transport sector in Europe
including the transport Ministers of Italy, the Netherlands,
Morocco, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine as well as the
Vice-President of the European Investment Bank.
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Just released: a film and website on the
careers as an officer of the merchant navy
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click here to see the video ]
In 2002, there were
about 30 000 merchant navy officers too few, a shortage of
about 30% compared with the number needed, for the 10 000 or
so ships of the European Union countries. The European
Commission, through the Directorate-General for Energy and
Transport, has been aware of this problem for several years.
As a result, it has decided, following on from the
Communication on the training and recruitment of seafarers
to produce a film entitled “Waves of Passion” which describes
the career opportunities for marine officers, and to create a
website linked to it giving practical information about career
opportunities both on board ships and later onshore, useful
contacts, the existing legislation, etc. The European Union
has a large number of maritime academies of a high standard.
The recruitment of young, well-trained Europeans from these
academies will guarantee that our ships operate as safely as
possible.
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EU and China meet to discuss common energy
concerns
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The 5th EU-China
Energy Conference took place in Brussels on 25 and 26 May
2004. The Conference was opened by the Vice President of
the European Commission, Mrs Loyola de Palacio, and by the
Vice Minister for Science and Technology of the People’s
Republic of China, Mr Ma Songde. More than 150 high-ranking
representatives from industry, industrial associations and the
public sector of both the European Union and the People’s
Republic of China ensured a fruitful discussion on topics of
common interest in the area of energy cooperation. The future
cooperation will include discussions on the use of clean coal
technologies and of renewable energies, on cooperation in the
areas of gas and oil and on energy forecasts in general. The
EU and China aim at finalising the discussions on an agreement
on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy possibly before the end
of this year.
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Following the OPEC decision, Loyola de
Palacio calls for a more concerted European approach
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"Faced with the
recent explosion of oil prices, I welcome positively today's
decision by OPEC to increase their production quotas. However,
it remains the case that, due to the importance of the effects
of speculation and the geopolitical risks, the European
Union's security of oil supply must rely above all on its
energy partnerships with the principal neighbouring producers.
Confronted with a crisis situation, I call for a concerted EU
approach. Simple unilateral actions can in no circumstance be
an adequate response and they will not be acceptable if their
field of action encroaches on the competences of the EU".
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Disclaimer:
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This selection is not exhaustive. For
a complete list of current calls for tenders please log on Tenders Electronic Daily
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New Calls for
Tender
In this section you will find the
latest calls for tender, calls for manifestation of interest and calls for proposal in the fields of energy and transport.
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Notice
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Official
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Time-limit for
receipt of tenders
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Mobile location unit -
telematics on-board terminal for road vehicles
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O.J. S 101-080040 |
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Study on the functioning of the
internal market
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O.J. S 102-081578 |
21/06/2004 |
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Impact assessment study on
different aspects of road safety at European level
concerning sports utility and multipurpose
vehicles (SUV), light vans, cruise control,
harmonisation of signs on the TEN
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O.J. S 102-081581 |
14/06/2004 |
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Study on the public financing
of seaports in the EU
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O.J. S 103-083655 |
21/06/2004 |
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Notice of call for proposals
with a view to obtaining grants in the field of
transport
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30/06/2004 |
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Notice of call for proposals
with a view to obtaining grants for the
organisation of conferences in the field of energy
and transport
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30/06/2004 |
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Publications : Just Released !
A
selection of our latest publications:
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Implementing the internal energy market :
Second benchmarking report
Just published (March 2004)
Luxembourg: Eur-OP, 2003 - 84 p.
Catalogue no KO-52-03-352-**-C
ISBN 92-894-5584-5
Language(s) : EN DE FR
Price: gratis
Available on-line
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Nuclear safeguards: Europe remains vigilant
Just published (January 2004)
Luxembourg: Eur-OP, 2003 – 8 p.
Catalogue no KO-56-03-409-**-C
ISBN 92-894-6644-8
Language(s) : EN FR
Price: gratis
Available online
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