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The EU day by day      (22/11/06)


On the agenda

22/11 -
The EU Economy Review
24/11 -
EU-Russia summit

EU in the world portal
European Commission civil service
IST Event 2006, Helsinki, 21-23 November
Online debate with Margot Wallström - 20 November 16.00 CET
European Transparency Initiative
Regulation reducing roaming prices
Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU
Debate Europe - Have your say on the future of Europe!
growth and jobs - working together for Europe's future
European Year of Workers' Mobility 2006

Key issues

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European Union policies

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Economy and Society

  • Agriculture
    CAP (Common Agricultural Policy); Rural development; Sustainable agriculture; Food quality...
  • Audiovisual and Media
    MEDIA Programme; Television without Frontiers...
  • Biotechnology
    Life sciences; Innovation and competitiveness; Research; Ethical implications; Regulations and Governance...
  • Civil Society
    Civil society organisations; Non-governmental organisations (NGOs); Consultation procedure; Advisory bodies...
  • Competition
    Anti-trust; Mergers; Liberalisation; State aid...
  • Consumers
    Safety of products and services; Financial services; Rights; e-commerce...
  • Culture
    Culture programme 2000; European cities of culture; Cultural measures (funding, regulations, artistic activities)...
  • Customs Union
    Customs 2007; Customs transit; Tariff information...
  • Economic and monetary union
    Euro; Free movement of capital; Main guidelines for economic policies...
  • Education and Training
    Languages; Mobility; E-learning; Lifelong learning...
  • Employment and Social affairs
    European Social Fund; Equality for women and men; Social protection; Anti-racism; Labour legislation...
  • Energy
    Green Papers; Traditional sources of energy; Renewable sources of energy; Energy efficiency; Internal market on gas/electricity; RTD energy...
  • Enterprise and Industry
    Industry; Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); Competitiveness; Standardisation; Services; Tourism; Innovation...
  • Environment
    Climate change; Nature and biodiversity; Health; Natural resources; Waste...
  • Fisheries
    Common Fisheries Policy (CFP); Aquaculture; Fisheries agreements; TAC and quotas; Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG)...
  • Food safety
    BSE (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy); Labelling foodstuffs; Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs); Animals (health, well-being, food safety)...
  • Freedom, security and justice
    Free movement of persons; Immigration and asylum; Fight against organised crime...
  • Information Society
    e-Europe; e-business; Multimedia; Information and communication technologies; Research...
  • Internal Market
    Free movement (goods/services…); Financial services; Data protection; Intellectual and industrial property; Public procurement; Postal services; Dialogue with enterprise and citizens...
  • Maritime Affairs
    Seas, oceans and coasts, marine environment, marine preservation, marine research, shipping, shipbuilding, maritime transport, fishing, aquaculture, marine-based oil and gas extraction, marine-based energy resources...
  • Public Health
    Smoking; Exposure to electromagnetic fields (mobile telephones); Antimicrobic resistance...
  • Regional policy
    Regional Development Fund (ERDF); Cohesion Funds; Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-accession (ISPA); Economic and social cohesion; Interreg; Urban; Innovative measures...
  • Research, Development, Technology and Innovation
    European space research; Framework Programme; Science and society; Scientific research; Innovation in Europe; Joint Research Centre...
  • Space
    Spatial policy; Satellites; Telecommunications; Navigation; Earth observation...
  • Sport
    Doping; Disabled; Educational and social role; International transfers...
  • Taxation
    Value Added Tax (VAT); Direct taxation (the tax package)...
  • Trans-European networks
    Transport; Energy; Telecommunications...
  • Transport
    White paper; Air; sea; road; railways; inland waterways; Combined transport; Clean urban transport; Intelligent systems; Galileo (satellite navigation)...
  • Youth
    Youth programme; White Paper on Youth; Mobility; Non-formal education; Voluntary Work; Participation; Intercultural Learning...

International Affairs

  • The European Union in the World
    Portal site

    • Development
      African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries; Cotonou agreement (Lomé Convention); Conflict prevention... 
    • Enlargement
      Candidate countries; Accession; Community acquis; Pre-accession strategy... 
    • European Neighbourhood Policy
      Wider Europe, Ring of Friends, Eastern Europe, Mediterranean...
    • External assistance
      Programmes, projects, tenders, grants... 
    • External trade
      World Trade Organisation; new cycle regional/bilateral agreements; Access to markets; Trade and sustainable development; Antidumping... 
    • Foreign policies
      Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP); Human rights and democratisation; Euro-Mediterranean partnership; Relations with international organisations... 
    • Humanitarian aid
      Operations; partners; figures...

Institutional Affairs

  • Governance
    Democracy in Europe; Legitimacy of institutions; policy preparation process; participation of civil society...
  • A Constitution for Europe
    European constitution; Ratification; Referendum; Futurum; Debates on Europe...
  • Codecision
    Legislative codecision procedure; Conciliation Committee; Community decision-making system; Codecision step by step; Dossiers under consideration; Dossiers completed...

Finance

  • Investing in our future 2007-2013
    Future; Spending plan; Financial plan; Financial support; Financial perspectives; Growth; Competitiveness; Cohesion; Knowledge-based economy; Natural resources ...
  • Budget
    Financing; Budgetary procedure; Budgetary implementation; Budgetary control; Infor-Euro; Revenue; Expenditure...
  • Fight against fraud
    Protection of the Communities' financial interests; Anti-fraud; European Public Prosecutor; Corpus Juris; European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF)...
  • Grants
    Grants & loans from the EU, Information on EU funding & Vademecum on grant management...
  • Public Contracts
    Public contracts
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