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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 08-04-24
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
CONTENTS / CONTENU
[01] OPEN DAYS 2008: 'Regions and cities in a challenging world'
[02] Securities markets: Commission proposes amendments to Settlement
Finality Directive and Financial Collateral Directive (see MEMO/08/267)
[03] Help us make research in Europe more European, say researchers
[04] Le vice président de la Commission européenne Jacques Barrot
participe au Conseil permanent de partenariat (CPP) UE-Russie dans le
domaine de la justice et des affaires intérieures
[05] The European Qualifications Framework: a new tool to translate
qualifications
[06] Autre matériel diffusé
Midday Express of 2008-04-24
Reference: MEX/08/0424
Date: 24/04/2008
EXME08 / 24.04
MIDDAY EXPRESS
News from the Communication Directorate General's midday briefing
Nouvelles du rendez-vous de midi de la Direction Générale Communicationb
24/04/08
[01] OPEN DAYS 2008: 'Regions and cities in a challenging world'
'Regions and cities in a challenging world' is the theme of OPEN DAYS 2008,
announced today by Danuta Hübner, Commissioner for Regional Policy, and
Luc Van den Brande, President of the EU Committee of the Regions. The sixth
edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities, OPEN DAYS, will be held
in Brussels from 6 to 9 October. This year, 217 regions and cities from 32
countries have signed up as partners, and participants are expected from
many other countries. There will be 120 events in Brussels and around 250
local events all over Europe during OPEN DAYS, which has become the most
important annual gathering of EU and regional policy-makers, experts and
representatives of banking, business and civil society groups.
[02] Securities markets: Commission proposes amendments to Settlement
Finality Directive and Financial Collateral Directive (see MEMO/08/267)
The European Commission has issued a proposal to amend the Settlement
Finality Directive and the Financial Collateral Directive to strengthen the
protection of settlement systems and financial collateral arrangements.
[03] Help us make research in Europe more European, say researchers
Careers and mobility, international co-operation, research infrastructures,
joint programming and knowledge sharing are today's main concerns of
European research actors, according to a report just published by the
European Commission. The report draws on over 1000 responses to a public
consultation on the Green Paper "The European Research Area: New
Perspectives" published in April 2007. The responses show strong overall
support to further consolidate the European Research Area through new and
more ambitious actions at all levels in the EU – regional, national and
transnational.
[04] Le vice président de la Commission européenne Jacques Barrot
participe au Conseil permanent de partenariat (CPP) UE-Russie dans le
domaine de la justice et des affaires intérieures
Le vice-président Jacques Barrot, membre de la Commission chargé du
portefeuille «Justice, liberté et sécurité», entame, ce 24 avril
2008, sa visite officielle de deux jours à St-Pétersbourg afin
d’assister à la réunion du Conseil permanent de partenariat (CPP) UE-
Russie dans le domaine de la justice et des affaires intérieures.
Rediffusion
[05] The European Qualifications Framework: a new tool to translate
qualifications
The European Commission welcomes the formal adoption by the European
Parliament and the Council of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF)
on 23 April 2008. The way is clear now for Member States to adopt this
voluntary scheme that will promote lifelong learning and mobility by making
it easier to understand and compare individuals' qualifications around
Europe.
[06] Autre matériel diffusé
• Memo on Frequently asked questions about the European Qualifications
Framework
• Memo on Amendments to Settlement Finality Directive and Financial
Collateral Directive: Frequently Asked Questions (see IP/08/636)
A disposition au secrétariat de Jonathan Todd (BERL 03/315):
Notification préalable d'une opération de concentration :
Indra/Sita France/Renault
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