European Union News - 12 September 2008

Aiming to prepare the establishment of a network of projects to demonstrate the use of CCS technology in power plants, the Commission launched a call for tender for an external service provider to assist in establishing and running this network. The Call for Tender will be opened until October 6th, 2008.

The European Commission has presented on the 11th September a Report about the European Space policy progress COM(2008)561 final. The Report provides an overview on the main progress achieved in the first year of the implementation of the European Space Policy (ESP), as elaborated jointly by the European Commission and the Director General of the European Space Agency.

The European Commission has presented on the 9th September a proposal for a Decision about the mobilisation of 10.7 Meuros of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund based on the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 to Delphi and Alytaus Tekstile.