European Union News

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.

Multilingualism and Intercultural Dialogue is the spotlight on Wednesday 10 September in the fifth Brussels Debate of the 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.

The European Commission approved an extension of the aid from France and Italy to the experimental rolling motorway service between Aiton and Orbassano which uses the existing line between Lyon and Turin. The service is being operated by AFA – Autoroute Ferroviaire Alpine – from 2007 to 2009.

The European Commission published in the Official Journal of the European Union on September 11th, a Call for Proposals concerning the implementation of the MEDIA 2007 programme of support for the European audiovisual sector MEDIA 2007. The Call, funded with 3,5 M€, aims to support audiovisual festivals.

The European Commission published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) of September 10th, 2008, the Decision 2008/721/EC, setting up an advisory structure of Scientific Committees and experts in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment. This Decision will repeal Decision 2004/210/EC.

The European Commission Directorate General for Informatics (IDABC) organises its Open Source Software Event 2008 on 20 October in Málaga, in the Spanish Region of Andalucía. It is organised with the regions of Andalucía and Extremadura in parallel with the Open Source World Conference. It is the fifth edition of this event and it is estimated a total participation beyond 6,000 attendees.

The European Commission published, in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), on September 10th, 2008 a new Call for Proposals under the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme, to promote structural support for European public policy research organisations and for civil society organisations at European level. The total budget for the co-financing of operating grants is around 600,000 Euro in 2009.

The new CPV codes describing the Calls for Tenders published by the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities will start working on September 17, 2008.

The European Commission has presented last 3rd September a proposal for a Council Recommendation on mobility of young volunteers across Europe Brussels COM(2008) 424 final with the aim to promote the mobility of young volunteers in Europe.

In his Annual Report for 2007, the Ombudsman already promised to explore ways to make his decisions more reader-friendly, aiming to provide a better service to complainants and to offer clearer guidance, to both citizens and officials. After carefully examining various options for change, the Ombudsman has decided to adopt a new style of decision as from September 2008.

The Official Journal of the European Union has published on the 9th September 2008 the results of the aircraft inspections in 2007. A total of 8.594 inspections from 132 different States that use 215 different (sub)types of Aircrafts

The Commission today welcomed the Colombian national regulator's (the National Commission for Television CNTV) selection the European Digital Video Broadcasting standard (DVB-T) for the country's digital terrestrial TV.