Commission call for Proposals for the Implementation Plan of Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking - FCH-JU
The Commission has published in the Official Journal of the European Union on October 15th, 2008, a Call for Proposals referred to the Implementation Plan of Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH-JU). This call be opened for submitting proposals until January 15, 2009.
Read more …Brussels TEN-T Days 2008
14-15 October 2008 the European Commission organize the TEN-T Days 2008 in Brussels in order to analyse the TEN-T policy in the face of the major political challenges of the decades ahead. The conferences will have the participation of Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the European Commission.
Read more …EU Tender for external expertise in the Commission
The Directorate-General for Internal Policies, Directorate A: Economic and Scientific Policies has set up a tender in order to supply external expertise in different policy areas for total value of 2 Meuros.
Read more …First beam successfully fired at CERN's LHC
The first beam of protons was successfully made on the morning of September 10th, paving the way for a new era of discoveries in the field of particle physics. Among other things, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) should help scientists answer some key questions about the universe, including the nature of dark matter, what happened right after the big bang, and how many dimensions there are.
Read more …Review of the EU's Energy Policy by the IEA
On the 5th september it has been presented the main findings of IEA Review of the EU's Energy Policy. This is the first time that the IEA has made an in-depth analysis of European Energy Policy. The Review strongly endorses the broad outlines of the Commission's energy proposals tabled during the last year.
Read more …GBP 1,100 million UK State aid to Energy Technologies Institute (ETI)
On the 3rd September 2008 the Official Journal of the European Union has published the authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty in a UK cases where the Commission raises no objections. The Commission concludes that the notified State aid (N 593/07) measure, “the Energy Technologies Institute”, is compatible with the common market, pursuant to Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty. It accordingly decided not to raise objections to the notified measure. The date of adoption of the decisión was the 23.6.2008.
Read more …UK energy state aid: the Landlord's Energy Savings Allowance (LESA)
The Official Journal of the European Union has published on the 18th August 2008 the iInformation regarding the authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty in the cases where the Commission raises no objections. A tax relief of 30% has been agreed in the Environmental protection for the period 1.4.2008-1.4.2015.
Read more …First monitoring report on steel restructuring in Bulgaria and Romania
The EC has published the 12.8.2008 the COM(2008) 511 final related to the first monitoring report on steel restructuring in Bulgaria and Romania which describes the progress in restructuring made by Bulgarian and Romanian steel companies that are subject to the requirements set out in the specific chapters of the Europe Agreement and the Treaty of Accession respectively.
Read more …Commission clears joint venture between Total and Sonatrach
The European Commission has granted clearance under the EU Merger Regulation to the acquisition of joint control of two newly created companies constituting a joint venture (JVs) by Total S.A. of France and Sonatrach, Algeria. The operation was examined under the simplified merger review procedure.
Read more …Prior notification of a concentration between Galp Energia España and Agip España
The European Commission published in the Official Journal of the European Union of August 11th a prior notification of a concentration between the companies Galp Energia España and Agip España. With this operation, that was already initiated and withdrawn early this year, Galp Energia seeks to double its retail presence in Spain.
Read more …Proposal for the Commission's negotiation mandate on the agreement between the Euratom and the USDOE
The Commission published on August 4th, 2008 a Communication to the Council on a negotiation mandate authorizing the Commission to negotiate an agreement between the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and the Department of Energy of the United States of America (USDOE) in the field of nuclear security research and development. This negotiation aims to replace and strengthen the former agreement of 1995 between these two partners.
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