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Just a week ago, the European commission has just announced on imports from China's ceramic tile anti-dumping investigation.

He said he repeated that pledge in a recent phone conservation with European Commission President Jose Barroso.

In a partial climb down, the European Commission said it would not sue France for racial discrimination over its expulsion of Romanies.

A Google spokesman said the company continued "to work co-operatively with the European Commission" .

The European Commission calls it a "stability bond" , surely a candidate for euphemism of the year.

During the Lisbon treaty referendum the European Commission made clear that this was not and would not be under threat.

The European Commission representative office in Kuala Lumpur was unable to comment on the matter.

Consumer confidence in the euro zone tumbled to its lowest level in two years, the Brussels-based European Commission said Thursday.

Mr Todt said the initiative is part of a joint effort with the European Commission to promote cars powered by alternative fuels.

Even if it does not cause a race to the bottom, tax competition is not necessarily benign, says Michel Aujean of the European Commission.

British authorities have found a consignment on a ship from the Netherlands, the European Commission said yesterday.

All this was to be supervised by national governments, not the European Commission, the EU's civil service.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Monday that there was 'no excuse' for further delays in resuming gas supplies.

The European Commission said Wednesday that it had launched infringement proceedings against six member states over air passenger rights.

This was likely to be presented to the trade directorate of the European Commission in the next three weeks.

Stocks extended gains as the European Commission said the region's economy may grow almost twice as fast as previously forecast this year.

But this did not keep the firm from crossing the line, at least in the opinion of the European Commission.

On Wednesday, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the commission will propose creating "eurobonds. "

The European Commission is often the place for dry, technocratic announcements, but the Spanish commissioner, Loyola de Palacio, was angry.

Last month the European Commission rushed out a revised Mediterranean policy insisting it would not be "a passive spectator" .

The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) said the March ruling by the European Commission was fair.

At that point Mr Brown might have tried to use his capital to secure one of the economic posts in the European Commission.

Building on his contacts with the European Commission and with Harvard Business School, the initial event had a pronounced management theme.

European Commission directive in 2005 called for making public-sector information more accessible (but it has no bite).

Ministers are considering three options for private sector involvement, set out in a document circulated by the European Commission.

Mr Todt said the imitative is part of joint effort with the European Commission to promote cars powered by alternative fuels.

"The European Commission is distracted by a desire to be liked by the public, " he says.

A bigger obstacle, however, might have been the European Commission's ponderous anti-trust process.

The operation is able to go ahead thanks to a multi-million dollar contribution from the European commission.

The European Commission uses a different forecasting model, but its forecasts turned out to be almost the same as the IMF's.

On the contrary, it will be up to an enfeebled European Commission to try to hold the line.

A study for the European Commission published last month recommended a cap on liabilities to discourage such a catastrophic outcome.

A few days earlier, the European Commission proposed abolishing banking secrecy within EU states in cases of suspected tax evasion.

At the heart of the debate are proposals made last week by the European commission, the EU's executive arm.

The European Commission estimates 80 billion euros must be raised over the next decade to stay ahead in the green tech race.

The European Commission's initial ruling against Microsoft in 2004 can be seen as an attempt to address these shortcomings.

The European commission had asked companies to work on harmonising chargers in the EU in a bid to cut down on waste.

Italy's Romano Prodi, as European Commission president, met him in Brussels.

The European Commission was right to say that there is a need for better monitoring procedures.

At the moment the European Commission is still in the hands of economic liberals.

Proposals designed to stop taxpayers' money being used to bail out failed banks will be unveiled by the European Commission later.

But it says it wants to put its energies into meeting its legal duties and strengthening its relationship with the European Commission.

Before his single term as an MEP Mr Clegg worked at the European Commission (for a British Conservative EU commission, Sir Leon Brittan).

The European Commission said yesterday it saw no need at the moment for other European countries to follow the Dutch lead.

A vote earlier last week on a GM corn ban in Greece failed to come to a conclusion in the European Commission's Environmental Council.

The European Commission backed China's policy of switching to a more flexible exchange-rate system at its own pace, rebuffing U.

The European Commission initially on Austria 's objections to financial aid program there, it has not been approved.

By 2050, proposes a "road map" released by the European Commission this week, all that gassy baggage must go.

The European Commission and the IMF said they were optimistic that the exact details of a loan could be worked out quickly.

Mr Brown denied Tory claims that he should have held out for a top economic job in the European Commission to fend off protectionist forces.

In the run-up to the summit, the European Commission has called for tough automatic sanctions which would kick in whenever an E.

With its consultative green paper issued end-March, the European Commission has now kicked off a wider debate on the subject.

The European Commission is looking at the idea of creating a home-grown rating agency as a counterweight to the American trio.

The European Commission and, particularly, the European Central Bank had been opposed even to this, for fear of unleashing financial chaos.

However, the European Commission said the measure was fully in line with WTO rules.

It said European Union-wide league tables published by the European Commission "would be a good place to start" .

On a European level, the implementation of these measures is coordinated by the European Commission.

The European Commission can impose fines on Athens, but such a step could make Greece's financial problems even worse.

Drawing by an 8-year old Sri Lankan girl as part of the annual European Commission competition to promote gender equality.

I benefited a great deal from the very collegiate and collaborative way of working in the European Commission.

This week, the European Commission formally adopted new regulations that will phase such bulbs out in Europe by 2012.

The latest critic to line up for a shot at Italy's prime minister, Mario Monti, is the European Commission.

The European Commission's spokesman made the obvious point: that Pope Benedict should be free to say what he wants.

"These concerns were hardly soothed by a comment from the European Commission that it was neither for nor against a restructuring. "

For the European commission chief is one of the luckiest guys in international politics.

The European Commission and its single-market directives provide plenty of political cover for Italy to push towards greater liberalisation.

The European Commission is now looking into gambling regulation across the union.

The European Commission has approved oneworld's transatlantic venture, with conditions, but is still investigating the other two.

The European Commission has come out with similar proposals.

Either way, what is clear is that the decision by the European Commission to freeze funds for Bulgaria was not just a technical measure.

The European Commission proposed a total ban on EU fishermen removing shark fins and discarding the body at sea, The Guardian reported.

EU leaders will discuss an outline of the mechanism to be prepared by the European Commission in mid-December.

The referendum is merely "a means of applying pressure" on the European Commission, during world trade talks in coming weeks.

The European Commission must also report to EU governments in December on Turkish compliance with its port-opening promise.

The EU regarded the Russian ban as "disproportionate" and would be lodging a protest, European Commission spokesman Frederic Vincent said.

The European Commission has its own suspicions about a contract in Berlin and Brandenburg, and opened formal investigations last October.

This would be as part of a mid-term review of the European Commission's Framework Programme 7 for research.

The [European] Commission should not have brought about this extension of anti-dumping duties.

The European Commission ruled Wednesday that Microsoft is still using its powerful market position illegally .

The European Commission's Institute for Environment and Sustainability is about to launch an analysis of footprinting methods.

Mr Lanzieri, who works at Eurostat, the European Commission's statistical body, is one of the most careful students of social trends around.

If, that is, the European Commission decides that the business plans the Treasury has drawn up for the two will not distort competition.

Second, the European Commission should force Gazprom to unbundle production and transportation to break up its monopolies.

Also, the ural European Commission plans hearings in September on how ural may European writers might be effectedaffected.

The president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, told journalists no country is immune to the crisis.

"The European commission feels that energy supplies have to be sold in a free market, " said its spokesman, Ferran Tarradellas Espuny.

Proposals by the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, to tackle the issue have been pushed back to the autumn.

Combining the German carmakers wouldn't harm competition, the European Commission said in a statement today.

A second power shift is likely to be from the European Commission to national leaders.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso also indicated plans to rein in the power of the credit rating agencies.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso also indicated plans to rein in the power of the credit rating agencies.

This week, amid much internal political wrangling, the European Commission officially backed calls for a CITES listing.

In 1985, at the age of 38, he was nominated to take up the Irish seat on the European Commission.

When other governments complained about such an obvious breach of competition rules, the European Commission stepped in.

The European Commission, the EU's policy-proposing executive, has produced not a plan B but a plan D (for democracy).

The European Commission adopted a policy February 17 to implement protection measures on the appearance of the virus in member states.

But it is up to national regulators and the European Commission to implement the rules.

It says the European Commission, the United States and eight other major donors decreased their financing of "mine action. "

There is considerable support in Europe, notably within the European Commission and in France, for a similar approach.

Both the industry and the European Commission have set up websites to help European travellers find the cheapest roaming rates.

The European Commission has welcomed the European Parliament voting in favour yesterday of a new legal framework for ITS.

Several member states have failed to comply with EU air quality legislation and are facing legal action from the European Commission.

The changing of the guard has not placated the European Commission's antitrust enforcers or Microsoft's competitors.

Working for both governments and the European Commission, he will have political clout, money and his own diplomatic service.

Polish ministers have been galvanised by recent reports that the carbon price will be much higher than European Commission estimates.

Leading figures in the European Commission have not been shy to play up the role of the euro as a haven.

Any presents from the new European Commission are likely to be ill-chosen and disappointing.

The European Commission believes the plan will help economic development as well as promote cultural diversity in the online music industry.

Arguments are now being weighed by competition regulators for the European Commission, Germany, Japan, Australia, and notably, China.

She was furious when the European Commission produced its own proposals last week.

Business and consumer confidence is at a 15-year low, according to a survey by the European Commission.

'The European Commission has recently presented a legislative proposal for a financial-transaction tax in the EU.

The European Commission says it will examine any legislation to determine whether it violates a WTO treaty signed by the US, EU and Japan.

Every year the European Commission assesses progress by would-be members of the European Union.

The European Commission, a UNEP partner, located in Brussels, is tied to the report as well.

Under the system, the European Commission submits information to AQSIQ about dangerous products of Chinese origin reported on the EU market.

A Statement of Objections is a preparatory document that does not prejudge the European Commission's final decision.

Q: President Barroso of the European Commission said that the G20 was exerting too much influence on the world economy. What do you think?

Attending the summit in Bucharest, the Danube is the European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso welcomed the signing of the Treaty.

Under an earlier deal with the European Commission, WestLB had already agreed to cut its balance-sheet by half and sell itself off by 2011.

The European Commission's most radical proposal would allow countries to borrow money with the full backing and guarantees of the euro zone.

The European Commission has said that if a code of transparency was not agreed, it would not rule out EU-wide regulation.

The Committee's opinion has been forwarded to the European Commission for the adoption of a decision.

The European Commission recently devoted an entire policy paper to making the case for an EU-wide industrial policy.

The European Commission proposed on Tuesday to extend antidumping duties on Chinese, as well as Vietnamese, shoe imports.

"Mediterranean countries have to decide if they want agriculture or tourism, " says a senior European Commission official.

Neither the European Commission nor the German government can put tanks on the streets of Athens.

On xhulyll The European Commission rules Wednesday that Microsoft is still using it's powerful market position illegally.

There is no other word for the European Commission's outlook for the euro-zone economy in its autumn survey.

Samsung said that it could not comment on the proceedings but that it was "fully cooperating with the European Commission. "

The European Commission this week unveiled its plan for a "new and ambitious neighbourhood policy" .

Yet neither the European Commission nor the markets can fix the euro's deeper problem, which does not lie in fiscal profligacy.

Business confidence has fallen sharply across the euro zone, according to a monthly European Commission survey published on July 30th.

The European commission will also study the creation of a European credit rating agency to compete with the three US-based market leaders.

For instance, the European Commission requested the sustainability impact assessment of ongoing trade negotiations.

Today, we are very happy to have signed here with the European Commission the Participation Contract for Expo 2010 Shanghai China.

Secondly, the European Commission wants to finance a number of projects on the topics of preservation and the networking of repositories.

The European Commission announced it would launch an antitrust probe into the mainframe business of IBM.

In June the European Commission grumbled that American restrictions on European online-gambling firms break World Trade Organisation rules.

European Commission report, published today, recommends the use of this type of forensic technology in the battle against illegal fishing.

Last month the European Commission focused instead on measures that could be implemented under existing treaties.

At a leaders' dinner Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, berated the European Commission for applying EU rules too rigidly.

Accordingly the European Commission within the European Union issued a consumer warning on the product.

His idea already has supporters in the European Commission, particularly among officials charged with defending the interests of industry.

But Germany, Austria and Malta later changed their positions amid heavy lobbying by the European Commission, the EU's executive arm.

The European Commission has been hammering out the details of its alternative investment fund managers directive since April 2009.

Further talks are scheduled in Brussels in January but the European Commission said it would restart legal proceedings if they broke down.

The European Commission's carbon tax plan will only exempt airplanes that have an annual carbon emission of less than 10 thousand tons.

Its officials hired a lobbying firm, gave media interviews voicing its suspicions, and appealed to the European Commission in Brussels.

The European Commission also publishes its consultation paper on common euro zone bond issuance, something Germany strongly objects to.

there is high possibility that the decisions would be approved by the European Commission.

The European Commission advises that Turkey's EU membership talks be partly suspended over the Cyprus issue.

When contacted by TIME, the European Commission seemed unimpressed thatLondon is blaming its air pollution problem on bad air from Europe.

The European Commission (EC) on Friday launched an investigation into nine categories of textile and apparel products imported from China.

Egged on by the likes of Mr Sarkozy, the European Commission is likely to issue a draft of similar rules in October.

According to the latest numbers from the European Commission, Spain remains in recession while most of the rest of Europe has clambered out.

President Sarkozy was accompanied by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has added to the criticism, saying Britain had made unacceptable demands.

The European Commission said Tuesday it would present a new regulation in October to cap roaming charges for text messages.

At a press conference in Prague, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso hailed the agreement.

Both the European Commission and the European Central Bank realised that problems beyond the euro area could create headaches inside it.

Jose Manuel Barroso, the president of European Commission, noted that he personally had discussed WTO entry with Russia at 13 summits.

The European Commission has asked EU Member States to carry out checks on all products imported from China that contain over 15% milk.

The European Commission is due to issue concrete proposals on the subject in the autumn.

The report reinforces the economic arguments behind the launch of the European Commission's Global Europe trade policy framework in 2006.

The European Commission's index of consumer confidence fell in November for the fifth month in a row.

On May 2nd the European Commission gave an upbeat report on its progress towards legislation on a common consolidated corporate tax base.

I am particularly pleased since the European Commission has had the opportunity to support this school.

She went on to become Deputy Minister of Finance in 1999, before holding a series of positions within the European Commission.

In 2009 there will be new presidents of the European Commission and of the European Parliament.

Some European countries are keen on tighter financial regulation, and various proposals from the European Commission are in the works.

This week the European Commission adopted a report accusing Sri Lanka of flouting human-rights standards.

A similar notion was recently raised in a paper issued by the European Commission, she says.

The university's researchers developed the proposal and negotiated the contract with the European Commission.

There will be stricter oversight of national budgets by the European Commission, with more equal weight given to deficits and debt.

In December 2008 the European Commission changed the rules to make it easier for governments to insure short-term credits.

ireland has taken the lead in protecting non - smokers from tobacco smoke pollution , a european commission - funded report has said.

At a press conference in Brussels, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said it is critical to move swiftly.

EACH November the European Commission issues reports on candidates for European Union membership from the western Balkans.

Any final decision by the European Commission is subject to appeal to the European Court of First Instance.

The importance attached to CSR is reflected in many strategies proposed by the European Commission.

Australia joins the US in clearing the deal, leaving the European Commission as the final antitrust arbiter.

OnOctober 7th the European Commission said it had all but reached asettlement with Microsoft.

The website search giant faces a further continuing investigation by the European Commission.

Leaders asked the European Commission, the EUs executive body, to come up with new proposals on deposit protection.

The European Commission is due to roll out its long-term energy strategy in November, which could affect fracking.

Even in the esoteric upper reaches of the European commission, the language has become passionate rather than technocratic.

Reuters says the European commission, hoping to reduce the tax due to China's aluminium wheel import producer.

The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, says such policies risk breaching World Trade Organization guidelines.

Economic confidence in the 15-country region crashed this month to its lowest since August 1993, the European Commission reported.

YESTERDAY the European Commission ruled that Spain could close its labour market to Romanian immigrants until the end of 2012.

European Commission officials have said China will not be given access to the PRS.

Paul got the European commission to open an investigation in 2005, on the allegation that BT was receiving state aid.

Results of random tests for horse DNA in processed beef products are being published by the European Commission.

Critics accused the European commission of pandering to corporate interests at the expense of public health.

The European Parliament has asked the European Commission to review the constitution, saying it fails to protect basic rights.

Key institutions such as the European Commission and the German finance ministry are full of lawyers and academic economists.

GEO co-chairs are from China, the United States, South Africa and the European Commission.

The European Commission has threatened to take the UK to the European Court of Justice over air quality breaches .

But compromises exist, as suggested this week by the European Commission (see Charlemagne).

Last week antitrust lawyers filed two sets of documents to get the merger approved by the European Commission in Brussels.

His prime minister, Ruud Lubbers, aspired to the presidency of the European Commission.

This study was funded by grants from the German government andthe European Commission.

After a vote of approval in the European Parliament, the new European Commission began work, three months later than originally scheduled.

Readings from such sensors are used by the European Commission to enforce mandatory limits on dangerous airborne pollutants.

The European Commission has put forward surprisingly daring proposals to reform the auditing industry.

A report by the European Commission on the euro's first decade concluded that members became less ambitious after 1999.

His first task will be to make bigger spending cuts to meet fiscal targets agreed on with the European Commission.

Ms Kroes signalled that the European Commission had concerns about the law during an appearance before the European parliament last week.

The preliminary decisions are circulating within the European Commission, which has the final say.

It is reported that Libya will also meet with opposition, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Council President Rompuy.

both differ, too, from a draft law proposed by the European Commission, Europe's executive branch.

The European Commission is said to be doing the same.

In Brussels the European Commission has called for an EU-wide stimulus package worth around $260 billion.

Meanwhile, Spain withdrew two leading brands of Chinese-made toothpaste because of a risk to public health, the European Commission said.

In the mean time, Alstom has also filed a complaint with the European Commission, which has launched an investigation.

The European Commission proposed stricter regulation for hedge funds and private-equity funds with more than eour100m under management.

"Angela, have a little courage, " pleaded Viviane Reding, vice-president of the European Commission.

The European Commission made a concession by approving a large state-aid programme for Poland's shipyard in Gdansk.

The European Commission proposed new measures to reform the European Union's common agricultural policy.

Abstention counts as approval of the European Commission's proposal to retain the tariffs.

In addition, the European Commission, the EU's executive branch, was instructed to come up with specific proposals for the new mechanism.

Lisbon , if ratified, will change things, by giving the European Commission and the ECJ a bigger role in justice and security affairs.

The European Commission has called for more centralized budget controls for European Union members.

The medicine is Lucentis, licensed to treat the condition by the European Commission in March.

The European Commission's recommendation for Romania and Bulgaria to join the European Union comes with some caveats .

But rows with the European Commission over state aid and restructuring plans make its future uncertain.

Indeed, since 2008, the European Commission has deemed mainland standards as equivalent to IFRS as adopted by the European Union.

The European Commission has partially lifted a ban on Indonesian airlines entering European air space.

They are also being forced by the European Commission to spin off their distribution arms to improve competition.

The panel's advice is not binding and it is not clear whether the European Commission will follow the recommendation.

The European Commission also made very good proposals to promote youth exchanges and increase cooperation in book translation.

On May 26th the European Commission became the latest to propose a new bank levy, joining the IMF and governments in Europe and America.

"Nobody should be under any illusion; the situation is very serious, " European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Wednesday.

Second, the law could quite conceivably trigger action from the European Commission.

Besides China, airline companies in the US, Japan and Singapore all oppose the fee and plan to sue the European Commission.

Industry players say EFSA is being too strict, but the European Commission is not swerving.

But the word is that next month the European Commission will propose halving this number.

New assessment of black carbon and tropospheric ozone's role in climate change. European Commission.

European Commission officials believe the FSA's interpretation of current laws is mistaken.

The European Commission warns that public finances in half of the 16 euro-zone nations are at high risk of becoming unsustainable.

However, officials at the European Commission argue that China's market share is fast growing.

The model of banks doing business within their own regions was scoffed at for many years by the European Commission and by investment banks.

The European Commission denied the accusations, and defended the ban as both appropriate and legal.

This week the European Court upheld the European Commission's 2004 decision against the software firm (see article).

The European Commission today proposed a ban on all Chinese-made children's food products containing milk.

Last month the European Commission published a green paper on development that showed a shift in thinking.

Last November the European Commission announced a similarly sweeping review of Google's operations.

The U. K. contributes around 5% of the IMF's funds and around 13. 6% of the European Commission's lending facility.

As the end-date approached the European Commission was pressed to keep the duties for a further 15 months.