[PDF] Top 20 Eurofocus: a newssheet for journalists. Weekly No. 14/95, 1-8 May 1995

... f EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General "Information, Communication, Culture and Audiovisual" a newssheet for journalists Weekly N° 14/95 1- 8May 1995 SUMMARY 2 INTERNAL MARKET: 140 mi[r] ... See full document

... For the third consecutive month the annual rate of inflation remained un- changed at 3% in November for the 12-nation European Union, according to Eurostat, the European Statistical Offi[r] ... See full document

... In addition, American airlines can, fly from all airports in the United States to a large number of airports in the European Union.. Their European competitors, however, can only fly fro[r] ... See full document

... Between 1989 and 1994 the average number of hours worked per week in shops in the European Union- as defined by collective agreements- has not changed at the EU level: it still stands at[r] ... See full document

... AUDIOVISUAL INDUSTRY: MEDIA II to have a budget of ECU 400 million The European Commission proposes doubling the funds in order to reinforce the programme industry between now and the ye[r] ... See full document

... The new policies introduced by the Treaty of Maastricht continue to be highly rated by the majority of Europeans, although there is continued strong opposition to a single currency in th[r] ... See full document

... 3 COMPETITION: The liberal professions must apply the rules The European Commission has forbidden Spanish experts from setting minimum scales of fees for their services.. 4 INSURANCE: Fe[r] ... See full document

... In order to assess the activities undertaken in the framework of the European cities of culture programme 10 cities so far, on the one hand and, on the other, of the "European cultural m[r] ... See full document

... 4 REGIONAL POLICY: European prizes for town and country planning Thir~y local and regional communities have been rewarded by the European Commission for having revived European cities an[r] ... See full document

... EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General"lnformation, Communication, Culture and AudiOvisual'' r a ·newssheet for journalists Weekly N° 12/95 · 3 - 10 April 1995 SUMMARY 2 EUROBAROMETER P[r] ... See full document

... To begin with, in the absence of European legislation harmonizing national income tax rules, it confirms the European Commission in its right to have recourse to Article 48 ofthe Treaty [r] ... See full document

... ' f The European Union became increasingly dependent, during the 1980s and early 1990s, on third countries, particularly the United States, for the supply of films and television program[r] ... See full document

... The fact is that the European Commission recently proposed the introduction of a standard European plastic driving licence, which EU ·Member states could use to replace paper licences fr[r] ... See full document

... Every French citizen over 15 years of age consumes on average* the equivalent of 14.1 litres of pure alcohol per year ; this is more than the average for each of the other European Union[r] ... See full document

... Recently the Economic and Monetary Committee of the European Parliament issued a report seeking to draw the attention of Community authorities to certain essential aspects of the problem[r] ... See full document

... In a recent communication forwarded to the ten Member States, the European Commission draws attention to the EEC 1 s basic stake in the dialogues : the fact that, among the industrialise[r] ... See full document

... Answering a question from a German European Parliament Member, Mr Ulrich Irmer, the European Commission recently indicated that it would nevertheless be preferable to wait until the Comm[r] ... See full document

... Community member countries consume some 135 million hectolitres of wine per year... In other terms, each European drinks some 50 litres during the.[r] ... See full document

... This significant industry is the subject of a recent survey published by the European Economic Community Commission under the title : "Potato Products : Production and Markets in the Eur[r] ... See full document

... For both the idea and the necessary funds to carry it out they will have to thank the ERASMUS programme, put forward by the European Commission nearly 18 months ago and adopted by EC edu[r] ... See full document