[PDF] Top 20 Eurofocus: a newssheet for journalists. Weekly No. 17/86, 5-12 May 1986

... Eurofocus 17/86 MOTORCARS: 3• How to save lives and reduce pollution The European, Commission believes it knows how to save thousands of lives each year, prevent tens of thousands of roa[r] ... See full document

... The Community's net oil imports could reach 400 to 434 million tonnes in 1990, according to the Commission's estimates, as against the 360 million tonnes forecast last year and the 335 m[r] ... See full document

... DRUGS: MEPs call for common action Confiscation of the assets of traffickers, closer cooperation between customs officers, creation of a central drugs information system - these are amon[r] ... See full document

... Commission wants ban on use of incubated eggs in foodstuffs The controversy over the use of incubated eggs in the manufacture of foodstuffs could flare up again in the European Community[r] ... See full document

... 5 ENVIRONMENT: Community policy enters a new phase The European Commission sends its fourth action programme to the member states.. 6 UNEMPLOYMENT: A sliTht rise in August Male unemploym[r] ... See full document

... To help the Community's agricultural ministers tackle the problem effectively the European Commission has drawn up emergency measures for their consideration.. It notes that the programm[r] ... See full document

... PORTUGAL: New motorways will strengthen Portuguese links to the EC • Good roads are good business, which is why the European Investment Bank, the European Community's own bank for long-t[r] ... See full document

... • • ·BUSINESS: European Commission outlines an action programme A Community-wide network of offices to disseminate information of interest to small and medium-sized businesses; simpler a[r] ... See full document

... EUROPE NEEDS MORE TREES COMMISSION SAYS The problem of agricultural surpluses see page 4 of this issue, the current trade deficit in wood products and the damage done to Europe's forests[r] ... See full document

... • UNEMPLOYMENT: 173,000 fewer in June Unemployment in the 12-nation European Community fell by 173,000 in June to 15.5m., according to the Community's statistical office, Eurostat.. But [r] ... See full document

... From next year the European Community's small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs should find it easier to stretch their horizons to take in the entire 12-nation Community.. The fact is th[r] ... See full document

... But as it was a framework programme with several wide-ranging objectives, the Commission had to see which parts of it can be fitted into the Community's regional policy and just how the [r] ... See full document

... INTERNAL MARKET: The high cost of ''non-Europe 11 The European Parliament believes that what it calls 11 non-Europe 11 is costing the European Community a fortune - probably more than EC[r] ... See full document

... The European Commission in fact has just given Community research institutions, including Britain's National Coal Board, and Italy's Centro Sperimentale Metallurgico, ECU 5.8 million* to[r] ... See full document

... YOUTH TRAINING: Wanted: A Certificate acceptable to employers Educational authorities in nearly all member states of the European Community have largely implemented the policy on youth t[r] ... See full document

... Helping one-parent families through Community policies The number of one-parent families has risen sharply in all Europea · Community countries; in Britain it actually doubled between 19[r] ... See full document

... But they took part in the 1984 elections to the European Parliament to almost the same extent as men and are not far behind them in wanting to see it play a more important role, accordin[r] ... See full document

... BULL FIGHTING: Community powerless to help the bulls, Euro-MP told The European Community's directive requiring animals to be slaughtered humanely does not apply to the bull ring, Britai[r] ... See full document

... INFLATION: • The slowdown continues The marked slowdown in price increases recorded last year has continued: in the European Community but minus its newest members, Spain and Portugal th[r] ... See full document

... Cars equipped with Diesel engines will become the target for lower exhaust emissions in 1988, if the ministers of the 12 European Community member states adopt the two regulations the Eu[r] ... See full document