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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The European Commission launched on Monday (27 January) a special advisory group of experts to give fresh input on all issues being discussed at the EU-US negotiating table for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][custom_font font_size="16" line_height="26" font_style="normal" text_align="left" font_weight="300" text_decoration="none" text_shadow="no"...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]New car registrations in the European Union fell 1.7% in 2013, largely thanks to a sales slump in Italy and France. The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) said 11.8 million new cars were sold across the region, about 200,000 fewer than in the previous year. But the...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council adopted the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the future  funding instrument for the trans-European networks in the fields of transport, energy and telecommunications (76/13; statements: 16096/13. The regulation establishing the CEF determines the conditions, methods and procedures for the Union's financial contribution...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Competitiveness Council  met on 2 and 3 December in Brussels. Ministers adopted the "Horizon 2020" programme for research and innovation for the years 2014 to 2020 (PE-CO_S 67/13). Horizon 2020 will replace the EU's 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7), which runs until the end of 2013. Compared with...