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2nd October 2009

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New! MEDIA 2007 project development funds SMEs developing single media projects (dramas, animations or creative documentaries) or interactive works, 27th November 2009.

For further information contact eurofunding@gle.co.uk.

Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology related proposals are due by 14th January 2010.

FP7 Health single stage proposals are due by 19th November 2009.
FP7 Health stage two proposals are due by 29th October 2009.

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) related proposals are due by 26th October 2009.

The ICT FET Open Scheme is a continually open to proposals from small and medium-scale projects looking into long-term research in ICT. Proposals are due by 24th May 2011.

Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies related proposals are due by 8th December 2009.

Energy related proposals are due by 4th March 2010.

Environment related proposals are due by 5th January 2010.

Transport related proposals are due by 14th January 2010.

Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities related proposals are due by 2nd February 2010.

Space related proposals are due by 8th December 2009.

Security related proposals are due by 26th November 2009.

Coming soon! Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) a pan-European public private partnership to support pre-competitive pharmaceutical research and development from academia, SMEs and industry. IMI 2nd call is foreseen for 30th October 2009. January 2010

For further information contact fp7@gle.co.uk

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EU press releases

Agriculture: €11m of misspent CAP funds in the UK claimed back by the Commission
Antitrust: Commission approves acquisition of UK-based Barclays Global Investors by BlackRock
Consumer: ‘Opaque’ bank fee charges criticised by Commission
Consumer: Commission requests new standard for safe noise level from personal music players
Education: Comparison of early language learning in Europe
Education: New report on progress in quality assurance in higher education published
Education: Study shows 51% of students in the UK do not study any foreign language
Eurozone: EU consultation shows support for end-date for Single Euro Payments Area migration
Energy: New Eco-Design Directive adopted
Environment: Harmful emissions from petrol vapour at service stations to be reduced
Financial: Positive role of European Bank Coordination Initiative in averting a systemic banking crisis in Central and Eastern Europe
Financial: Commission to cut red tape and improve investor protection on securities prospectuses
Financial: Commission proposes significant strengthened financial supervision in Europe
Health: EU launches healthy eating campaign for children
Immigration: Biometric database managing the European Asylum System is evaluated
Innovation: New expert group on key enabling technologies announced
Taxation: Commission proposes new measures for fight against VAT fraud
Transport: New law on road transport operators and access to the road transport market adopted

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EU legislation and consultations

Innovation:

Community Innovation Policy, EC consultation This consultation aims to gather together opinions on how to address the challenges of building better European innovation policy. It is a follow-up to two previous innovation-related consultations and various Commission staff working papers. Results of the consultation will be used for the impact assessment report of the new innovation policy plan.

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