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Regulators welcome bid to ditch Reding's super-regulator plan

Alternative proposal suggests variation of current regulatory framework.

Satellites of (institutional) change

Galileo's new-found status as an EU-funded project has brought changes to the institutional structures charged with its oversight.

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Rules for Galileo space project set

European Parliament lays down spending rules, marking a key moment for the satellite project.

Enisa – an agency fighting for its survival

The EU's network security agency, Enisa, has been on shaky ground for much of its existence, so much so that the European Commission's proposal last [...]

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Review rejects idea of European super-regulator

European Parliament report recommends variation of existing regulatory arrangement for telecoms rather than appointment of pan-EU regulator.

Finding a home for European technology

Long before it starts functioning in 2009, the European Institute for Innovation and Technology is already a slimmed-down version of its original grandiose conception.

From vocational training to satellites

The number of EU agencies has exploded since the first two were set up in the 1970s. Starting with the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training in Berlin and the Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions in Dublin, the EU's tally of agencies is now approaching 30. Four more are supposed to be set up in the next year to deal with telecoms and energy market regulation, satellite positioning and innovation. Agencies have been created for many reasons, whether to provide specialised advice, specific regulatory functions in assessing medicines or foodstuffs, or to counter the perception of an overcentralised EU concentrated in Brussels by spreading the institutions and staff to different locations across Europe.

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Spain facing court over Endesa case

European Commission threatening to take Madrid to the European Court of Justice.

US, EU begin fresh ‘open skies' talks

Second phase of liberalisation talks focuses on mergers and aligning rules governing the US and EU aviation markets.

Do manufacturers lack drive for greener cars?

A UK expert on greener vehicles has no sympathy for foot-dragging carmakers.