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	<title>Golf Europa</title>
	<link>http://golfeuropa.co.uk</link>
	<description>Intelligence on EU policy for sporting bodies, specialising in golf and golf course design, from Steve Pope</description>
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		<title>EU impact on golf 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission has finally published its annual work programme for 2010.
It shows lots of areas of European Commission 2010 work, which may impact on the golf industry:
Review of the list of priority substances under the Water Framework Directive
The Water Framework Directive requires the Commission to review the list of priority substances every 4 years [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://golfeuropa.co.uk/?p=213</link>
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		<title>EU soil law still blocked</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At their Council meeting yesterday, EU Environment Ministers failed again to agree on the need for EU legislation on soil.  Opposition from six national governments means that the European Commission&#8217;s 2006 proposal for a first-ever EU Soil Directive is currently blocked in Council.
Some observers suggest that one of the “blocking minority”, France, may be considering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://golfeuropa.co.uk/?p=209</link>
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		<title>New EU biodiversity deadline 2020</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EU ministers have given themselves a new biodiversity deadline of 2020, following yesterday’s EU Environment Council meeting.
Having failed with their 2010 target, the 27 governments agreed to try to do more to halt biodiversity loss.
Ministers chose the toughest of four options presented by the European Commission in a January policy paper: &#8220;halting the loss of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://golfeuropa.co.uk/?p=205</link>
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		<title>EU pesticides laws agreed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The EU Council of Ministers last week formally adopted the final text of the package of new EU laws on pesticides.  These are:

Directive on sustainable use of pesticides
Regulation on placing of plant protection products on the market (repealing Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC)
Directive on improving construction and maintenance of machinery for pesticide application

A key issue of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://golfeuropa.co.uk/?p=89</link>
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		<title>Biodiversity alarm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Europe is failing to meet its 2001 target of halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010.
Yesterday EU Environment Ministers expressed deep concern at this failure and at the increasing threats to biodiversity from invasive alien species.
Golf Europa reported in April on the high level conference in Athens on biodiversity.
Yesterday’s clear message from EU national governments [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://golfeuropa.co.uk/?p=81</link>
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		<title>No progress on soil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Golf Europa has reported in the past on proposals from the European Commission for the first ever EU legislation on soil policy.
At their meeting yesterday of the EU Environment Council, Ministers failed to reach agreement on the draft EU Directive on soil protection.  Some governments do not agree that legislation on soil policy is appropriate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://golfeuropa.co.uk/?p=79</link>
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		<title>ESF at 100% rejected</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Last week’s meeting of EU Heads of State and Government rejected the European Commission’s proposal to enable ESF grants to finance 100% of project costs for the next couple of years.
The proposal for 100% financing of ERDF projects will not now be brought forward.
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		<link>http://golfeuropa.co.uk/?p=78</link>
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		<title>ESF at 100%</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission has formally announced today its proposal to allow European Social Fund grants for the next couple of years to be used to finance 100% of project costs.
Contrary to our report earlier this week, the European Regional Development Fund has not so far been included in this rule change.
This is, nonetheless, a big [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://golfeuropa.co.uk/?p=77</link>
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		<title>100% EU grants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EU regional and training grants may become a lot more financially attractive this week.
In response to the economic crisis, the European Commission is expected this week to change the rules on EU regional and training grants.  At present, project promoters have to finance between 15-50% of project costs when they obtain a grant from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://golfeuropa.co.uk/?p=76</link>
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		<title>First ever EU sports funding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first ever EU funding specifically targeting sport is now open for applications. The European Commission has today launched a call for proposals to implement EU 2009 Preparatory Action in the field of sport.
In 2008, the European Parliament called on the European Commission to propose an EU sport programme as well as Preparatory Action in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://golfeuropa.co.uk/?p=75</link>
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