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Europe and you in 2006

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The European Union is less complicated than it appears. ‘Europe and you in 2006’ is an attempt to show that, in its everyday activities, the Union in fact addresses many of your concerns as citizens, consumers or workers. We have made a selection of 10 concrete examples out of the many areas where the EU is active. Each one demonstrates in a different way what the EU has done in 2006 to promote your economic and social well-being, how it has acted to protect the environment or how it is increasingly helping out in global hot spots. The European Commission launched an EU-wide consultation process in February to get the Union to connect with citizens whose worries over Europe were evident when voters in France and the Netherlands rejected the draft EU Constitution in mid-2005. Results of the consultation, involving stakeholders from all over Europe, from public bodies to private citizens, will be published in spring 2007. In the meantime, we have put several other measures in place in order to give individual citizens more say on EU issues. One example is the ‘Debate Europe’ website. We also have a network of more than 400 local Europe Direct information centres in all EU countries. You can also call the freephone helpline of the Europe Direct contact centre from anywhere in the EU on 00 800 7 8 9 10 11.

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The European Commission acted decisively to cut the cost of using your mobile phone in 00:00:00

another EU country. 00:00:17

Prices have begun to fall and big cuts will come in 2007. 00:00:18

Mobile phone operators have treated roaming, using your mobile phone while on the move 00:00:23

in the EU as a cash bonanza, charging excessive rates unrelated to the cost of providing the 00:00:27

service. 00:00:32

Prices for calling from one EU country to another were on average four times higher 00:00:33

than a domestic call. 00:00:38

A new EU regulation on health and food was agreed. 00:00:48

It will help consumers to choose healthier foods and to tackle obesity. 00:00:51

The new EU law ensures that any claims about health or nutritional values on food labels 00:00:56

or in advertising must be truthful and based on scientific facts. 00:01:01

Claims such as low fat, low sugar have been harmonised so that they mean the same thing 00:01:06

in all EU countries. 00:01:10

Poor nutrition is one of the main causes of many avoidable diseases and obesity. 00:01:13

Studies have shown that in Europe about 400,000 children become obese or overweight every 00:01:18

year. 00:01:23

The EU agreed final arrangements to enable Bulgaria and Romania to join in January 2007. 00:01:26

This raises the number of members from 25 to 27. 00:01:38

The 27-nation EU with a population of nearly half a billion citizens will become the world's 00:01:42

largest economic area, providing new opportunities to all its citizens and businesses. 00:01:47

After 15 years of bold and significant reforms, the two new countries are in a position to 00:01:53

take on the rights and obligations of EU membership. 00:01:58

Their accession is part of the EU's historic enlargement towards the East, finally overcoming 00:02:01

the Cold War divisions in Europe and consolidating peace and stability. 00:02:07

Slovenia passed the test in 2006 to become the 13th EU country to use the euro, the first 00:02:15

of the 2004 intake of members to do so. 00:02:28

The single currency is used by two-thirds of the EU population. 00:02:31

The euro becomes Slovenia's official currency in January 2007. 00:02:36

All EU countries can adopt the euro when they meet the criteria that have been agreed 00:02:41

for a well-run economy. 00:02:45

Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom have chosen not to join at present, while most 00:02:47

other non-euro countries have set target dates for entry. 00:02:52

To familiarise shoppers with the new currency, prices are given in both euro and the Slovenian 00:02:57

toller for a limited period. 00:03:02

The EU agreed new rules to make the manufacture and use of chemical substances safer for workers 00:03:11

and consumers and less harmful for the environment. 00:03:21

The new system, known as REACH, is a radical step forward, filling many gaps in our knowledge, 00:03:24

especially with regard to chemicals that have been in use for a long time. 00:03:30

The new system covers all substances imported into or produced in the EU, even in small 00:03:34

quantities. 00:03:40

REACH contains provisions for hazardous chemicals to be replaced by safer alternatives where 00:03:42

these are available. 00:03:47

REACH also imposes restrictions on the testing of chemical substances on animals. 00:03:49

The EU introduced far-reaching measures in June to cut sugar prices and end overproduction 00:03:57

as part of its long-term programme to reform its costly Common Agricultural Policy. 00:04:10

The production cuts will bring supply and demand into better balance, so that the need 00:04:15

for sugar in Europe can be met from European production and imports from developing countries. 00:04:19

Unchanged for 40 years, the EU support system for sugar had resulted in internal prices 00:04:26

that were three times the world level, while its subsidised exports of surplus production 00:04:31

put downward pressure on world markets. 00:04:36

In a significant expansion of its international role, the EU sent troops in 2006 to the Democratic 00:04:49

Republic of Congo and South Lebanon, two high-risk regions. 00:04:55

Sometimes criticised for its inability to respond to crisis situations, the EU and its 00:05:01

member states sent a military force to the Congo to help maintain calm and stability 00:05:05

during the presidential and parliamentary elections, the first in more than 40 years. 00:05:10

The 3,500-strong force was under German command. 00:05:15

The first round of the elections took place on 30 June, the second at the end of October. 00:05:20

Following the fighting in South Lebanon between Israeli forces and the elements of Hezbollah 00:05:26

in July and August, a number of member states, led by France and Italy, contributed 7,500 00:05:30

troops to strengthen the United Nations' interim force in Lebanon. 00:05:36

EU governments and the European Parliament have concluded a major deal to open up the 00:05:44

EU market to trade in services. As a result, companies in the services sector will be able 00:05:53

to establish themselves in other European countries or send workers from their home 00:05:59

country for limited periods. The services sector includes activities like catering, 00:06:03

advertising, management consulting, travel agencies, construction services and many more. 00:06:09

The new law is part of the EU's unfinished business to create a single European market 00:06:15

for trade in services. Services account for 70% of economic activity in the European Union. 00:06:20

The law, expected to be formally adopted in 2007, could create up to 600,000 new jobs. 00:06:27

Galileo, the EU's very own satellite navigation system, received its first test signals from 00:06:40

space in January 2006. The signals came from an experimental satellite placed in orbit 00:06:48

at the end of 2005. When it becomes operational in 2008, Galileo, the biggest industrial project 00:06:54

ever organised at European level, will provide navigation assistance to land, sea and air 00:07:01

traffic and other users at any location around the globe. Galileo will offer users, from 00:07:07

drivers, yacht crews or mountaineers to professionals, the ability to determine their position or 00:07:13

the location of any moving or stationary object to within a metre. 00:07:19

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